June 17, 2025, Tuesday of the 11th week in ordinary time.

A reading from the second letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians.

We want you to know, brothers and sisters, of the grace of God that has been given to the churches

of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction,

the abundance of their joy and their profound poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on

their part. For according to their means, I can testify, and beyond their means spontaneously, they begged

us insistently for the favor of taking part in the service to the Holy Ones, and this,

not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us through the will of God,

so that we urged Titus that, as he had already begun, he should also complete for you

this gracious act also. Now, as you excel in every respect, in faith, discourse, knowledge, all earnestness, and in the love we have for you, may you excel in this gracious act also. I say this not by way of command, but to test the genuineness of your love by your concern for others.

For you know the gracious act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that for your sake he became poor although he was rich,

so that by his poverty you might become rich.

The Word of the Lord

The Responsorial Psalm.

The response is, praise the Lord my soul.

Praise the Lord, my soul.

I will praise the Lord all my life. I will sing praise to my God while I live. Praise the Lord my soul. Blessed He whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the

Lord His God, who made heaven and earth, the sea and all that

is in them. Praise the Lord, my soul. Who keeps faith forever, secures justice for the oppressed,

gives food to the hungry, the Lord sets captives free. Praise the Lord, my soul. The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord raises up those who were bowed down. The Lord loves the jest. The Lord protects strangers. Praise the Lord, my soul. A reading from the Holy Gospel,

according to Matthew, Jesus said to his disciples, You have heard that it was said,

you shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies, and pray for those who persecute you,

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