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Events in July 2024

  • St. Junipero Sera

    St. Junipero Sera

    All day
    July 1, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 376

    Reading 1

    Gn 18:1-15
    The LORD appeared to Abraham by the Terebinth of Mamre,
    as Abraham sat in the entrance of his tent,
    while the day was growing hot.
    Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby.
    When he saw them, he ran from the entrance of the tent to greet them;
    and bowing to the ground, he said:
    “Sir, if I may ask you this favor,
    please do not go on past your servant.
    Let some water be brought, that you may bathe your feet,
    and then rest yourselves under the tree.
    Now that you have come this close to your servant,
    let me bring you a little food, that you may refresh yourselves;
    and afterward you may go on your way.”
    The men replied, “Very well, do as you have said.”Abraham hastened into the tent and told Sarah,
    “Quick, three measures of fine flour!
    Knead it and make rolls.”
    He ran to the herd, picked out a tender, choice steer,
    and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it.
    Then Abraham got some curds and milk,
    as well as the steer that had been prepared,
    and set these before them;
    and he waited on them under the tree while they ate.

    They asked him, “Where is your wife Sarah?”
    He replied, “There in the tent.”
    One of them said, “I will surely return to you about this time next year,
    and Sarah will then have a son.”
    Sarah was listening at the entrance of the tent, just behind him.
    Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in years,
    and Sarah had stopped having her womanly periods.
    So Sarah laughed to herself and said,
    “Now that I am so withered and my husband is so old,
    am I still to have sexual pleasure?”
    But the LORD said to Abraham: “Why did Sarah laugh and say,
    ‘Shall I really bear a child, old as I am?’
    Is anything too marvelous for the LORD to do?
    At the appointed time, about this time next year, I will return to you,
    and Sarah will have a son.”
    Because she was afraid, Sarah dissembled, saying, “I didn’t laugh.”
    But he replied, “Yes you did.”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50 and 53, 54-55
    R. (see 54b) The Lord has remembered his mercy.
    “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord,
    my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
    R. The Lord has remembered his mercy.
    “For he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
    From this day all generations will call me blessed:
    the Almighty has done great things for me,
    and holy is his Name.”
    R. The Lord has remembered his mercy.
    “He has mercy on those who fear him
    in every generation.
    He has filled the hungry with good things,
    and the rich he has sent away empty.”
    R. The Lord has remembered his mercy.
    “He has come to the help of his servant Israel
    for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
    The promise he made to our fathers,
    to Abraham and his children for ever.”
    R. The Lord has remembered his mercy.

    Alleluia

    Mt 8:17
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Christ took away our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 8:5-17
    When Jesus entered Capernaum,
    a centurion approached him and appealed to him, saying,
    “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, suffering dreadfully.”
    He said to him, “I will come and cure him.”
    The centurion said in reply,
    “Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
    only say the word and my servant will be healed.
    For I too am a man subject to authority,
    with soldiers subject to me.
    And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes;
    and to another, ‘Come here,’ and he comes;
    and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
    When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him,
    “Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith.
    I say to you, many will come from the east and the west,
    and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
    at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven,
    but the children of the Kingdom
    will be driven out into the outer darkness,
    where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
    And Jesus said to the centurion,
    “You may go; as you have believed, let it be done for you.”
    And at that very hour his servant was healed.Jesus entered the house of Peter,
    and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
    He touched her hand, the fever left her,
    and she rose and waited on him.

    When it was evening, they brought him many
    who were possessed by demons,
    and he drove out the spirits by a word and cured all the sick,
    to fulfill what had been said by Isaiah the prophet:

    He took away our infirmities
    and bore our diseases.

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    Saint Junipero Sera

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  • St. Oliver Plunkett

    St. Oliver Plunkett

    All day
    July 2, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 97

    Reading 1

    2 Kgs 4:8-11, 14-16a
    One day Elisha came to Shunem,
    where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her.
    Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine.
    So she said to her husband, “I know that Elisha is a holy man of God.
    Since he visits us often, let us arrange a little room on the roof
    and furnish it for him with a bed, table, chair, and lamp,
    so that when he comes to us he can stay there.”
    Sometime later Elisha arrived and stayed in the room overnight.Later Elisha asked, “Can something be done for her?”
    His servant Gehazi answered, “Yes!
    She has no son, and her husband is getting on in years.”
    Elisha said, “Call her.”
    When the woman had been called and stood at the door,
    Elisha promised, “This time next year
    you will be fondling a baby son.”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19

    R. (2a) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
    The promises of the LORD I will sing forever,
    through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.
    For you have said, “My kindness is established forever;”
    in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
    R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
    Blessed the people who know the joyful shout;
    in the light of your countenance, O LORD, they walk.
    At your name they rejoice all the day,
    and through your justice they are exalted.
    R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
    You are the splendor of their strength,
    and by your favor our horn is exalted.
    For to the LORD belongs our shield,
    and to the Holy One of Israel, our king.
    R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

    Reading 2

    Rom 6:3-4, 8-11
    Brothers and sisters:
    Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus
    were baptized into his death?
    We were indeed buried with him through baptism into death,
    so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead
    by the glory of the Father,
    we too might live in newness of life.If, then, we have died with Christ,
    we believe that we shall also live with him.
    We know that Christ, raised from the dead, dies no more;
    death no longer has power over him.
    As to his death, he died to sin once and for all;
    as to his life, he lives for God.
    Consequently, you too must think of yourselves as dead to sin
    and living for God in Christ Jesus.

