Liturgy of the Hours
Wednesday in the 10th week of Ordinary Time or Wednesday in the 9th week of Ordinary Time
Prayer Hours
Invitatory
Office of Readings
Morning Prayer
Midmorning Prayer
Midday Prayer
Midafternoon Prayer
Evening Prayer
Night Prayer
Mass Readings
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
First Reading
1 Kings 18:20-39
Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount Carmel. Elijah appealed to all the people and said, "How long will you straddle the issue? If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him." The people, however, did not answer him. So Elijah said to the people, "I am the only surviving prophet of the LORD, and there are four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal. Give us two young bulls. Let them choose one, cut it into pieces, and place it on the wood, but start n...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 16:1b-2ab, 4, 5ab and 8, 11
Refrain: Keep me safe, O God; you are my hope.
Gospel
Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place. Therefore, whoever breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do so will be called least in the Kingdom of heaven. But whoever obeys and teaches these commandments wi...
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