Readings for Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel - 16 July 2018

First Reading A reading from the first book of Kings (1Kings 18:42b-25a)

Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel and bowed down to the earth, putting his face between his knees. ‘Now go up,’ he told his servant ‘and look out to sea,’ He went up and looked. ‘There is nothing at all,’ he said. ‘Go back seven times,’ Elijah told said. The seventh time, the servant said, ‘Now there is a cloud, small as a man’s hand, rising from the sea.’ Elijah said, ‘Go and say to Ahab, “Harness the chariot and go down before the rain stops you.”’ 

And with that the sky grew dark with cloud and storm, and rain fell in torrents. This is the word of the Lord. 

Responsorial Psalm 

R/ Draw us after you, Virgin Mary; we shall follow in your footsteps. 

Lord, who shall be admitted to your tent and dwell on your holy mountain? R/ 

He who walks without fault;
he who acts with justice
and speaks the truth from his heart. R/ 

He who does not slander with his tongue; he who does no wrong to his brother, who casts no slur against his neighbour. 

He who holds the godless in disdain, buthonoursthosewhofeartheLord. R/ 

(Ps 14:1, 2-3, 4): 

R/ 

Second Reading 

A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians (Galatians 4:4-7). 

When the appointed time came, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born a subject of the Law to redeem the subjects of the Law and to enable us to be adopted as sons. The proof that you are sons of God is that God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts: the Spirit that cries, ‘Abba, Father,’ and it is this that makes you a son, you are not a slave anymore; and if God has made you son, then he has made you heir. 

This is the word of the Lord. 

Gospel Acclamation 

Alleluia.
Blessed are those who hear the word of God and keep it. Alleluia. 

Gospel 

A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 

(John 19:25-27). 

Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Seeing his mother and the disciple he loved standing near her, Jesus said to his mother, ‘Woman, this is your son.’ Then to the disciple he said, ‘This is your mother.’ And from that moment the disciple made a place for her in his home. 

This is the Gospel of the Lord.