    Alleluia

    1 Pt 2:9
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation;
    announce the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 10:37-42
    Jesus said to his apostles:
    “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
    and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
    and whoever does not take up his cross
    and follow after me is not worthy of me.
    Whoever finds his life will lose it,
    and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”Whoever receives you receives me,
    and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet
    will receive a prophet’s reward,
    and whoever receives a righteous man
    because he is a righteous man
    will receive a righteous man’s reward.
    And whoever gives only a cup of cold water
    to one of these little ones to drink
    because the little one is a disciple—
    amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

    Saint of the Day

    Saint Oliver Plunkett

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  • St. Thomas

    St. Thomas

    All day
    July 3, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle

    Lectionary: 593

    Reading 1

    Eph 2:19-22
    Brothers and sisters:
    You are no longer strangers and sojourners,
    but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones
    and members of the household of God,
    built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets,
    with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone.
    Through him the whole structure is held together
    and grows into a temple sacred in the Lord;
    in him you also are being built together
    into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 117:1bc, 2
    R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
    Praise the LORD, all you nations;
    glorify him, all you peoples!
    R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
    For steadfast is his kindness for us,
    and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
    R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

    Alleluia

    Jn 20:29
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord;
    blessed are those who have not seen, but still believe!
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Jn 20:24-29
    Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
    was not with them when Jesus came.
    So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
    But Thomas said to them,
    “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
    and put my finger into the nailmarks
    and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
    Now a week later his disciples were again inside
    and Thomas was with them.
    Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
    and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
    Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands,
    and bring your hand and put it into my side,
    and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
    Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
    Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
    Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”

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    Saint Thomas

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  • St. Elizabeth of Portugal

    St. Elizabeth of Portugal

    All day
    July 4, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 378

    Reading 1

    Gn 19:15-29
    As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way!
    Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here,
    or you will be swept away in the punishment of Sodom.”
    When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD’s mercy,
    seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughters
    and led them to safety outside the city.
    As soon as they had been brought outside, he was told:
    “Flee for your life!
    Don’t look back or stop anywhere on the Plain.
    Get off to the hills at once, or you will be swept away.”
    “Oh, no, my lord!” Lot replied,
    “You have already thought enough of your servant
    to do me the great kindness of intervening to save my life.
    But I cannot flee to the hills to keep the disaster from overtaking me,
    and so I shall die.
    Look, this town ahead is near enough to escape to.
    It’s only a small place.
    Let me flee there–it’s a small place, is it not?–
    that my life may be saved.”
    “Well, then,” he replied,
    “I will also grant you the favor you now ask.
    I will not overthrow the town you speak of.
    Hurry, escape there!
    I cannot do anything until you arrive there.”
    That is why the town is called Zoar.The sun was just rising over the earth as Lot arrived in Zoar;
    at the same time the LORD rained down sulphurous fire
    upon Sodom and Gomorrah
    from the LORD out of heaven.
    He overthrew those cities and the whole Plain,
    together with the inhabitants of the cities
    and the produce of the soil.
    But Lot’s wife looked back, and she was turned into a pillar of salt.

    Early the next morning Abraham went to the place
    where he had stood in the LORD’s presence.
    As he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah
    and the whole region of the Plain,
    he saw dense smoke over the land rising like fumes from a furnace.

    Thus it came to pass: when God destroyed the Cities of the Plain,
    he was mindful of Abraham by sending Lot away from the upheaval
    by which God overthrew the cities where Lot had been living.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12
    R.(3a) O Lord, your mercy is before my eyes.
    Search me, O LORD, and try me;
    test my soul and my heart.
    For your mercy is before my eyes,
    and I walk in your truth.
    R. O Lord, your mercy is before my eyes.
    Gather not my soul with those of sinners,
    nor with men of blood my life.
    On their hands are crimes,
    and their right hands are full of bribes.
    R. O Lord, your mercy is before my eyes.
    But I walk in integrity;
    redeem me, and have mercy on me.
    My foot stands on level ground;
    in the assemblies I will bless the LORD.
    R. O Lord, your mercy is before my eyes.

    Alleluia

    Ps 130:5
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    I trust in the LORD;
    my soul trusts in his word.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 8:23-27
    As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
    Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea,
    so that the boat was being swamped by waves;
    but he was asleep.
    They came and woke him, saying,
    “Lord, save us!  We are perishing!”
    He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
    Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,
    and there was great calm.
    The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this,
    whom even the winds and the sea obey?”

    Saint of the Day

    Saint Elizabeth of Portugal

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  • St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria

    St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria

    All day
    July 5, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 381

    Reading 1

    Am 8:4-6, 9-12
    Hear this, you who trample upon the needy
    and destroy the poor of the land!
    “When will the new moon be over,” you ask,
    “that we may sell our grain,
    and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat?”
    We will diminish the containers for measuring,
    add to the weights,
    and fix our scales for cheating!
    We will buy the lowly man for silver,
    and the poor man for a pair of sandals;
    even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!”On that day, says the Lord GOD,
    I will make the sun set at midday
    and cover the earth with darkness in broad daylight.
    I will turn your feasts into mourning
    and all your songs into lamentations.
    I will cover the loins of all with sackcloth
    and make every head bald.
    I will make them mourn as for an only son,
    and bring their day to a bitter end.

