EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
2nd August 2020
Entrance Antiphon
O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me!
You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay.
Collect
Draw neat to your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory I you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep safe what you have restored.
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.
FIRST READING
A reading from the prophet Isaiah 55:1-3
Thus says the Lord:
Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty; though you have no money, Come! Buy corn without money, and eat, and, at no cost, wine and milk. Why spend money on what is not bread, your wages on what fails to satisfy? Listen, listen to me and you will have good things to eat and rich food to enjoy. Pay attention, come to me; listen, and your soul will live. With you I will make an everlasting covenant out of the favours promised to David.
The Word of the Lord
RESPONSORIAL PSALM. Ps 144
R. You open wide your hand, O Lord, you grant our desires.
- The Lord is kind and full of compassion
Slow to anger, abounding in love.
How good is the Lord to all,
Compassionate to all his creatures.
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- The eyes of all creatures look to you
And you give them their food in due time.
You open wide your hand,
Grant the desires of all who live.
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- The Lord is just in all his ways
And loving in all his deeds.
He is close to all who call him,
Call on him from their hearts.
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SECOND READING
A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans. 8.35
Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ, even if we are troubled or worried, or being persecuted, or lacking food or clothes, or being threatened or even attacked. These are the trials through which we triumph, y the power of him who loved us.
For I am certain of this: neither death nor life, no angel, no prince, nothing that exists, nothing still to come, not any power, or height or depth, nor any created thing, can ever come between us and the love of aged made visible in Christ Jesus our Lord.
The Word of the Lord
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on the baking who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and Glory in the highest heavens!
Alleluia!
GOSPEL READING
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. 14:13-21
When Jesus received the news of John the Baptist’s death, he withdrew by boat to a lonely place where they could be by themselves. It the people heard of this and, leaving the towns, went after him on foot. So as he stepped ashore he saw a large crowd, and he took pity on them and healed their sick.
When evening came, the disciples went to him and said, ‘This is a lonely place, and the time has slipped by; so send the people away, and they can go to the villages to buy themselves some food’. Jesus replies, ‘There is no need for them to go; give them something to eat yourselves’. ‘But they answered, ‘All we have with us is five loaves and two fish.’ ‘Bring them here to me,’ he said. He gave orders that the people were to sit down on the grass; then he took the five loaves and to fish,raised his eyes to heaven and said the blessing. And breaking the loaves he handed them to his disciples who gave them to the crowds. They all ate as much as they wanted, and they collected the scraps remaining, twelve baskets full. Those who are numbered about five thousand men, to say nothing of women and children.
This is the Gospel of the Lord
Prayer over the Offerings
Graciously sanctify these gifts, O Lord, we pray, and, accepting the oblation of this spiritual sacrifice, make of us an eternal offering to you. Through Christ our Lord
Communion Antiphon
You have given us, O Lord, bread from heaven, endowed with all delights and sweetness in every taste.
Prayer after communion
Accompany with constant protection, O Lord, those you renew with these heavenly gifts and, in your never-failing care for them, make them worthy of eternal redemption. Through Christ our Lord.
