June 2, 2013
SOLEMNITY OF THE BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST - WHITE
First Reading: (Gen. 14:18-20)
A reading from the Book of Genesis
Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most high God; he blessed him, and he said: "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth. And blessed be the Most high God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands. And he gave him tithes from everything."
The Word of the Lord.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps. 110:1, 2, 3, 4
R. (4b) You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek.
V. The LORD said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand
till I make your enemies your footstool." (R)
V. The scepter of your power the LORD will stretch forth from Zion:
"Rule in the midst of your enemies." (R)
V. "Yours is princely power in the day of your birth, in holy splendor;
before the daystar, like the dew, I have begotten you." (R)
V. The LORD has sworn, and he will not repent:
"You are a priest forever, according to the order of Melchizedek." (R)
Second Reading: 1Cor. 11:23-26
A reading from the First Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.
Brothers and sisters:
I receive from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread, and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up for you. Do this in remembrance of me. Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink in it, in remembrance of me. For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.
The Word of the Lord.
Gospel: Lk. 9:11B-17
The Gospel of the Lord according to Luke.
Jesus spoke to the crowds about the Kingdom of God, and those who were in need of cures, he healed. Then the day began to decline. And drawing near, the twelve said to him: "Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the surrounding towns and villages, they may separate and find food. For we are here in a deserted place." But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "There is with us no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we are to go and buy food for this entire multitude."
Now there were about five thousand men. So he said to his disciples, "Have them recline to eat in groups of fifty." And they did so. And they caused them all recline to eat. Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he gazed up to heaven, and he blessed and broke and distributed them to his disciples, in order to set them before the crowd. And they all ate and were satisfied. And twelve baskets of fragments were taken up, which were left over from them.
The Gospel of the Lord.
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