Monday, April 22, 2024
Liturgical Season: 
VII The Season of Sleebo

Heb 10:1-4

One Sacrifice Instead of Many. 1* Since the law has only a shadow of the good things to come,* and not the very image of them, it can never make perfect those who come to worship by the same sacrifices that they offer continually each year.a 2Otherwise, would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, once cleansed, would no longer have had any consciousness of sins? 3But in those sacrifices there is only a yearly remembrance of sins,b 4for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats take away sins.c

Mt 12:15-21

The Chosen Servant.* 15When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many [people] followed him, and he cured them all,* 16but he warned them not to make him known. 17This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

18“Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,j

my beloved in whom I delight;

I shall place my spirit upon him,

and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.

19He will not contend* or cry out,

nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.

20A bruised reed he will not break,

a smoldering wick he will not quench,

until he brings justice to victory.

21And in his name the Gentiles will hope.”*