    Yes, days are coming, says the Lord GOD,
    when I will send famine upon the land:
    Not a famine of bread, or thirst for water,
    but for hearing the word of the LORD.
    Then shall they wander from sea to sea
    and rove from the north to the east
    In search of the word of the LORD,
    but they shall not find it.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131
    R.    (Matthew 4:4) One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    Blessed are they who observe his decrees,
    who seek him with all their heart.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    With all my heart I seek you;
    let me not stray from your commands.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    My soul is consumed with longing
    for your ordinances at all times.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    The way of truth I have chosen;
    I have set your ordinances before me.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    Behold, I long for your precepts;
    in your justice give me life.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
    I gasp with open mouth
    in my yearning for your commands.
    R. One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.

    Alleluia

    Mt 11:28
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
    and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 9:9-13

    As Jesus passed by,
    he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.
    He said to him, “Follow me.”
    And he got up and followed him.
    While he was at table in his house,
    many tax collectors and sinners came
    and sat with Jesus and his disciples.
    The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
    “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
    He heard this and said,
    “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
    Go and learn the meaning of the words,
    I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
    I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”

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  • St. Maria Goretti

    St. Maria Goretti

    All day
    July 6, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Saturday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 382

    Reading 1

    AM 9:11-15
    Thus says the LORD:
    On that day I will raise up
    the fallen hut of David;
    I will wall up its breaches,
    raise up its ruins,
    and rebuild it as in the days of old,
    That they may conquer what is left of Edom
    and all the nations that shall bear my name,
    say I, the LORD, who will do this.
    Yes, days are coming,
    says the LORD,
    When the plowman shall overtake the reaper,
    and the vintager, him who sows the seed;
    The juice of grapes shall drip down the mountains,
    and all the hills shall run with it.
    I will bring about the restoration of my people Israel;
    they shall rebuild and inhabit their ruined cities,
    Plant vineyards and drink the wine,
    set out gardens and eat the fruits.
    I will plant them upon their own ground;
    never again shall they be plucked
    From the land I have given them,
    say I, the LORD, your God.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 85:9AB AND 10, 11-12, 13-14
    R. (see 9b) The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
    I will hear what God proclaims;
    the LORD–for he proclaims peace to his people.
    Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
    glory dwelling in our land.
    R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
    Kindness and truth shall meet;
    justice and peace shall kiss.
    Truth shall spring out of the earth,
    and justice shall look down from heaven.
    R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.
    The LORD himself will give his benefits;
    our land shall yield its increase.
    Justice shall walk before him,
    and salvation, along the way of his steps.
    R. The Lord speaks of peace to his people.

    Alleluia

    JN 10:27
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
    I know them, and they follow me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    MT 9:14-17

    The disciples of John approached Jesus and said,
    “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much,
    but your disciples do not fast?”
    Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
    as long as the bridegroom is with them?
    The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
    and then they will fast.
    No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth,
    for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
    People do not put new wine into old wineskins.
    Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.
    Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.”

    Saint of the Day

    Saint Maria Goretti

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  • Sts. Cyril & Methodius

    Sts. Cyril & Methodius

    All day
    July 7, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 101

    Reading 1

    Ez 2:2-5
    As the LORD spoke to me, the spirit entered into me
    and set me on my feet,
    and I heard the one who was speaking say to me:
    Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites,
    rebels who have rebelled against me;
    they and their ancestors have revolted against me to this very day.
    Hard of face and obstinate of heart
    are they to whom I am sending you.
    But you shall say to them: Thus says the LORD GOD!
    And whether they heed or resist—for they are a rebellious house—
    they shall know that a prophet has been among them.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 123:1-2, 2, 3-4
    R. (2cd) Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
    To you I lift up my eyes
    who are enthroned in heaven —
    As the eyes of servants
    are on the hands of their masters.
    R. Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
    As the eyes of a maid
    are on the hands of her mistress,
    So are our eyes on the LORD, our God,
    till he have pity on us.
    R. Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.
    Have pity on us, O LORD, have pity on us,
    for we are more than sated with contempt;
    our souls are more than sated
    with the mockery of the arrogant,
    with the contempt of the proud.
    R. Our eyes are fixed on the Lord, pleading for his mercy.

    Reading 2

    2 Cor 12:7-10
    Brothers and sisters:
    That I, Paul, might not become too elated,
    because of the abundance of the revelations,
    a thorn in the flesh was given to me, an angel of Satan,
    to beat me, to keep me from being too elated.
    Three times I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,
    but he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you,
    for power is made perfect in weakness.”
    I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,
    in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.
    Therefore, I am content with weaknesses, insults,
    hardships, persecutions, and constraints,
    for the sake of Christ;
    for when I am weak, then I am strong.

    Alleluia

    Cf. Lk 4:18
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
    for he sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mk 6:1-6
    Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples.
    When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue,
    and many who heard him were astonished.
    They said, “Where did this man get all this?
    What kind of wisdom has been given him?
    What mighty deeds are wrought by his hands!
    Is he not the carpenter, the son of Mary,
    and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon?
    And are not his sisters here with us?”
    And they took offense at him.
    Jesus said to them,
    “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
    and among his own kin and in his own house.”
    So he was not able to perform any mighty deed there,
    apart from curing a few sick people by laying his hands on them.
    He was amazed at their lack of faith.

