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Mass Readings

Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
June 25, 2006

(Mass Readings from the New Calendar)
To read the homily on these Mass Readings, click here.

1st Reading (Jb. 38:1, 8–11)

A reading from the Book of Job

  1. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind:

  2. ‘Who shut in the sea with doors when it burst out from the womb?—

  3. when I made the clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band,

  4. and prescribed bounds for it, and set bars and doors,

  5. and said, “Thus far shall you come, and no farther, and here shall your proud waves be stopped?”’

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

Responsorial Psalm (Ps. 107:23–26, 28–31)

R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.

  1. Some went down to the sea in ships,
    doing business on the mighty waters;

  2. they saw the deeds of the Lord,
    his wondrous works in the deep.

R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.

  1. For he commanded and raised the stormy wind,
    which lifted up the waves of the sea.

  2. They mounted up to heaven, they went down to the depths;
    their courage melted away in their calamity;

R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.

  1. Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,
    and he brought them out from their distress;

  2. he made the storm be still,
    and the waves of the sea were hushed.

R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.

  1. Then they were glad because they had quiet,
    and he brought them to their desired haven.

  2. Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,
    for his wonderful works to the sons of men.

R. Give thanks to the Lord, his love is everlasting.

2nd Reading—Epistle (2 Cor. 5:14–17)

A reading from the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians.

  1. Brethren,

  2. For the love of Christ urges us on,
    because we are convinced that one has died for all;
    therefore all have died.

  3. And he died for all,
    so that those who live might live no longer for themselves,
    but for him who died and was raised for them.

  4. From now on, therefore,
    we regard no one from a human point of view;
    even though we once knew Christ from a human point of view,
    we know him no longer in that way.

  5. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation:
    everything old has passed away;
    see, everything has become new!

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.

Gospel (Mk. 4:35–41)

V. The Lord be with you.
R. And also with you.
V. A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Mark.
R. Glory to you, O Lord.

  1. On that day, when evening had come, Jesus said to his disciples,
    ‘Let us go across to the other side.’

  2. And leaving the crowd behind, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. Other boats were with him.

  3. A great gale arose, and the waves beat into the boat,
    so that the boat was already being swamped.

  4. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion;
    and they woke him up and said to him,
    ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’

  5. He woke up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea,
    ‘Peace! Be still!’
    Then the wind ceased, and there was a dead calm.

  6. He said to them,
    ‘Why are you afraid? Have you still no faith?’

  7. And they were filled with great awe and said to one another,
    ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

Short Pause

V. The Word of the Lord.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.

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