JUNE 12 Mon Weekday 2 Cor 1:1-7/Mt 5:1-12 

13 Tue St Anthony of Padua, Memorial 2 Cor 1:18-22/Mt 5:13-16 

14 Wed Weekday 2 Cor 3:4-11/Mt 5:17-19 

15 Thu Weekday 2 Cor 3:15—4:1, 3-6/Mt 5:20-26 

16 Fri  SACRED HEART OF JESUS Solemnity

Dt 7:6-11/1 Jn 4:7-16/Mt 11:25-30 

17 Sat  Immaculate Heart of Mary Memorial 2 Cor 5:14-21 (364)/Lk 2:41-51

18 SUN ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

Ex 19:2-6a/Rom 5:6-11/Mt 9:36—10:8 

We begin reading this week (wk 10) from chapter 5 (the Beatitudes) of Matthew’s gospel and continue reading from this gospel till the 21st week of the year.   

Matthew’s gospel presents us with Jesus the teacher in Matthew’s gospel. In our readings there’s little about his miracles or his travels to other places. He makes his place on a mountain in Galilee to teach in a land where people sit in darkness and the shadow of death. He brings light and the promise of life to them, and to us.

The Sermon on the Mount summarizes his teaching and of his life. I think that’s why the first of the beatitudes is “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus became poor, to bring us to life. He “ took the form of a slave, being born in human likeness, and so he humbled himself even to death, death on a cross. God exalted him.” (Philippians)

St. Anthony of Padua, a popular saint, is celebrated this week. The Feasts of the Sacred Heart and the Immaculate Heart of Mary also occur.