Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc. 16TH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Psalter: Week 4 / (Green/White) St. Sharbel Makhluf, priest Responsorial Psalm: 71: 1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15, 17: My mouth shall be filled with praise, and I will sing your glory.
1st Reading: Jeremiah 1: 1, 4-10 These are the words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, one of the priests at Anathoth in the territory of Benjamin. A word of Yahweh came to me, “Even before I formed you in the womb I have known you; even before you were born I had set you apart, and appointed you a prophet to the nations!” I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! I do not know how to speak; I am still young!” But Yahweh replied, “Do not say; ‘I am still young’, for now you will go, whatever be the mission I am entrusting to you, and you will speak of whatever I command you to say. Do not be afraid of them, for I will be with you to protect you—it is Yahweh who speaks!” Then Yahweh stretched out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “Now I have put my words in your mouth.
See! Today I give you authority over nations and over kingdoms to uproot and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.” Gospel: Matthew 13: 1-9 That same day, Jesus left the house and sat down by the lakeside. Many people gathered around him.
So he got into a boat, and sat down, while the crowds stood on the shore; and he spoke to them in parables about many things. Jesus said, “The sower went out to sow; and, as he sowed, some seeds.