July 17 - Friday of the 15th Week in Ordinary Time, Year II
(Is.38:1-8,21-22; Is.38:10-12,16-17; Mt.12:1-8) "Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord." "When Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: 'Thus says the Lord: Put your house in order, for you are about to die.'" When the Jewish race was about to perish for lack of love, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to the Pharisees and declared, "It is mercy I desire and not sacrifice." And if they heed not His word, they indeed shall die. But will what occurred "in those days" with the king of Judah recur with these leaders of the Jews? Will…
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