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Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 2, 2006

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

1st Reading (Wis. 1:13–15; 2:23–24)

A reading from the Book of Wisdom

  1. God did not make death,
    and he does not delight in the death of the living.

  2. For he created all things so that they might exist;
    the generative forces of the world are wholesome,
    and there is no destructive poison in them,
    and the dominion of Hades is not on earth.

  3. For righteousness is immortal.

  4. For God created man for incorruption,
    and made him in the image of his own eternity,

  5. but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,
    and those who belong to his company experience it.

Short Pause

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

Responsorial Psalm (Ps. 30:1, 3, 4–5, 10, 11, 12))

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

  1. I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up,
    and did not let my foes rejoice over me.

  2. O Lord, you brought up my soul from Sheol,
    restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

  1. Sing praises to the Lord, O you his faithful ones,
    and give thanks to his holy name.

  2. For his anger is but for a moment;
    his favor is for a lifetime.
    Weeping may linger for the night,
    but joy comes with the morning.

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

  1. Hear, O Lord, and be gracious to me!
    O Lord, be my helper!’

  2. You have turned my mourning into dancing;

  3. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you for ever.

R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.

2nd Reading—Epistle (2 Cor. 8:7, 9, 13–15)

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

  1. Brethren,

  2. Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you—
    so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking.

  3. For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,
    so that by his poverty you might become rich.

  4. I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you,
    but it is a question of a fair balance between

  5. your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair balance.

  6. As it is written,
    ‘The one who had much did not have too much,
    and the one who had little did not have too little.’

Short Pause

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

Gospel (Mk. 5:21-43))

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. When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered round him; and he was by the lake.

  2. Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Ja'irus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet

  3. and begged him repeatedly, ‘My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.’

  4. So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him.

  5. Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years.

  6. She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse.

  7. She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak,

  8. for she said, ‘If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.’

  9. Immediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

  10. Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, ‘Who touched my clothes?’

  11. And his disciples said to him, ‘You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, “Who touched me?”’

  12. He looked all round to see who had done it.

  13. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before him, and told him the whole truth.

  14. He said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.’

  15. While he was still speaking, some people came from the leader’s house to say, ‘Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?’

  16. But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, ‘Do not fear, only believe.’

  17. He allowed no one to follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  18. When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

  19. When he had entered, he said to them, ‘Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.’

  20. And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was.

  21. He took her by the hand and said to her, ‘Tal'itha cu'mi’, which means, ‘Little girl, get up!’

  22. And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement.

  23. He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Short Pause

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

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