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  • St. Gregory Grassi & Comps.

    St. Gregory Grassi & Comps.

    All day
    July 8, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 383

    Reading 1

    Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22
    Thus says the LORD:
    I will allure her;
    I will lead her into the desert
    and speak to her heart.
    She shall respond there as in the days of her youth,
    when she came up from the land of Egypt.

    On that day, says the LORD,
    She shall call me “My husband,”
    and never again “My baal.”

    I will espouse you to me forever:
    I will espouse you in right and in justice,
    in love and in mercy;
    I will espouse you in fidelity,
    and you shall know the LORD.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

    R. (8a) The Lord is gracious and merciful.
    Every day will I bless you,
    and I will praise your name forever and ever.
    Great is the LORD and highly to be praised;
    his greatness is unsearchable.
    R. The Lord is gracious and merciful.
    Generation after generation praises your works
    and proclaims your might.
    They speak of the splendor of your glorious majesty
    and tell of your wondrous works.
    R. The Lord is gracious and merciful.
    They discourse of the power of your terrible deeds
    and declare your greatness.
    They publish the fame of your abundant goodness
    and joyfully sing of your justice.
    R. The Lord is gracious and merciful.
    The LORD is gracious and merciful,
    slow to anger and of great kindness.
    The LORD is good to all
    and compassionate toward all his works.
    R. The Lord is gracious and merciful.

    Alleluia

    See 2 Tm 1:10
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
    and brought life to light through the Gospel.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 9:18-26

    While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward,
    knelt down before him, and said,
    “My daughter has just died.
    But come, lay your hand on her, and she will live.”
    Jesus rose and followed him, and so did his disciples.
    A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
    and touched the tassel on his cloak.
    She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
    Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
    “Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
    And from that hour the woman was cured.

    When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
    and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
    he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
    And they ridiculed him.
    When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
    and the little girl arose.
    And news of this spread throughout all that land.

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  • St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Comps.

    St. Augustine Zhao Rong & Comps.

    All day
    July 9, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 384

    Reading 1

    Hos 8:4-7, 11-13
    Thus says the LORD:
    They made kings in Israel, but not by my authority;
    they established princes, but without my approval.
    With their silver and gold they made
    idols for themselves, to their own destruction.
    Cast away your calf, O Samaria!
    my wrath is kindled against them;
    How long will they be unable to attain
    innocence in Israel?
    The work of an artisan,
    no god at all,
    Destined for the flames—
    such is the calf of Samaria!When they sow the wind,
    they shall reap the whirlwind;
    The stalk of grain that forms no ear
    can yield no flour;
    Even if it could,
    strangers would swallow it.

    When Ephraim made many altars to expiate sin,
    his altars became occasions of sin.
    Though I write for him my many ordinances,
    they are considered as a stranger’s.
    Though they offer sacrifice,
    immolate flesh and eat it,
    the LORD is not pleased with them.
    He shall still remember their guilt
    and punish their sins;
    they shall return to Egypt.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 115:3-4, 5-6, 7ab-8, 9-10

    R. (9a) The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    Our God is in heaven;
    whatever he wills, he does.
    Their idols are silver and gold,
    the handiwork of men.
    R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    They have mouths but speak not;
    they have eyes but see not;
    They have ears but hear not;
    they have noses but smell not.
    R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    They have hands but feel not;
    they have feet but walk not.
    Their makers shall be like them,
    everyone that trusts in them.
    R. The house of Israel trusts in the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.

    Alleluia

    Jn 10:14
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    I am the good shepherd, says the Lord;
    I know my sheep, and mine know me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 9:32-38
    A demoniac who could not speak was brought to Jesus,
    and when the demon was driven out the mute man spoke.
    The crowds were amazed and said,
    “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel.”
    But the Pharisees said,
    “He drives out demons by the prince of demons.”Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
    teaching in their synagogues,
    proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
    and curing every disease and illness.
    At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
    because they were troubled and abandoned,
    like sheep without a shepherd.
    Then he said to his disciples,
    “The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
    so ask the master of the harvest
    to send out laborers for his harvest.”

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  • St. Veronica Giulliani

    St. Veronica Giulliani

    All day
    July 10, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 385

    Reading 1

    Hos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12
    Israel is a luxuriant vine
    whose fruit matches its growth.
    The more abundant his fruit,
    the more altars he built;
    The more productive his land,
    the more sacred pillars he set up.
    Their heart is false,
    now they pay for their guilt;
    God shall break down their altars
    and destroy their sacred pillars.
    If they would say,
    “We have no king”—
    Since they do not fear the LORD,
    what can the king do for them?The king of Samaria shall disappear,
    like foam upon the waters.
    The high places of Aven shall be destroyed,
    the sin of Israel;
    thorns and thistles shall overgrow their altars.
    Then they shall cry out to the mountains, “Cover us!”
    and to the hills, “Fall upon us!”

