05/07/2026
*SUNDAY ROMAN CATHOLIC MASS READINGS*
*FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR A*
*5TH JULY 2026*
*LITURGICAL COLOR: GREEN 💚*
*THEME OF THE SUNDAY:*
```GOD REVEALS HIMSELF TO THE POOR. ```
*_The gospel shows Jesus “gentle and humble,” that is, on the side of the poor and the oppressed. He rejoices because it is to them that the father has revealed his message of salvation. In the first reading we find the words of the prophet announcing a Messiah who is poor and humble. These appear to be words that describe Jesus. The second reading can be linked to this theme because it speaks of the Spirit who can only be received by the poor, by those who are “humble in heart.”_*
*ENTRANCE ANTIPHON cf.Ps47:10-11*
Your merciful love, O God, we have received in the midst of your temple. Your praise, O God, like your name, reaches the ends of the earth. Your right hand is filled with saving justice.
*COLLECT*
```O God, who in the abasement of your Son have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin you bestow eternal gladness. Through our Lord...```
*FIRST READING*
Zechariah9:9-10
_“Behold, your king comes to you, humble.”_
*A reading from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah*
Thus says the Lord: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king comes to you; triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a c**t the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall command peace to the nations; his dominion shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth.
*The word of the Lord.*
*RESPONSORIAL PSALM*
Psalm 145:1 -2.8-9.10-11.13cd-14 (R. see 1)
*R/. I will bless your name forever, my king and my God.*
*Or: Alleluia.*
I will extol you, my God and king,
and bless your name forever and ever.
I will bless you day after day,