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Knights of Columbus Father William O'Byrne Council #3574 Jacksonville NC, 219 Marine Boulevard, Jacksonville, NC (2026)

06/17/2026

Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Saints Blaise and Diogen, Martyrs on the via Salaria antica

First Reading
2 Kgs 2:1, 6-14
A flaming chariot came between them and Elijah went up to heaven.
A reading from the second Book of Kings

When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind, he and Elisha were on their way from Gilgal. Elijah said to Elisha, “Please stay here; the LORD has sent me on to the Jordan.” “As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you,” Elisha replied. And so the two went on together. Fifty of the guild prophets followed and when the two stopped at the Jordan, they stood facing them at a distance.Elijah took his mantle, rolled it up and struck the water, which divided, and both crossed over on dry ground.

When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, “Ask for whatever I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha answered, “May I receive a double portion of your spirit.” “You have asked something that is not easy,” Elijah replied. “Still, if you see me taken up from you, your wish will be granted; otherwise not.” As they walked on conversing, a flaming chariot and flaming horses came between them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind. When Elisha saw it happen he cried out, “My father! my father! Israel’s chariots and drivers!” But when he could no longer see him, Elisha gripped his own garment and tore it in two.

Then he picked up Elijah’s mantle that had fallen from him, and went back and stood at the bank of the Jordan. Wielding the mantle that had fallen from Elijah, Elisha struck the water in his turn and said, “Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?” When Elisha struck the water it divided and he crossed over.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 31:20, 21, 24
℟. (25) Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

How great is the goodness, O LORD,
which you have in store for those who fear you,
And which, toward those who take refuge in you,
you show in the sight of the children of men.

℟.Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

You hide them in the shelter of your presence
from the plottings of men;
You screen them within your abode
from the strife of tongues.

℟.Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

Love the LORD, all you his faithful ones!
The LORD keeps those who are constant,
but more than requites those who act proudly.

℟.Let your hearts take comfort, all who hope in the Lord.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Jn 14:23
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him and we will come to him.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right is doing, so that your almsgiving may be secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

“When you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, who love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on street corners so that others may see them. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites. They neglect their appearance, so that they may appear to others to be fasting. Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward. But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to others to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

06/16/2026

Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Saints Quiricus and Julietta, Martyrs

First Reading
1 Kgs 21:17-29
You have provoked me by leading Israel to sin.
A reading from the first Book of Kings

After the death of Naboth the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite: “Start down to meet Ahab, king of Israel, who rules in Samaria. He will be in the vineyard of Naboth, of which he has come to take possession. This is what you shall tell him, ‘The LORD says: After murdering, do you also take possession? For this, the LORD says: In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth, the dogs shall lick up your blood, too.’” Ahab said to Elijah, “Have you found me out, my enemy?” “Yes,” he answered. “Because you have given yourself up to doing evil in the LORD’s sight, I am bringing evil upon you: I will destroy you and will cut off every male in Ahab’s line, whether slave or freeman, in Israel. I will make your house like that of Jeroboam, son of Nebat, and like that of Baasha, son of Ahijah, because of how you have provoked me by leading Israel into sin.” (Against Jezebel, too, the LORD declared, “The dogs shall devour Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.”) “When one of Ahab’s line dies in the city, dogs will devour him; when one of them dies in the field, the birds of the sky will devour him.” Indeed, no one gave himself up to the doing of evil in the sight of the LORD as did Ahab, urged on by his wife Jezebel. He became completely abominable by following idols, just as the Amorites had done, whom the LORD drove out before the children of Israel.

When Ahab heard these words, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth over his bare flesh. He fasted, slept in the sackcloth, and went about subdued. Then the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Have you seen that Ahab has humbled himself before me? Since he has humbled himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his time. I will bring the evil upon his house during the reign of his son.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 11 and 16

℟. (see 3a)Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
and of my sin cleanse me.

℟.Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

For I acknowledge my offense,
and my sin is before me always:
“Against you only have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight.”

℟.Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Turn away your face from my sins,
and blot out all my guilt.
Free me from blood guilt, O God, my saving God;
then my tongue shall revel in your justice.