    “Sow for yourselves justice,
    reap the fruit of piety;
    break up for yourselves a new field,
    for it is time to seek the LORD,
    till he come and rain down justice upon you.”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 105:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
    R. (4b) Seek always the face of the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    Sing to him, sing his praise,
    proclaim all his wondrous deeds.
    Glory in his holy name;
    rejoice, O hearts that seek the LORD!
    R. Seek always the face of the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    Look to the LORD in his strength;
    seek to serve him constantly.
    Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
    his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
    R. Seek always the face of the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.
    You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
    sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
    He, the LORD, is our God;
    throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
    R. Seek always the face of the Lord.
    or:
    R. Alleluia.

    Alleluia

    Mk 1:15
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    The Kingdom of God is at hand:
    repent and believe in the Gospel.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 10:1-7
    Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples
    and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
    and to cure every disease and every illness.
    The names of the Twelve Apostles are these:
    first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;
    James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
    Philip and Bartholomew,
    Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
    James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
    Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot
    who betrayed Jesus.Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus,
    “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.
    Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
    As you go, make this proclamation: ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”

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  • St. Benedict

    St. Benedict

    All day
    July 11, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Memorial of Saint Benedict, abbot

    Lectionary: 386

    Reading 1

    Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9
    Thus says the LORD:
    When Israel was a child I loved him,
    out of Egypt I called my son.
    The more I called them,
    the farther they went from me,
    Sacrificing to the Baals
    and burning incense to idols.
    Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
    who took them in my arms;
    I drew them with human cords,
    with bands of love;
    I fostered them like one
    who raises an infant to his cheeks;
    Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,
    they did not know that I was their healer.My heart is overwhelmed,
    my pity is stirred.
    I will not give vent to my blazing anger,
    I will not destroy Ephraim again;
    For I am God and not man,
    the Holy One present among you;
    I will not let the flames consume you.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 80:2ac and 3b, 15-16

    R. (4b) Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
    O shepherd of Israel, hearken.
    From your throne upon the cherubim, shine forth.
    Rouse your power.
    R. Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.
    Once again, O LORD of hosts,
    look down from heaven, and see:
    Take care of this vine,
    and protect what your right hand has planted,
    the son of man whom you yourself made strong.
    R. Let us see your face, Lord, and we shall be saved.

    Alleluia

    Mk 1:15
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    The Kingdom of God is at hand:
    repent and believe in the Gospel.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 10:7-15
    Jesus said to his Apostles:
    “As you go, make this proclamation:
    ‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
    Cure the sick, raise the dead,
    cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
    Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give.
    Do not take gold or silver or copper for your belts;
    no sack for the journey, or a second tunic,
    or sandals, or walking stick.
    The laborer deserves his keep.
    Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it,
    and stay there until you leave.
    As you enter a house, wish it peace.
    If the house is worthy,
    let your peace come upon it;
    if not, let your peace return to you.
    Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words—
    go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet.
    Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable
    for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment
    than for that town.”

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  • St. Louis & Zelie Martin

    St. Louis & Zelie Martin

    All day
    July 12, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 387

    Reading 1

    HOS 14:2-10

    Thus says the LORD:
    Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;
    you have collapsed through your guilt.
    Take with you words,
    and return to the LORD;
    Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,
    and receive what is good, that we may render
    as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.
    Assyria will not save us,
    nor shall we have horses to mount;
    We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’
    to the work of our hands;
    for in you the orphan finds compassion.”
    I will heal their defection, says the LORD,
    I will love them freely;
    for my wrath is turned away from them.
    I will be like the dew for Israel:
    he shall blossom like the lily;
    He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,
    and put forth his shoots.
    His splendor shall be like the olive tree
    and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
    Again they shall dwell in his shade
    and raise grain;
    They shall blossom like the vine,
    and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.

    Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols?
    I have humbled him, but I will prosper him.
    “I am like a verdant cypress tree”—
    because of me you bear fruit!

    Let him who is wise understand these things;
    let him who is prudent know them.
    Straight are the paths of the LORD,
    in them the just walk,
    but sinners stumble in them.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14 AND 17
    R. (17b) My mouth will declare your praise.
    Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
    in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
    Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
    and of my sin cleanse me.
    R. My mouth will declare your praise.
    Behold, you are pleased with sincerity of heart,
    and in my inmost being you teach me wisdom.
    Cleanse me of sin with hyssop, that I may be purified;
    wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
    R. My mouth will declare your praise.
    A clean heart create for me, O God,
    and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
    Cast me not out from your presence,
    and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
    R. My mouth will declare your praise.
    Give me back the joy of your salvation,
    and a willing spirit sustain in me.
    O Lord, open my lips,
    and my mouth shall proclaim your praise.
    R. My mouth will declare your praise.

    Alleluia

    JN 16:13A; 14:26D
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    When the Spirit of truth comes,
    he will guide you to all truth
    and remind you of all I told you.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    MT 10:16-23
    Jesus said to his Apostles:
    “Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves;
    so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
    But beware of men,
    for they will hand you over to courts
    and scourge you in their synagogues,
    and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake
    as a witness before them and the pagans.
    When they hand you over,
    do not worry about how you are to speak
    or what you are to say.
    You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
    For it will not be you who speak
    but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
    Brother will hand over brother to death,
    and the father his child;
    children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.
    You will be hated by all because of my name,
    but whoever endures to the end will be saved.
    When they persecute you in one town, flee to another.
    Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel
    before the Son of Man comes.”

