AUGUST 13 SAINT PONTIAN AND SAINT HIPPOLYTUS

AUGUST 13

620 SAINT PONTIAN, POPE AND MARTYR AND SAINT HIPPOLYTUS, PRIEST AND MARTYR

CCC Cross Reference:
1 Pt 4:14 693; 1 Pt 4:17 672
Ps 124:8 287
Jn 15:19-20 675; Jn 15:20 530, 765

From the Common of Martyrs, p. 1794, or the Common of Pastors, p. 1817,

OR

FIRST READING
1 Peter 4:12-19

Beloved, do not be surprised that a trial by fire is occurring among you,
as if something strange were happening to you.
But rejoice to the extent that you share in the sufferings of Christ,
so that when his glory is revealed
you may also rejoice exultantly.
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you,
for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you.
But let no one among you be made to suffer
as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as an intriguer.
But whoever is made to suffer as a Christian should not be ashamed
but glorify God because of the name.
For it is time for the judgment to begin with the household of God;
if it begins with us, how will it end
for those who fail to obey the Gospel of God?

And if the righteous one is barely saved,
where will the godless and the sinner appear?

As a result, those who suffer in accord with God's will
hand their souls over to a faithful creator as they do good.


RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 124:2-3. 4-5, 7-8
R. (7) Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.

Had not the LORD been with us-
when men rose up against us,
Then would they have swallowed us alive
when their fury was inflamed against us.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.

Then would the waters have overwhelmed us;
The torrent would have swept over us;
over us then would have swept
the raging waters.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.

Broken was the snare,
and we were freed.
Our help is in the name of the LORD,
who made heaven and earth.
R. Our soul has been rescued like a bird from the fowler's snare.

GOSPEL
John 15:18-21

Jesus said to his disciples:
"If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
Remember the word I spoke to you,
`No slave is greater than his master.'
If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
If they kept my word, they will also keep yours.
And they will do all these things to you on account of my name,
because they do not know the one who sent me."

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