25/06/2026
June 26, 2026
Friday, Week 12 in Ordinary Time
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Readings at Mass
Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).
First reading
2 Kings 25:1-12
The sack of Jerusalem and the final deportation
In the ninth year of Zedekiahโs reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round it. The city lay under siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, when famine was raging in the city and there was no food for the populace, a breach was made in the city wall. At once, the king made his escape under cover of dark, with all the fighting men, by way of the gate between the two walls, which is near the kingโs garden โ the Chaldaeans had surrounded the city โ and made his way towards the Arabah. The Chaldaean troops pursued the king and caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, where all his troops deserted. The Chaldaeans captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him. He had the sons of Zedekiah slaughtered before his eyes, then put out Zedekiahโs eyes and, loading him with chains, carried him off to Babylon.
In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month โ it was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon โ Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, an officer of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem. He burned down the Temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem. The Chaldaean troops who accompanied the commander of the guard demolished the walls surrounding Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, deported the remainder of the population left behind in the city, the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the common people. The commander of the guard left some of the humbler country people as vineyard workers and ploughmen.
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Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 136(137):1-6
Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
By the rivers of Babylon
there we sat and wept,
remembering Zion;
on the poplars that grew there
we hung up our harps.
Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
For it was there that they asked us,
our captors, for songs,
our oppressors, for joy.
โSing to us,โ they said,
โone of Zionโs songs.โ
Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
O how could we sing
the song of the Lord
on alien soil?
If I forget you, Jerusalem,
let my right hand wither!
Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
O let my tongue
cleave to my mouth
if I remember you not,
if I prize not Jerusalem
above all my joys!
Let my tongue be silenced, if I ever forget you!
Gospel Acclamation
Mt8:17
Alleluia, alleluia!
He bore our sicknesses;
he endured our suffering.
Alleluia!
Gospel
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๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.
๐จ๐๐
๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐จ ๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐๐ ๐๐
Matthew 8:1-4
๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ถ ๐ณ๐๐๐
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'If you want to, you can cure me'
After Jesus had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him. A l***r now came up and bowed low in front of him. โSir,โ he said โif you want to, you can cure me.โ Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said, โOf course I want to! Be cured!โ And his leprosy was cured at once. Then Jesus said to him, โMind you do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence for them.โ
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๐ท๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐, ๐ณ๐๐๐
๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐
