Readings for
Sunday, June 28, 1998
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time

First Reading

1 Kings 19:16, 19-21 (100)

16

and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint to be king over Israel; and Eli'sha the son of Shaphat of A'bel-meho'lah you shall anoint to be prophet in your place.

19

So he departed from there, and found Eli'sha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing, with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Eli'jah passed by him and cast his mantle upon him.

20

And he left the oxen, and ran after Eli'jah, and said, "Let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again; for what have I done to you?"

21

And he returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the yokes of the oxen, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Eli'jah, and ministered to him.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 16: 1-11

A Miktam of David.

1

Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge.

2

I say to the LORD, "Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee."

3

As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight.

4

Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.

5

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.

6

The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

7

I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

8

I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also dwells secure.

10

For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.

11

Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

Second Reading

Galatians 5:1, 13-18

1

For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

13

For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love be servants of one another.

14

For the whole law is fulfilled in one word, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself."

15

But if you bite and devour one another take heed that you are not consumed by one another.

16

But I say, walk by the Spirit, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17

For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you would.

18

But if you are led by the Spirit you are not under the law.

Gospel

Luke 9:51-62

51

When the days drew near for him to be received up, he set his face to go to Jerusalem.

52

And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him;

53

but the people would not receive him, because his face was set toward Jerusalem.

54

And when his disciples James and John saw it, they said, "Lord, do you want us to bid fire come down from heaven and consume them?"

55

But he turned and rebuked them.

56

And they went on to another village.

57

As they were going along the road, a man said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."

58

And Jesus said to him, "Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head."

59

To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father."

60

But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God."

61

Another said, "I will follow you, Lord; but let me first say farewell to those at my home."

62

Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God."