℟.Be merciful, O Lord, for we have sinned.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Jn 13:34
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 5:43-48
Love your enemies.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same?
And if you greet your brothers only, what is unusual about that?
Do not the pagans do the same? So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

06/15/2026

Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Bernard of Menthon, canons regular of Saint Augustin

First Reading
1 Kgs 21:1-16
Naboth has been stoned to death.
A reading from the first Book of Kings

Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel next to the palace of Ahab, king of Samaria. Ahab said to Naboth, “Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it is close by, next to my house. I will give you a better vineyard in exchange, or, if you prefer, I will give you its value in money.” Naboth answered him, “The LORD forbid that I should give you my ancestral heritage.” Ahab went home disturbed and angry at the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had made to him: “I will not give you my ancestral heritage.” Lying down on his bed, he turned away from food and would not eat.

His wife Jezebel came to him and said to him, “Why are you so angry that you will not eat?” He answered her, “Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, ‘Sell me your vineyard, or, if you prefer, I will give you a vineyard in exchange.’ But he refused to let me have his vineyard.” His wife Jezebel said to him, “A fine ruler over Israel you are indeed! Get up,eat and be cheerful. I will obtain the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you.”

So she wrote letters in Ahab’s name and, having sealed them with his seal, sent them to the elders and to the nobles who lived in the same city with Naboth. This is what she wrote in the letters: “Proclaim a fast and set Naboth at the head of the people. Next, get two scoundrels to face him and accuse him of having cursed God and king. Then take him out and stone him to death.” His fellow citizens—the elders and nobles who dwelt in his city— did as Jezebel had ordered them in writing, through the letters she had sent them. They proclaimed a fast and placed Naboth at the head of the people. Two scoundrels came in and confronted him with the accusation, “Naboth has cursed God and king.” And they led him out of the city and stoned him to death. Then they sent the information to Jezebel that Naboth had been stoned to death.

When Jezebel learned that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, “Go on, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite that he refused to sell you, because Naboth is not alive, but dead.” On hearing that Naboth was dead, Ahab started off on his way down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 5:2-3ab, 4b-6a, 6b-7
℟. (2b)Lord, listen to my groaning.

Hearken to my words, O LORD,
attend to my sighing.
Heed my call for help,
my king and my God!

℟.Lord, listen to my groaning.

At dawn I bring my plea expectantly before you.
For you, O God, delight not in wickedness;
no evil man remains with you;
the arrogant may not stand in your sight.

℟.Lord, listen to my groaning.

You hate all evildoers.
You destroy all who speak falsehood;
The bloodthirsty and the deceitful
the LORD abhors.

℟.Lord, listen to my groaning.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Ps 119:105
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
A lamp to my feet is your word, a light to my path.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 5:38-42
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well. If anyone wants to go to law with you over your tunic, hand him your cloak as well. Should anyone press you into service for one mile, go with him for two miles. Give to the one who asks of you, and do not turn your back on one who wants to borrow.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

06/14/2026

Grand Knight Jim Kulp and District Deputy Richard Dodson presented a special Papal Blessing to Father Drew Navarro. Father Drew spent his seminarian intern year at Infant of Prague. Congratulations to Father Drew and may our Heavenly Father and our Mother Mary bless and guide him as he Shepards his flock.

06/14/2026

We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

06/14/2026

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Saint Elisha, Prophet

First Reading
Ex 19:2-6a
You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.
A reading from the Book of Exodus

In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob; tell the Israelites: You have seen for yourselves how I treated the Egyptians and how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself. Therefore, if you hearken to my voice and keep my covenant, you shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people, though all the earth is mine. You shall be to me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5
℟. (3c)We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

Sing joyfully to the LORD, all you lands;
serve the LORD with gladness;
come before him with joyful song.

℟.We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

Know that the LORD is God;
he made us, his we are;
his people, the flock he tends.

℟.We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

The LORD is good:
his kindness endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

℟.We are his people: the sheep of his flock.

Second Reading
Rom 5:6-11
If we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more will we be saved by his life.
A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

Brothers and sisters:
Christ, while we were still helpless, yet died at the appointed time for the ungodly. Indeed, only with difficulty does one die for a just person, though perhaps for a good person one might even find courage to die. But God proves his love for us in that while we were still sinners Christ died for us. How much more then, since we are now justified by his blood, will we be saved through him from the wrath. Indeed, if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, once reconciled, will we be saved by his life. Not only that, but we also boast of God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

The word of the Lord.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Mk 1:15
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent and believe in the Gospel.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 9:36—10:8
Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and sent them out.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

At the sight of the crowds, Jesus’ heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”

Then he summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness. The names of the twelve apostles are these: first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John; Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus; Simon from Cana, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.

Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, drive out demons. Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

TheCreed is said.

