Sunday 2 July 2023 – XIII in Ordinary Time

+ From the Gospel according to Matthew (10, 37 – 42)

At that time, Jesus said to his apostles:
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me.
Whoever keeps his life for himself will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Whoever welcomes you welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes him who sent me.
Whoever welcomes a prophet because he is a prophet will have a prophet’s reward, and whoever welcomes a righteous man because he is a righteous man will have a righteous man’s reward.
Whoever gives even a single glass of cold water to one of these little ones because he is a disciple, truly I say to you: he will not lose his reward for him “.

Word of the Lord.