Daily Reading for Saturday, July 20th, 2013

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 136:1, 23-24, 10-12, 13-15

¹ Alleluia! Give thanks to Yahweh for he is good, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹⁰ He struck down the first-born of Egypt, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹¹ He brought Israel out from among them, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹² With mighty hand and outstretched arm, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹³ He split the Sea of Reeds in two, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹⁴ Let Israel pass through the middle, for his faithful love endures for ever.

¹⁵ And drowned Pharaoh and all his army, for his faithful love endures for ever.

²³ He kept us in mind when we were humbled, for his faithful love endures for ever.

²⁴ And rescued us from our enemies, for his faithful love endures for ever.

Gospel, Matthew 12:14-21

¹⁴ At this the Pharisees went out and began to plot against him, discussing how to destroy him.

¹⁵ Jesus knew this and withdrew from the district. Many followed him and he cured them all

¹⁶ but warned them not to make him known.

¹⁷ This was to fulfil what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah:

¹⁸ Look! My servant whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delights, I will send my Spirit upon him, and he will present judgement to the nations;

¹⁹ he will not brawl or cry out, his voice is not heard in the streets,

²⁰ he will not break the crushed reed, or snuff the faltering wick,

²¹ until he has made judgement victorious; in him the nations will put their hope.