MONDAY of the 16th Week in Ordinary Time I Micah 6: 1-4, 6-8 I CARMEL LIGHT I July 20, 2026

Micah 6: 1-4, 6-8 He has told you, O man, what the Lord requires of you. Hear what the Lord says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you mountains, the indictment of the Lord, and you enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against his people, and he will contend with Israel. “O my people, what have I done to you? How have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. “With what shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?” He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? Psalm 50: 5-6, 8-9, 16bc-17, 21, 23 (R. 23bc) To one whose way is blameless, I will show the salvation of God. 1. “Gather my holy ones to me, who made covenant with me by sacrifice.” The heavens proclaim his justice, for he, God, is the judge. 2. “I do not rebuke you for your sacrifices; your offerings are always before me. I do not take more bullocks from your farms, nor goats from among your herds.” 3. “How can you recite my commandments, and take my covenant on your lips, you who despise correction, and cast my words behind you.” 4. “You do this, and should I keep silence? Do you think that I am like you? I accuse you, lay the charge before you. A sacrifice of praise gives me honour, and to one whose way is blameless, I will show the salvation of God.”