First Reading - Jer 38:4-6.8-10
In those days, the princes
said to the king: “Jeremiah
ought to be put to death; he
is demoralizing the soldiers
who are left in this city, and all
the people, by speaking such
things to them. He is not interested in the welfare of our people, but in their ruin.” King
Zedekiah answered: “He is in
your power”; for the king could
do nothing with them. And so
they took Jeremiah and threw
him into the cistern of Prince
Malchiah, which was in the
quarters of the guard, letting
him down with ropes. There
was no water in the cistern, but
only mud, and Jeremiah sank
into the mud.
Ebedmelech, a court official, went there from the palace and said to him: “My lord
king, these men have been at
fault in all they have done to
the prophet Jeremiah, casting
him into the cistern. He will die
of famine on the spot, for there
is no more food in the city.”
Then the king ordered Ebedmelech the Cushite to take
three men along with him, and
draw the prophet Jeremiah out
of the cistern before he should
die.
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 40
R –Lord, come to my aid!
* I have waited, waited for
the Lord, and he stooped toward me. R.
* The Lord heard my cry.
He drew me out of the pit of destruction, out of the mud of the
swamp; he set my feet upon a
crag; he made firm my steps.
R.
* And he put a new song into
my mouth, a hymn to our God.
Many shall look in awe and
trust in the Lord. R.
* Though I am afflicted and poor, yet the Lord thinks of me. You are my help and my deliverer; O my God, hold not back! R.
Second Reading - Heb 12:1-4
Brothers and sisters:
Since we are surrounded
by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us rid ourselves of every
burden and sin that clings to us
and persevere in running the
race that lies before us while
keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the leader and perfecter of
faith.
For the sake of the joy that
lay before him he endured the
cross, despising its shame, and
has taken his seat at the right
hand of the throne of God.
Consider how he endured such
opposition from sinners, in
order that you may not grow weary and lose heart. In your
struggle against sin you have
not yet resisted to the point of
shedding blood.
Gospel Acclamation - Jn 10:27
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
“My sheep hear my voice,”
says the Lord; “I know
them, and they follow me.”
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth
on fire, and how I wish it were
already blazing! There is a
baptism with which I must
be baptized, and how great is
my anguish until it is accomplished!
Do you think that I have
come to establish peace on the
earth? No, I tell you, but rather
division. From now on a household of five will be divided,
three against two and two
against three; a father will be
divided against his son and a
son against his father, a mother against her daughter and a
daughter against her mother,
a mother-in-law against her
daughter-in-law and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”
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