16 July 2021, General Week 15 - Friday
📖GOSPEL
"The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath"
A Reading From The Holy Gospel According To Matthew (12, 1-8)
At that time, on a Sabbath day,
Jesus came to pass through the wheat fields;
his disciples were hungry
and began to pluck the ears of corn and eat them.
Seeing this, the Pharisees said to him:
"Behold, your disciples
are doing what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day!" "
But he said to them:
" Have you not read what David did
when he was hungry, he and those with him?
He entered into the house of God,
and they ate the loaves of the offering;
however, neither he nor the others had the right to eat it,
but only the priests.
Or else, haven't you read in the law
that on the Sabbath day the priests in the Temple
miss the Sabbath rest without committing a fault?
Now, I tell you, there is greater here than the Temple.
If you had understood what it means:
I want mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned
those who have not committed a fault.
Indeed, the Son of man is master of the Sabbath. "
- Let us acclaim the Word of God.
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