Mass Readings for Sunday, July 2, 2028

Gospel Luke 9:51-62

• 51Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.

• 52And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.

• 53And they would not receive him, because his face was going toward Jerusalem.

• 54And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call for fire to descend from heaven and consume them?”

• 55And turning, he rebuked them, saying: “Do you not know of whose spirit you are?

• 56The Son of man came, not to destroy lives, but to save them.” And they went into another town.

• 57And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, “I will follow you, wherever you will go.”

• 58Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head.”

• 59Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”

• 60And Jesus said to him: “Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God.”

• 61And another said: “I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house.”

• 62Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”

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