First ReadingHosea 14:2-10

Take with you words and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept that which is good and we will render the fruit of our lips. Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses; and we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.” I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them. I will be as the dew to Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, he shall strike root as the poplar; his shoots shall spread out; his beauty shall be like the olive, and his fragrance like Lebanon. They shall return and dwell beneath my shadow, they shall flourish as a garden; they shall blossom as the vine, their fragrance shall be like the wine of Lebanon. O E′phraim, what have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like an evergreen cypress, from me comes your fruit. Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the Lord are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14, 17

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.

Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done that which is evil in your sight, so that you are justified in your sentence and blameless in your judgment.

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

Make me hear x joy and gladness; let the bones which you have broken rejoice.

Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities.

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.

Then I will teach transgressors your ways, and sinners will return to you.

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

Deliver me from bloodguilt, O God, O God of my salvation, and my tongue will sing aloud of your deliverance.

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

The sacrifice acceptable to God a is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.

℟My mouth will declare your praise.

AlleluiaJohn 16:13, 14:26

℟Alleluia!

When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

℟Alleluia!

GospelMatthew 10:16-23

Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and flog you in their synagogues, and you will be dragged before governors and kings for my sake, to bear testimony before them and the Gentiles. When they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how you are to speak or what you are to say; for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child, and children will rise against parents and have them put to death; and you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But he who endures to the end will be saved. When they persecute you in one town,  flee to the next; for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel, before the Son of man comes.