Responsorial Psalm
Serve the Lord with gladness;
come before him with
joyful songs.
Know that the Lord is God;
he created us and we are
his people, the sheep of his fold.
For the Lord is good;
his love lasts forever and his
faithfulness through all generations.
2nd. READING (Rom 5, 6-11)
Consider, moreover, the time that Christ died for us: when we were still sinners and
unable to do anything. Few would accept to die for an upright person; although, for a
very good person, perhaps someone would dare to die. But see how God manifested
his love for us: while we were still sinners, Christ died for us and we have become just
through his blood. With much more reason now he will save us from any
condemnation. Once enemies, we have been reconciled with God through the death of
his Son; with much more reason now we may be saved through his life. Not only that;
we feel secure in God because of Christ Jesus, our Lord, through whom we have been
reconciled.
GOSPEL (Mt 9, 36 – 10,8)
When Jesus saw the crowds he was moved with pity, for they were harassed and
helpless like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is
abundant but the workers are only few. Ask the master of the harvest to send workers
to gather his harvest." Then he called his twelve disciples to him and gave them
authority over the unclean spirits to drive them out and to heal every disease and
sickness. These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his
brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and
Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew, the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus,
and Thaddaeus; Simon, the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, the man who would betray
him. Jesus sent these twelve on mission with the instruction: "Do not visit pagan
territory and do not enter a Samaritan town. Go instead to the lost sheep of the people
of Israel. Go and proclaim this message: The kingdom of heaven is near. Heal the sick,
bring the dead back to life, cleanse the lepers, and drive out demons. You received this
as a gift, so give it as a gift.