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  • St. Henry II

    St. Henry II

    All day
    July 13, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 388

    Reading 1

    Is 6:1-8
    In the year King Uzziah died,
    I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne,
    with the train of his garment filling the temple.
    Seraphim were stationed above; each of them had six wings:
    with two they veiled their faces,
    with two they veiled their feet,
    and with two they hovered aloft.They cried one to the other,
    “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts!
    All the earth is filled with his glory!”
    At the sound of that cry, the frame of the door shook
    and the house was filled with smoke.

    Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed!
    For I am a man of unclean lips,
    living among a people of unclean lips;
    yet my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!”
    Then one of the seraphim flew to me,
    holding an ember that he had taken with tongs from the altar.

    He touched my mouth with it and said,
    “See, now that this has touched your lips,
    your wickedness is removed, your sin purged.”

    Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying,
    “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?”
    “Here I am,” I said; “send me!”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 93:1ab, 1cd-2, 5
    R. (1a) The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
    The LORD is king, in splendor robed;
    robed is the LORD and girt about with strength.
    R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
    And he has made the world firm,
    not to be moved.
    Your throne stands firm from of old;
    from everlasting you are, O LORD.
    R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.
    Your decrees are worthy of trust indeed:
    holiness befits your house,
    O LORD, for length of days.
    R. The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.

    Alleluia

    1 Pt 4:14
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    If you are insulted for the name of Christ, blessed are you,
    for the Spirit of God rests upon you.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 10:24-33
    Jesus said to his Apostles:
    “No disciple is above his teacher,
    no slave above his master.
    It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher,
    for the slave that he become like his master.
    If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul,
    how much more those of his household!“Therefore do not be afraid of them.
    Nothing is concealed that will not be revealed,
    nor secret that will not be known.
    What I say to you in the darkness, speak in the light;
    what you hear whispered, proclaim on the housetops.
    And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul;
    rather, be afraid of the one who can destroy
    both soul and body in Gehenna.
    Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin?
    Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge.
    Even all the hairs of your head are counted.
    So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
    Everyone who acknowledges me before others
    I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
    But whoever denies me before others,
    I will deny before my heavenly Father.”

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  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha

    St. Kateri Tekakwitha

    All day
    July 14, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 104

    Reading I

    Am 7:12-15

    Amaziah, priest of Bethel, said to Amos,
    “Off with you, visionary, flee to the land of Judah!
    There earn your bread by prophesying,
    but never again prophesy in Bethel;
    for it is the king’s sanctuary and a royal temple.”
    Amos answered Amaziah, “I was no prophet,
    nor have I belonged to a company of prophets;
    I was a shepherd and a dresser of sycamores.
    The LORD took me from following the flock, and said to me,
    Go, prophesy to my people Israel.”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14

    R. (8)    Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
    I will hear what God proclaims;
    the LORD —for he proclaims peace.
    Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
    glory dwelling in our land.
    R. Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
    Kindness and truth shall meet;
    justice and peace shall kiss.
    Truth shall spring out of the earth,
    and justice shall look down from heaven.
    R. Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
    The LORD himself will give his benefits;
    our land shall yield its increase.
    Justice shall walk before him,
    and prepare the way of his steps.
    R. Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.

    Reading II

    Eph 1:3-14 or 1:3-10

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    who has blessed us in Christ
    with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,
    as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world,
    to be holy and without blemish before him.
    In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ,
    in accord with the favor of his will,
    for the praise of the glory of his grace
    that he granted us in the beloved.
    In him we have redemption by his blood,
    the forgiveness of transgressions,
    in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.
    In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us
    the mystery of his will in accord with his favor
    that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times,
    to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.

    In him we were also chosen,
    destined in accord with the purpose of the One
    who accomplishes all things according to the intention of his will,
    so that we might exist for the praise of his glory,
    we who first hoped in Christ.
    In him you also, who have heard the word of truth,
    the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him,
    were sealed with the promised holy Spirit,
    which is the first installment of our inheritance
    toward redemption as God’s possession, to the praise of his glory.

    OR:

    Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
    who has blessed us in Christ
    with every spiritual blessing in the heavens,
    as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world,
    to be holy and without blemish before him.
    In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ,
    in accord with the favor of his will,
    for the praise of the glory of God’s grace
    that he granted us in the beloved.

    In him we have redemption by his blood,
    the forgiveness of transgressions,
    in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.
    In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us
    the mystery of his will in accord with his favor
    that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times,
    to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth.

    Alleluia

    Cf. Eph 1:17-18

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ
    enlighten the eyes of our hearts,
    that we may know what is the hope that
    belongs to our call.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mk 6:7-13

    Jesus summoned the Twelve and began to send them out two by two
    and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
    He instructed them to take nothing for the journey
    but a walking stick—
    no food, no sack, no money in their belts.
    They were, however, to wear sandals
    but not a second tunic.
    He said to them,
    “Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave.
    Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you,
    leave there and shake the dust off your feet
    in testimony against them.”
    So they went off and preached repentance.
    The Twelve drove out many demons,
    and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.

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  • St. Bonaventure

    St. Bonaventure

    All day
    July 15, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

    Lectionary: 389

    Reading 1

    IS 1:10-17

    Hear the word of the LORD,
    princes of Sodom!
    Listen to the instruction of our God,
    people of Gomorrah!
    What care I for the number of your sacrifices?
    says the LORD.
    I have had enough of whole-burnt rams
    and fat of fatlings;
    In the blood of calves, lambs and goats
    I find no pleasure.

