01/06/2026
June 2, 2026
Tuesday, Week 9 in Ordinary Time
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Readings at Mass
Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).
First reading
2 Peter 3:11-15,17-18
We are waiting for the new heaven and the new earth
You should be living holy and saintly lives while you wait and long for the Day of God to come, when the sky will dissolve in flames and the elements melt in the heat. What we are waiting for is what he promised: the new heavens and new earth, the place where righteousness will be at home. So then, my friends, while you are waiting, do your best to live lives without spot or stain so that he will find you at peace. Think of our Lord’s patience as your opportunity to be saved. You have been warned about this, my friends; be careful not to get carried away by the errors of unprincipled people, from the firm ground that you are standing on. Instead, go on growing in the grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory, in time and in eternity. Amen.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒌𝒔 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝑮𝒐𝒅
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 89(90):2-4,10,14,16
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
Before the mountains were born
or the earth or the world brought forth,
you are God, without beginning or end.
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
You turn men back to dust
and say: ‘Go back, sons of men.’
To your eyes a thousand years
are like yesterday, come and gone,
no more than a watch in the night.
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
Our span is seventy years,
or eighty for those who are strong.
And most of these are emptiness and pain.
They pass swiftly and we are gone.
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
In the morning, fill us with your love;
we shall exult and rejoice all our days.
Show forth your work to your servants;
let your glory shine on their children.
In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge.
Gospel Acclamation
cf.Ep1:17-18
Alleluia, alleluia!
May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
enlighten the eyes of our heart
that we may see how great is the hope
to which we are called.
Alleluia!
Gospel
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝒃𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖.
𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕.
𝑨 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒍𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐
Mark 12:13-17
𝑮𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑶 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅.
Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God
The chief priests and the scribes and the elders sent to Jesus some Pharisees and some Herodians to catch him out in what he said. These came and said to him,
‘Master, we know you are an honest man, that you are not afraid of anyone, because a man’s rank means nothing to you, and that you teach the way of God in all honesty. Is it permissible to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay, yes or no?’ Seeing through their hypocrisy he said to them, ‘Why do you set this trap for me? Hand me a denarius and let me see it.’ They handed him one and he said, ‘Whose head is this? Whose name?’ ‘Caesar’s’ they told him. Jesus said to them, ‘Give back to Caesar what belongs to Caesar – and to God what belongs to God.’ This reply took them completely by surprise.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒍 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅.
𝑷𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖, 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕
