Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 and//www.usccb.org/bible/exodus/12:37 EX 12:37-42 The children of Israel set out from Rameses for Succoth,about six hundred thousand men on foot,not counting the little ones.A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with them,besides their livestock, very numerous flocks and herds.Since the dough they had brought out of Egypt was not leavened,they baked it into unleavened loaves.They had rushed out of Egypt and had no opportunityeven to prepare food for the journey.The time the children of Israel had stayed in Egyptwas four hundred and thirty years.At the end of four hundred and thirty years,all the hosts of the LORD left the land of Egypt on this very date.This was a night of vigil for the LORD,as he led them out of the land of Egyptso on this same nightall the children of Israel must keep a vigil for the LORDthroughout their generations. Responsorial Psalm and//www.usccb.org/bible/psalms/136and1 PS 136and1 AND 23-24, 10-12, 13-15 R.His mercy endures forever.orandR.Alleluia.Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good,for his mercy endures foreverWho remembered us in our abjection,for his mercy endures foreverAnd freed us from our foes,for his mercy endures forever.R.His mercy endures forever.orandR.Alleluia.Who smote the Egyptians in their first-born,for his mercy endures foreverAnd brought out Israel from their midst,for his mercy endures foreverWith a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,for his mercy endures forever.R.His mercy endures forever.orandR.Alleluia.Who split the Red Sea in twain,for his mercy endures foreverAnd led Israel through its midst,for his mercy endures foreverBut swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea,for his mercy endures forever.R.His mercy endures forever.orandR.Alleluia. Alleluia and//www.usccb.org/bible/2corinthians/5:19 2 COR 5:19 R.Alleluia, alleluia.God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.R.Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel and//www.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12:14 MT 12:14-21 The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesusto put him to death.When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.Many people followed him, and he cured them all,but he warned them not to make him known.This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophetandBehold, my servant whom I have chosen,my beloved in whom I delightI shall place my Spirit upon him,and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.He will not contend or cry out,nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.A bruised reed he will not break,a smoldering wick he will not quench,until he brings justice to victory.And in his name the Gentiles will hope.