    When you come in to visit me,
    who asks these things of you?
    Trample my courts no more!
    Bring no more worthless offerings;
    your incense is loathsome to me.
    New moon and sabbath, calling of assemblies,
    octaves with wickedness: these I cannot bear.
    Your new moons and festivals I detest;
    they weigh me down, I tire of the load.
    When you spread out your hands,
    I close my eyes to you;
    Though you pray the more,
    I will not listen.
    Your hands are full of blood!
    Wash yourselves clean!
    Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;
    cease doing evil; learn to do good.
    Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,
    hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 50:8-9, 16BC-17, 21 AND 23

    R. (23b) To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
    “Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you,
    for your burnt offerings are before me always.
    I take from your house no bullock,
    no goats out of your fold.”
    R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
    “Why do you recite my statutes,
    and profess my covenant with your mouth,
    Though you hate discipline
    and cast my words behind you?”
    R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.
    “When you do these things, shall I be deaf to it?
    Or do you think you that I am like yourself?
    I will correct you by drawing them up before your eyes.
    He that offers praise as a sacrifice glorifies me;
    and to him that goes the right way I will show the salvation of God.”
    R. To the upright I will show the saving power of God.

    Alleluia

    MT 5:10
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
    for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    MT 10:34-11:1

    Jesus said to his Apostles:
    “Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth.
    I have come to bring not peace but the sword.
    For I have come to set
    a man against his father,
    a daughter against her mother,
    and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
    and one’s enemies will be those of his household.

    “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
    and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
    and whoever does not take up his cross
    and follow after me is not worthy of me.
    Whoever finds his life will lose it,
    and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.

    “Whoever receives you receives me,
    and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
    Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet
    will receive a prophet’s reward,
    and whoever receives a righteous man
    because he is righteous
    will receive a righteous man’s reward.
    And whoever gives only a cup of cold water
    to one of these little ones to drink
    because he is a disciple–
    amen, I say to you, he will surely not lose his reward.”

    When Jesus finished giving these commands to his Twelve disciples,
    he went away from that place to teach and to preach in their towns.

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  • Our Lady of Mount Carmel

    Our Lady of Mount Carmel

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    July 16, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 390

    Reading 1

    Is 7:1-9
    In the days of Ahaz, king of Judah, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah,
    Rezin, king of Aram,
    and Pekah, king of Israel, son of Remaliah,
    went up to attack Jerusalem,
    but they were not able to conquer it.
    When word came to the house of David that Aram
    was encamped in Ephraim,
    the heart of the king and the heart of the people trembled,
    as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.Then the LORD said to Isaiah: Go out to meet Ahaz,
    you and your son Shear-jashub,
    at the end of the conduit of the upper pool,
    on the highway of the fuller’s field, and say to him:
    Take care you remain tranquil and do not fear;
    let not your courage fail
    before these two stumps of smoldering brands
    the blazing anger of Rezin and the Arameans,
    and of the son Remaliah,
    because of the mischief that
    Aram, Ephraim and the son of Remaliah,
    plots against you, saying,
    “Let us go up and tear Judah asunder, make it our own by force,
    and appoint the son of Tabeel king there.”

    Thus says the LORD:
    This shall not stand, it shall not be!
    Damascus is the capital of Aram,
    and Rezin is the head of Damascus;
    Samaria is the capital of Ephraim,
    and Remaliah’s son the head of Samaria.

    But within sixty years and five,
    Ephraim shall be crushed, no longer a nation.
    Unless your faith is firm
    you shall not be firm!

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8

    R. (see 9d) God upholds his city for ever.
    Great is the LORD and wholly to be praised
    in the city of our God.
    His holy mountain, fairest of heights,
    is the joy of all the earth.
    R. God upholds his city for ever.
    Mount Zion, “the recesses of the North,”
    is the city of the great King.
    God is with her castles;
    renowned is he as a stronghold.
    R. God upholds his city for ever.
    For lo! the kings assemble,
    they come on together;
    They also see, and at once are stunned,
    terrified, routed.
    R. God upholds his city for ever.
    Quaking seizes them there;
    anguish, like a woman’s in labor,
    As though a wind from the east
    were shattering ships of Tarshish.
    R. God upholds his city for ever.

    Alleluia

    Ps 95:8
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    If today you hear his voice,
    harden not your hearts.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 11:20-24
    Jesus began to reproach the towns
    where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
    since they had not repented.
    “Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
    For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
    had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
    they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.
    But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
    for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
    And as for you, Capernaum:Will you be exalted to heaven?
    You will go down to the nether world.

    For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Sodom,
    it would have remained until this day.
    But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
    for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

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  • St. Francis Solano

    St. Francis Solano

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    July 17, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 391

    Reading 1

    Is 10:5-7, 13b-16
    Thus says the LORD:
    Woe to Assyria! My rod in anger,
    my staff in wrath.
    Against an impious nation I send him,
    and against a people under my wrath I order him
    To seize plunder, carry off loot,
    and tread them down like the mud of the streets.
    But this is not what he intends,
    nor does he have this in mind;
    Rather, it is in his heart to destroy,
    to make an end of nations not a few.For he says:
    “By my own power I have done it,
    and by my wisdom, for I am shrewd.
    I have moved the boundaries of peoples,
    their treasures I have pillaged,
    and, like a giant, I have put down the enthroned.
    My hand has seized like a nest
    the riches of nations;
    As one takes eggs left alone,
    so I took in all the earth;
    No one fluttered a wing,
    or opened a mouth, or chirped!”

