July 8, 2014

The Book of the Prophet Hosea 8: 4-7, 11-13

8:4They have reigned, but not by me. Leaders have emerged, and I did not recognize them. Their silver and their gold, they have made into idols for themselves, so that they might cross over.
8:5Your calf, Samaria, has been rejected. My fury has been enraged against them. How long will they be incapable of being cleansed?
8:6For it is itself also from Israel: a workman made it, and it is not God. For the calf of Samaria will be used for the webs of spiders.
8:7For they will sow wind and reap a whirlwind. It does not have a firm stalk; the bud will yield no grain. But if it does yield, strangers will eat it.
8:11For Ephraim multiplied altars to sin, and sanctuaries have become an offense for him.
8:12I will write to him my intricate laws, which have been treated like strangers.
8:13They will offer victims, they will immolate flesh and will eat, and the Lord will not accept them. For now he will remember their iniquity, and he will repay their sins: they will be turned back to Egypt.

Sveto jevanđelje po Mateju 9: 32-38

9:32I otišli su u Kafarnaum. I kada su bili u kući, ispitivao ih je, „O čemu ste razgovarali usput?”
9:33Ali oni su ćutali. Zaista, na putu, oni su se međusobno prepirali ko je od njih veći.
9:34I sjesti, pozvao je dvanaestoricu, a on im reče, „Ako neko želi da bude prvi, on će biti posljednji od svih i služitelj svega.”
9:35I uzeti dijete, postavio ga je u njihovu sredinu. I kada ga je zagrlio, rekao im je:
9:36“Ko primi jedno takvo dijete u moje ime, prima me. I ko god me primi, ne prima mene, nego onaj koji me posla.”
9:37Džon mu je odgovorio rečima, “Učitelju, vidjeli smo nekoga kako izgoni demone u tvoje ime; on nas ne prati, i zato smo mu zabranili.”
9:38Ali Isus je rekao: “Nemojte mu zabranjivati. Jer ne postoji niko ko može djelovati s vrlinom u moje ime i uskoro govoriti zlo o meni.