Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (July 15, 2016)

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/isaiah/38and1 IS 38and1-6, 21-22, 7-8 When Hezekiah was mortally ill,the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to himand Thus says the LORDand Put your house in order,for you are about to die you shall not recover.”Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORDand O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedlyI conducted myself in your presence,doing what was pleasing to you!”And Hezekiah wept bitterly.Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiahand Go, tell HezekiahandThus says the LORD, the God of your father DavidandI have heard your prayer and seen your tears.I will heal youand in three days you shall go up to the LORD’s templeI will add fifteen years to your life.I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of AssyriaI will be a shield to this city.”Isaiah then ordered a poultice of figs to be takenand applied to the boil, that he might recover.Then Hezekiah asked, What is the sign that I shall go up to the temple of the LORD?”Isaiah answeredand This will be the sign for you from the LORDthat he will do what he has promisedandSee, I will make the shadow cast by the sunon the stairway to the terrace of Ahazgo back the ten steps it has advanced.”So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced. Responsorial Psalm and//usccb.org/bible/isaiah/38:10 IS 38:10, 11, 12ABCD, 16 R. (see 17b)You saved my life, O Lord I shall not die.Once I said, In the noontime of life I must depart!To the gates of the nether world I shall be consignedfor the rest of my years.”R.You saved my life, O Lord I shall not die.I said, I shall see the LORD no morein the land of the living.No longer shall I behold my fellow menamong those who dwell in the world.”R.You saved my life, O Lord I shall not die.My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,is struck down and borne away from meYou have folded up my life, like a weaverwho severs the last thread.R.You saved my life, O Lord I shall not die.Those live whom the LORD protectsyours is the life of my spirit.You have given me health and life.R.You saved my life, O Lord I shall not die. Alleluia and//usccb.org/bible/john/10:27 JN 10:27 R.Alleluia, alleluia.My sheep hear my voice, says the LordI know them, and they follow me.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//usccb.org/bible/matthew/12:1 MT 12:1-8 Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.His disciples were hungryand began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him, See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”He said to the them, Have you not read what David didwhen he and his companions were hungry,how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering,which neither he nor his companionsbut only the priests could lawfully eat?Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbaththe priests serving in the temple violate the sabbathand are innocent?I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.If you knew what this meant,I desire mercy, not sacrifice,you would not have condemned these innocent men.For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”