Daily Readings - Gospel for tuesday, july 14, 2020. Pope Reflection

Daily Gospel - Readings for july 14, 2020.

Reading for tuesday. Daily gospel

Isaiah 7:1-9.

In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to lay siege to it; but he was unable to capture it. The news was brought to the House of David. "Aram" they said "has reached Ephraim." Then the heart of the king and the hearts of the people shuddered as the trees of the forest shudder in front of the wind. The Lord said to Isaiah, "Go with your son Shear-jashub, and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the Fuller´s Field road, and say to him: "Pay attention, keep calm, have no fear, do not let your heart sink because of these two smouldering stumps of firebrands, or because Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah have plotted to ruin you, and have said: Let us invade Judah and terrorise it and seize it for ourselves, and set up a king there, the son of Tabeel. The Lord says this: It shall not come true; it shall not be. The capital of Aram is Damascus, the head of Damascus, Razon; the capital of Ephraim, Samaria, the head of Samaria, the son of Remaliah. Six or five years more and a shattered Ephraim shall no longer be a people. But if you do not stand by me, you will not stand at all."

Daily Psalm for tuesday.

Psalm 47(48):2-8

"God upholds his city for ever." (R).

The Lord is great and worthy to be praised in the city of our God. His holy mountain rises in beauty, the joy of all the earth.

Mount Zion, true pole of the earth, the Great King’s city! God, in the midst of its citadels, has shown himself its stronghold.

For the kings assembled together, together they advanced. They saw; at once they were astounded; dismayed, they fled in fear.

A trembling seized them there, like the pangs of birth. By the east wind you have destroyed the ships of Tarshish.

Daily Gospel Acclamation.

"Alleluia, alleluia! Train me, Lord, to observe your law, to keep it with my heart. Alleluia!" (Cfr. Ps 118:24)

Daily Gospel for july 14. Matthew 11:20-24.

Daily Gospel reading for tuesday, july 14 (A very strong warning from Jesus to the people of his time): "At that time, Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked, because they refused to repent. Alas for you, Chorazin! Alas for you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard on Judgement day with Tyre and Sidon as with you. And as for you, Capernaum, did you want to be exalted as high as heaven? You shall be thrown down to hell. For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have been standing yet. And still, I tell you that it will not go as hard with the land of Sodom on Judgement day as with you.".

Daily Gospel reflection by Pope Francis.

In the reading of the daily Gospel, Jesus rebukes three cities: Bethsaida, Chorazin, and Capernaum, because they did not listen to his word. They only heard it, but that word did not enter their hearts, because they did not believe in the signs, in the miracles he did. The Lord´s warning is explicit: "But if in those pagan cities like Tyre and Sidon, he had done these miracles, they would surely have believed. But you do not".

Jesus seems angry... It is a strong reproach from Jesus to these cities, to these people who, having him there, seeing his wonders, are always in the logic of "yes, yes, but, you never know", and do not take the step to recognize him as the Messiah.

Behind this reproach is a cry, because Jesus regrets being rejected, not being received. The Lord loves these people, but He feels sad. So the cry of Jesus is behind the reproach, just as when from the mountain He saw Jerusalem far away and wept. In fact, Jesus wanted to reach all hearts, with a message that was not a dictatorial message, but a message of love. And Jesus wept, because these people had not been able to love.

I propose to change the characters of this event a little: instead of Chorazin, Bethsaida, Capernaum, these cities, let us put ourselves, let us put the "I": I, who have received so much from the Lord. Each one of us. Hence the invitation to examine one´s conscience: "Let each one think about his own life. I have received so much from the Lord. I was born into a Christian society, I have known Jesus Christ, I have known salvation, I have been educated, brought up, in the faith. And how easily I forget, and let Jesus pass by". An attitude that contrasts with that of other people who immediately hear the announcement of Jesus, are converted and follow him. On the other hand, we are used to it. And this habit is bad for us, because we reduce the Gospel to a social, sociological fact, and not to a personal relationship with Jesus.

In fact, Jesus speaks to me, he speaks to you, he speaks to each one of us. The call of Jesus is for each one of us. And then one wonders: "How is it that those pagans who, as soon as they hear Jesus´ sermon, go with him and I, who was born here in a Christian society and for me Christianity is like a social habit, a garment that I wear and then I leave it? This is how Jesus cries for each one of us when we live Christianity formally, at least not really.

In this way, we´re a bit of a hypocrite. It´s the hypocrisy of the righteous. In fact, there is the hypocrisy of sinners, but the hypocrisy of the righteous is the fear of the love of Jesus, the fear of letting oneself be loved. In essence, when we do this, we try to manage the relationship with Jesus. It is as if we are saying, "Yes, I am going to Mass, but you stay in the church, and I am going home. Therefore, Jesus does not come home with us: in the family, in the education of the children, in the school, in the neighborhood. No, Jesus stays there. He either stays on the crucifix or in the image, but here.

"Woe to you, woe to you", because I gave you so much, I gave myself, I chose you to be a Christian, to be a Christian, and you prefer a half-life, a superficial life: yes, a little Christianity and holy water, but nothing more. In fact, when we live this Christian hypocrisy, what we are doing is taking Jesus away from our hearts. We pretend to have him with us, but we have thrown him out. We are Christians, proud to be Christians, but we live like pagans.

Let each of us think, "Am I Chorazin? Am I Bethsaida? Am I Capernaum?" If Jesus weeps, let us ask for the grace to weep too: "But Lord, you gave me so much. My heart is so hard that it won´t let you in. Lord, I have sinned of ingratitude, I am ungrateful, ungrateful". This is today´s prayer. And let us open our hearts and ask the Holy Spirit to open the doors of our hearts, so that Jesus can enter, so that we not only hear Jesus, but also listen to and receive his message of salvation and give thanks for so many good things that he has done for each of us. (Daily Gospel reflection, Saint Martha, October 5, 2018)

Daily Gospel Prayer.

My Lord and my God, throughout history, it has been the humble, the poor, the sick and the meek of heart who have opened their arms and hearts to you. They have been the great beneficiaries of your graces and blessings. It was the simple people who were filled with joy by your presence. This is how I want to love you, Lord, with a sincere love, with an open and humble heart, dwarfed by your immensity. Help me to be humble, recognizing that only in You is joy and full happiness found. I want to receive You through the small signs of love of others. May I see your face shining on the most vulnerable. I open my heart to your Presence to receive your healing message. Amen. (Healing with prayer daily gospel)

The Pope´s daily quotation.

"Let us ask Our Lady to protect and sustain us, to have a strong, joyful and merciful faith, to help us to be holy, to meet her one day in Paradise. (Pope Francis, 08.16.2019)

Daily porpose.

Forgiveness has its difficulties and takes time. That is why today we will ask God for the grace of forgiveness. To know how to forgive and to ask forgiveness for some grudge that is still held in the heart. Pray an Our Father.

🎧 Video of the daily Gospel.

Enjoy now the video meditation for tuesday, for the daily Gospel july 14, 2020. Matthew 11:20-24 - 15th Week in Ordinary Time.

Map of readings for the day.

• Initial readings

• Daily Gospel Readings

• Pope reflection

• Daily Gospel Prayer

• Daily Gospel Purpose

• Video meditation for the Gospel

Daily Gospel Intentions for july 14.

With the readings daily Gospel, let us pray for all those prayer intentions for today, tuesday, that you wish to express. When you meditate on the daily readings, you deepen your personal relationship with God and grow in love. Write down in the commentaries all that you want God to give you or heal you through the reading of his Word in the daily Gospel for july 14, 2020. God Bless you.