First readingIsaiah 7 : 1 - 9 © In the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham , son of Uzziah , king of Judah , Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah , king of Israel , to lay siege to it ; but he was unable to capture it . The news was brought to the House of David . ‘ Aram ’ they said ‘ has reached Ephraim . ’ Then the heart of the king and the hearts of the people shuddered as the trees of the forest shudder in front of the wind . The Lord said to Isaiah , ‘ Go with your son Shear - jashub , and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool on the Fuller ’ s Field road , and say to him : ‘“ Pay attention , keep calm , have no fear , do not let your heart sinkbecause of these two smoldering stumps of firebrands , or because Aram , Ephraim and the son of Remaliahhave plotted to ruin you , and have said : Let us invade Judah and terrorise itand seize it for ourselves , and set up a king there , the son of Tabeel . The Lord says this : It shall not come true ; it shall not be . The capital of Aram is Damascus , the head of Damascus , Razon ; the capital of Ephraim , Samaria , the head of Samaria , the son of Remaliah . Six or five years moreand a shattered Ephraim shall no longer be a people . But if you do not stand by me , you will not stand at all . ”’ PsalmPsalm 47 : 2 - 8 © God upholds his city for ever . The Lord is great and worthy to be praised in the city of our God . His holy mountain rises in beauty , the joy of all the earth . God upholds his city for ever . Mount Zion , true pole of the earth , the Great King ’ s city ! God , in the midst of its citadels , has shown himself its stronghold . God upholds his city for ever . For the kings assembled together , together they advanced . They saw ; at once they were astounded ; dismayed , they fled in fear . God upholds his city for ever . A trembling seized them there , like the pangs of birth . By the east wind you have destroyed the ships of Tarshish . God upholds his city for ever . Gospel AcclamationPs 118 : 24 Alleluia , alleluia ! Train me , Lord , to observe your law , to keep it with my heart . Alleluia ! OrPs 94 : 8 Alleluia , alleluia ! Harden not your hearts today , but listen to the voice of the Lord . Alleluia ! GospelMatthew 11 : 20 - 24 © Jesus began to reproach the towns in which most of his miracles had been worked , because they refused to repent . ‘ Alas for you , Chorazin ! Alas for you , Bethsaida ! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon , they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes . And still , I tell you that it will not go as hard on Judgement day with Tyre and Sidon as with you . 심판 날 에 는 티 로 와 시 돈 이 너희 보다 견디 기 쉬울 것 이 다 . And as for you , Capernaum , did you want to be exalted as high as heaven ? You shall be thrown down to hell . For if the miracles done in you had been done in Sodom , it would have been standing yet . And still , I tell you that it will not go as hard with the land of Sodom on Judgement day as with you . ’