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July 4, 2002 Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Thursday Week 30 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I Am 7:10-17 Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam, king of Israel: "Amos has conspired against you here within Israel; the country cannot endure all his words. For this is what Amos says: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be exiled from its land." To Amos, Amaziah said: "Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah! There earn your bread by prophesying, but never again prophesy in Bethel; for...

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