• Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary TimeJuly 5, 2025

  Reading 1 Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29

  When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him,
  he called his older son Esau and said to him, “Son!”
  “Yes father!” he replied.
  Isaac then said, “As you can see, I am so old
  that I may now die at any time.
  Take your gear, therefore–your quiver and bow–
  and go out into the country to hunt some game for me.
  With your catch prepare an appetizing dish for me, such as I like,
  and bring it to me to eat,
  so that I may give you my special blessing before I die.”
  
  Rebekah had been listening
  while Isaac was speaking to his son Esau.
  So, when Esau went out into the country
  to hunt some game for his father,
  Rebekah [then] took the best clothes of her older son Esau
  that she had in the house,
  and gave them to her younger son Jacob to wear;
  and with the skins of the kids she covered up his hands
  and the hairless parts of his neck.
  Then she handed her son Jacob the appetizing dish
  and the bread she had prepared.
  
  Bringing them to his father, Jacob said, “Father!”
  “Yes?” replied Isaac.  “Which of my sons are you?”
  Jacob answered his father:  “I am Esau, your first-born.
  I did as you told me.
  Please sit up and eat some of my game,
  so that you may give me your special blessing.”
  But Isaac asked, “How did you succeed so quickly, son?”
  He answered,
  “The LORD, your God, let things turn out well with me.”
  Isaac then said to Jacob,
  “Come closer, son, that I may feel you,
  to learn whether you really are my son Esau or not.”
  So Jacob moved up closer to his father.
  When Isaac felt him, he said,
  “Although the voice is Jacob’s, the hands are Esau’s.”
  (He failed to identify him because his hands were hairy,
  like those of his brother Esau;
  so in the end he gave him his blessing.)
  Again he asked Jacob, “Are you really my son Esau?”
  “Certainly,” Jacob replied.
  Then Isaac said, “Serve me your game, son, that I may eat of it
  and then give you my blessing.”
  Jacob served it to him, and Isaac ate;
  he brought him wine, and he drank.
  
  Finally his father Isaac said to Jacob,
  “Come closer, son, and kiss me.”
  As Jacob went up and kissed him,
  Isaac smelled the fragrance of his clothes.
  With that, he blessed him saying,
  
  “Ah, the fragrance of my son
  is like the fragrance of a field
  that the LORD has blessed!
  
  “May God give to you
  of the dew of the heavens
  And of the fertility of the earth
  abundance of grain and wine.
  
  “Let peoples serve you,
  and nations pay you homage;
  Be master of your brothers,
  and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
  Cursed be those who curse you,
  and blessed be those who bless you.”

  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 135:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6

  R.(3a) Praise the Lord for the Lord is good!
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Praise the name of the LORD;
  Praise, you servants of the LORD
  Who stand in the house of the LORD,
  in the courts of the house of our God.
  R. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good!
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good;
  sing praise to his name, which we love;
  For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself,
  Israel for his own possession.
  R. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good!
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  For I know that the LORD is great;
  our LORD is greater than all gods.
  All that the LORD wills he does
  in heaven and on earth,
  in the seas and in all the deeps.
  R. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good!
  or:
  R. Alleluia.

  Alleluia John 10:27

  R. Alleluia, alleluia.
  My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
  I know them, and they follow me.
  R. Alleluia, alleluia.

  Gospel Matthew 9:14-17

  The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,
  “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,
  but your disciples do not fast?”
  Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
  as long as the bridegroom is with them?
  The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
  and then they will fast.
  No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth,
  for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
  People do not put new wine into old wineskins.
  Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.
  Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

  • Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Anthony Mary Zaccaria, Priest
  • Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Portugal [In the Dioceses of the United States]

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• Sábado de la XIII semana del Tiempo ordinarioJuly 5, 2025

  Primera lectura Génesis 27, 1-5. 15-29

  Isaac había envejecido y ya no veía por tener debilitados los ojos. Un día llamó a Esaú, su hijo mayor, y le dijo: “¡Hijo mío!” Esaú le respondió: “Aquí estoy”. Isaac le dijo: “Mira, ya soy viejo y no sé cuándo voy a morir. Así pues, toma tus flechas, tu aljaba y tu arco, sal al campo y caza algo para mí. Luego me preparas un buen guiso, como a mí me gusta, y me lo traes para que me lo coma y te bendiga antes de morir”.
  