06/13/2026

Sir Knights from Senator AJ Ellis Assembly 1541 and members of the American Legion Burton-Cowell post 265 recently conducted a Flag Retirement Ceremony for our National Colors. Thank you to the Northside High School Choir who sang the National Anthem and the Military Hymns of each branch of our Military Services.

06/13/2026

Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Anthony of Padua

First Reading
1 Kgs 19:19-21
Then Elisha left and followed Elijah.
A reading from the first Book of Kings

Elijah set out, and came upon Elisha, son of Shaphat, as he was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen; he was following the twelfth. Elijah went over to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, and I will follow you.” Elijah answered, “Go back! Have I done anything to you?” Elisha left him and, taking the yoke of oxen, slaughtered them; he used the plowing equipment for fuel to boil their flesh, and gave it to his people to eat. Then he left and followed Elijah as his attendant.

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
Ps 16:1b-2a and 5, 7-8, 9-10
℟. (See 5a)You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Keep me, O God, for in you I take refuge;
I say to the LORD, “My Lord are you.”
O LORD, my allotted portion and my cup,
you it is who hold fast my lot.

℟.You are my inheritance, O Lord.

I bless the LORD who counsels me;
even in the night my heart exhorts me.
I set the LORD ever before me;
with him at my right hand I shall not be disturbed.

℟.You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Therefore my heart is glad and my soul rejoices,
my body, too, abides in confidence;
Because you will not abandon my soul to the nether world,
nor will you suffer your faithful one to undergo corruption.

℟.You are my inheritance, O Lord.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Ps 119:36a, 29b
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
Incline my heart, O God, to your decrees; and favor me with your law.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 5:33-37
I say to you, do not swear at all.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said to your ancestors, do not take a false oath, but make good to the Lord all that you vow. But I say to you, do not swear at all; not by heaven, for it is God’s throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Do not swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black. Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’ Anything more is from the Evil One.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

06/13/2026

Reminder: the joint Knights of Columbus/American Legion Flag Retirement Ceremony is Saturday morning at the American Legion parking lot. Show time is 0730 with a 0800 start time.

06/12/2026

Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Saint Leo III, Pope

The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.

First Reading
Dt 7:6-11
The Lord set his heart on you and chose you.
A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy

Moses said to the people:
“You are a people sacred to the LORD, your God; he has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earth to be a people peculiarly his own. It was not because you are the largest of all nations that the LORD set his heart on you and chose you, for you are really the smallest of all nations. It was because the LORD loved you and because of his fidelity to the oath he had sworn your fathers, that he brought you out with his strong hand from the place of slavery, and ransomed you from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Understand, then, that the LORD, your God, is God indeed, the faithful God who keeps his merciful covenant down to the thousandth generation toward those who love him and keep his commandments, but who repays with destruction a person who hates him; he does not dally with such a one, but makes them personally pay for it. You shall therefore carefully observe the commandments, the statutes and the decrees that I enjoin on you today.”

The word of the Lord.

Responsorial Psalm
103:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8, 10
℟. (cf. 17) The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

Bless the LORD, O my soul;
all my being, bless his holy name.
Bless the LORD, O my soul;
and forget not all his benefits.

℟.The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

He pardons all your iniquities,
heals all your ills.
He redeems your life from destruction,
crowns you with kindness and compassion.

℟.The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

Merciful and gracious is the LORD,
slow to anger and abounding in kindness.
Not according to our sins does he deal with us,
nor does he requite us according to our crimes.

℟.The Lord’s kindness is everlasting to those who fear him.

Second Reading
1 Jn 4:7-16
God loved us.
A reading from the first Letter of Saint John

Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God is love. In this way the love of God was revealed to us: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might have life through him. In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as expiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. No one has ever seen God. Yet, if we love one another, God remains in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us.

This is how we know that we remain in him and he in us, that he has given us of his Spirit. Moreover, we have seen and testify that the Father sent his Son as savior of the world. Whoever acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him and he in God. We have come to know and to believe in the love God has for us.

God is love, and whoever remains in love remains in God and God in him.

The word of the Lord.

Acclamation before the Gospel
Mt 11:29ab
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.
Take my yoke upon you, says the Lord; and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart.
℟.Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel
Mt 11:25-30
I am meek and humble of heart.
✠A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew

At that time Jesus exclaimed:
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to little ones. Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

Then kissing the book, saying quietly:

Through the words of the Gospel may our sins be wiped away.

The Creed is said.

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