DAILY MASS READING - SATURDAY JULY 2nd, 2016

Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time 

  or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 

Liturgical Colour: Green.

Readings at Mass

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Entrance Antiphon	Ps 46: 2

All peoples, clap your hands.

Cry to God with shouts of joy!

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Collect

O God, who through the grace of adoption

chose us to be children of light,

grant, we pray,

that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error

but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

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First reading	Amos 9:11-15

It is the Lord who speaks:

‘That day I will re-erect the tottering hut of David,

make good the gaps in it, restore its ruins

and rebuild it as it was in the days of old,

so that they can conquer the remnant of Edom

and all the nations that belonged to me.’

It is the Lord who speaks, and he will carry this out.

‘The days are coming now – it is the Lord who speaks –

when harvest will follow directly after ploughing,

the treading of grapes soon after sowing,

when the mountains will run with new wine

and the hills all flow with it.

I mean to restore the fortunes of my people Israel;

they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them,

plant vineyards and drink their wine,

dig gardens and eat their produce.

I will plant them in their own country,

never to be rooted up again

out of the land I have given them,

says the Lord, your God.’

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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 84(85): 9,11-14

The Lord speaks peace to his people.

I will hear what the Lord God has to say,

  a voice that speaks of peace,

peace for his people and his friends

  and those who turn to him in their hearts.

The Lord speaks peace to his people.

Mercy and faithfulness have met;

  justice and peace have embraced.

Faithfulness shall spring from the earth

  and justice look down from heaven.

The Lord speaks peace to his people.

The Lord will make us prosper

  and our earth shall yield its fruit.

Justice shall march before him

  and peace shall follow his steps.

The Lord speaks peace to his people.

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Gospel Acclamation	Ps118:135

Alleluia, alleluia!

Let your face shine on your servant,

and teach me your decrees.

Alleluia!

Or	Jn10:27

Alleluia, alleluia!

The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice,

says the Lord,

I know them and they follow me.

Alleluia!

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Gospel	Matthew 9:14-17

John’s disciples came to him and said, ‘Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not?’ Jesus replied, ‘Surely the bridegroom’s attendants would never think of mourning as long as the bridegroom is still with them? But the time will come for the bridegroom to be taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one puts a piece of unshrunken cloth on to an old cloak, because the patch pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse. Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; if they do, the skins burst, the wine runs out, and the skins are lost. No; they put new wine into fresh skins and both are preserved.’

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Prayer over the Offerings

O God, who graciously accomplish

the effects of your mysteries,

grant, we pray,

that the deeds by which we serve you

may be worthy of these sacred gifts.

Through Christ our Lord.

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Communion Antiphon	Cf. Ps 102: 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and all within me, his holy name.

Or	Jn 17: 20-21

O Father, I pray for them, that they may be one in us,

that the world may believe that you have sent me, says the Lord.

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Prayer after Communion

May this divine sacrifice we have offered and received

fill us with life, O Lord, we pray,

so that, bound to you in lasting charity,

we may bear fruit that lasts for ever.

Through Christ our Lord.