  Pero Rebeca estaba escuchando la conversación de Isaac con Esaú. Cuando Esaú se fue al campo a cazar algo para su padre, Rebeca tomó la ropa más fina de Esaú, su hijo mayor, y se la puso a Jacob, su hijo menor. Luego, con la piel de unos cabritos, le cubrió a Jacob los brazos y la parte lampiña del cuello y le entregó el guisado y el pan que había preparado.
  
  Jacob entró a donde estaba su padre y le dijo: “¡Padre!” Isaac le respondió: “Aquí estoy. ¿Quién eres, hijo?” Jacob le dijo a su padre: “Soy tu primogénito, Esaú. Ya hice lo que me dijiste. Levántate, siéntate y come de lo que he cazado, para que me bendigas”.
  
  Isaac le dijo: “¡Qué pronto encontraste algo para cazar, hijo!” Respondió Jacob: “Sí; es que el Señor, tu Dios, me lo puso delante”. Isaac le dijo a Jacob: “Acércate, hijo, para que te toque y vea si realmente eres o no mi hijo Esaú”. Jacob se acercó a su padre, Isaac, el cual lo palpó y dijo: “La voz es de Jacob, pero los brazos son de Esaú”. Y no reconoció a Jacob porque sus brazos estaban velludos como los de su hermano mayor, y se dispuso Isaac a bendecirlo.
  
  Entonces le dijo: “¿Eres tú de veras mi hijo Esaú?” Respondió Jacob: “Sí, yo soy”. Le dijo Isaac: “Acércame lo que has cazado para que coma y después te bendiga”. Jacob le acercó el guisado y el padre comió; también le trajo vino y bebió. Entonces le dijo Isaac a Jacob: “Hijo, acércate y bésame”. El se acercó y lo besó; y al aspirar Isaac el olor de su ropa, lo bendijo, diciendo:
  
  “El aroma de mi hijo es como el aroma de un campo,
  bendecido por el Señor.
  Que Dios te conceda la lluvia del cielo
  y la fertilidad de la tierra,
  y trigo y vino en abundancia.
  Que los pueblos te sirvan
  y las naciones se postren ante ti;
  que seas señor de tus hermanos
  y que se postren ante ti los hijos de tu madre.
  Maldito sea el que te maldiga
  y bendito el que te bendiga”.

  Salmo Responsorial Salmo 134. 1-2. 3-4. 5-6

  R.(3a) Te alabamos, Señor, porque eres bueno.
  Alaben el nombre del Señor,
  alábenlo, siervos del Señor,
  los que están en la casa del Señor,
  en los atrios de la casa de nuestro Dios.
  R. Te alabamos, Señor, porque eres bueno.
  Alaben al Señor, porque es bueno;
  alaben su nombre, porque es amable.
  El escogió a Jacob,
  a Israel como posesión suya.
  R. Te alabamos, Señor, porque eres bueno.
  Yo sé que el Señor es grande,
  nuestro Dios, más que todos los dioses.
  El Señor hace todo lo que quiere
  en el cielo y en la tierra,
  en los mares y en los océanos.
  R. Te alabamos, Señor, porque eres bueno.

  Aclamación antes del Evangelio Juan 10, 27

  R. Aleluya, aleluya.
  Mis ovejas escuchan mi voz, dice el Señor;
  yo las conozco y ellas me siguen.
  R. Aleluya.

  Evangelio Mateo 9, 14-17

  En aquel tiempo, los discípulos de Juan fueron a ver a Jesús y le preguntaron: “¿Por qué tus discípulos no ayunan, mientras nosotros y los fariseos sí ayunamos?” Jesús les respondió: “¿Cómo pueden llevar luto los amigos del esposo, mientras él está con ellos? Pero ya vendrán días en que les quitarán al esposo, y entonces sí ayunarán.
  
  Nadie remienda un vestido viejo con un parche de tela nueva, porque el remiendo nuevo encoge, rompe la tela vieja y así se hace luego más grande la rotura. Nadie echa el vino nuevo en odres viejos, porque los odres se rasgan, se tira el vino y se echan a perder los odres. El vino nuevo se echa en odres nuevos y así las dos cosas se conservan’’.
  
   

  • Readings for the Memoria Opcional de San Antonio María Zacaría, presbítero
  • Readings for the Memoria Opcional de Santa Isabel de Portugal [para los diócesis de los Estados Unidos de América]

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  Los textos de la Sagrada Escritura utilizados en esta obra han sido tomados de los Leccionarios I, II y III, propiedad de la Comisión Episcopal de Pastoral Litúrgica de la Conferencia Episcopal Mexicana, copyright © 1987, quinta edición de septiembre de 2004. Utilizados con permiso. Todos los derechos reservados. Debido a cuestiones de permisos de impresión, los Salmos Responsoriales que se incluyen aquí son los del Leccionario que se utiliza en México. Su parroquia podría usar un texto diferente.

Act of Spiritual Communion

My Jesus, 
I believe that You are present in the Most Holy Sacrament. 
I love You above all things, 
and I desire to receive You into my soul. 
Since I cannot at this moment receive You sacramentally, 
come at least spiritually into my heart. 
I embrace You as if You were already there 
and unite myself wholly to You. 
Never permit me to be separated from You.

Amen.

St. Alphonsus Liguori

Spiritual Communion Prayer

At Thy feet, O my Jesus, I prostrate myself and I offer Thee repentance of my contrite heart, which is humbled in its nothingness and in Thy holy presence. I adore Thee in the Sacrament of Thy love, the ineffable Eucharist. I desire to receive Thee into the poor dwelling that my heart offers Thee. While waiting for the happiness of sacramental communion, I wish to possess Thee in spirit. Come to me, O my Jesus, since I, for my part, am coming to Thee! May Thy love embrace my whole being in life and in death. I believe in Thee, I hope in Thee, I love Thee. Amen.

Servant of God Rafael Cardinal Merry del Val

Anima Christi Prayer

Soul of Christ, sanctify me.
Body of Christ, save me.
Blood of Christ, inebriate me.
Water from Christ’s side, wash me.
Passion of Christ, strengthen me.
O good Jesus, hear me.
Within Thy wounds hide me.
Suffer me not to be separated from Thee.
From the malicious enemy defend me.
In the hour of my death call me.
And bid me come unto Thee.
That I may praise Thee with Thy saints.
Forever and ever. Amen.

Prayer of Thanksgiving after Communion

Lord, Father all-powerful and ever-living God, I thank You, for even though I am a sinner, your unprofitable servant, not because of my worth but in the kindness of your mercy, You have fed me with the Precious Body & Blood of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ. I pray that this Holy Communion may not bring me condemnation and punishment but forgiveness and salvation. 

May it be a helmet of faith and a shield of good will. May it purify me from evil ways and put an end to my evil passions. May it bring me charity and patience, humility and obedience, and growth in the power to do good. May it be my strong defense against all my enemies, visible and invisible, and the perfect calming of all my evil impulses, bodily and spiritual. May it unite me more closely to you, the One true God, and lead me safely through death to everlasting happiness with You.

And I pray that You will lead me, a sinner, to the banquet where you, with Your Son and holy Spirit, are true and perfect light, total fulfillment, everlasting joy, gladness without end, and perfect happiness to your saints. grant this through Christ our Lord, Amen.

St. Thomas Aquinas

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