    Will the axe boast against him who hews with it?
    Will the saw exalt itself above him who wields it?
    As if a rod could sway him who lifts it,
    or a staff him who is not wood!
    Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts,
    will send among his fat ones leanness,
    And instead of his glory there will be kindling
    like the kindling of fire.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 94:5-6, 7-8, 9-10, 14-15
    R. (14a) The Lord will not abandon his people.
    Your people, O LORD, they trample down,
    your inheritance they afflict.
    Widow and stranger they slay,
    the fatherless they murder.
    R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
    And they say, “The LORD sees not;
    the God of Jacob perceives not.”
    Understand, you senseless ones among the people;
    and, you fools, when will you be wise?
    R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
    Shall he who shaped the ear not hear?
    or he who formed the eye not see?
    Shall he who instructs nations not chastise,
    he who teaches men knowledge?
    R. The Lord will not abandon his people.
    For the LORD will not cast off his people,
    nor abandon his inheritance;
    But judgment shall again be with justice,
    and all the upright of heart shall follow it.
    R. The Lord will not abandon his people

    Alleluia

    Mt 11:25
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
    you have revealed to little ones the mysteries of the Kingdom.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 11:25-27
    At that time Jesus exclaimed:
    “I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
    for although you have hidden these things
    from the wise and the learned
    you have revealed them to the childlike.
    Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
    All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
    No one knows the Son except the Father,
    and no one knows the Father except the Son
    and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

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  • St. Camillus de Lellis

    St. Camillus de Lellis

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    July 18, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 392

    Reading 1

    Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19
    The way of the just is smooth;
    the path of the just you make level.
    Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD,
    we look to you;
    Your name and your title
    are the desire of our souls.
    My soul yearns for you in the night,
    yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you;
    When your judgment dawns upon the earth,
    the world’s inhabitants learn justice.
    O LORD, you mete out peace to us,
    for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.O LORD, oppressed by your punishment,
    we cried out in anguish under your chastising.
    As a woman about to give birth
    writhes and cries out in her pains,
    so were we in your presence, O LORD.
    We conceived and writhed in pain,
    giving birth to wind;
    Salvation we have not achieved for the earth,
    the inhabitants of the world cannot bring it forth.
    But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise;
    awake and sing, you who lie in the dust.
    For your dew is a dew of light,
    and the land of shades gives birth.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21
    R. (20b) From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
    You, O LORD, abide forever,
    and your name through all generations.
    You will arise and have mercy on Zion,
    for it is time to pity her.
    For her stones are dear to your servants,
    and her dust moves them to pity.
    R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
    The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
    and all the kings of the earth your glory,
    When the LORD has rebuilt Zion
    and appeared in his glory;
    When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,
    and not despised their prayer.
    R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.
    Let this be written for the generation to come,
    and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
    “The LORD looked down from his holy height,
    from heaven he beheld the earth,
    To hear the groaning of the prisoners,
    to release those doomed to die.”
    R. From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.

    Alleluia

    Mt 11:28
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
    and I will give you rest, says the Lord.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 11:28-30
    Jesus said:
    “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
    and I will give you rest.
    Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
    for I am meek and humble of heart;
    and you will find rest for yourselves.
    For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”

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  • St. Mary Mackillop

    St. Mary Mackillop

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    July 19, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 393

    Reading 1

    Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8
    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; you shall not recover.”
    Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:”O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly
    I conducted myself in your presence,
    doing what was pleasing to you!”
    And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

    Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: “Go, tell Hezekiah:
    Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David:
    I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.
    I will heal you: in three days you shall go up to the LORD’s temple;
    I will add fifteen years to your life.
    I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria;
    I will be a shield to this city.”

    Isaiah then ordered a poultice of figs to be taken
    and applied to the boil, that he might recover.
    Then Hezekiah asked,
    “What is the sign that I shall go up to the temple of the LORD?”

    Isaiah answered:
    “This will be the sign for you from the LORD
    that he will do what he has promised:
    See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun
    on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz
    go back the ten steps it has advanced.”
    So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Isaiah 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16
    R. (see 17b) You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.
    Once I said,
    “In the noontime of life I must depart!
    To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned
    for the rest of my years.”
    R. You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.
    I said, “I shall see the LORD no more
    in the land of the living.
    No longer shall I behold my fellow men
    among those who dwell in the world.”
    R. You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.
    My dwelling, like a shepherd’s tent,
    is struck down and borne away from me;
    You have folded up my life, like a weaver
    who severs the last thread.
    R. You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.
    Those live whom the LORD protects;
    yours is the life of my spirit.
    You have given me health and life.
    R. You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.

    Alleluia

    Jn 10:27
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
    I know them, and they follow me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 12:1-8
    Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.
    His disciples were hungry
    and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
    When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,
    “See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath.”
    He said to the them, “Have you not read what David did
    when he and his companions were hungry,
    how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering,
    which neither he nor his companions
    but only the priests could lawfully eat?
    Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath
    the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath
    and are innocent?
    I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
    If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
    you would not have condemned these innocent men.
    For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”

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  • St. Apollinaris of Ravenna

    St. Apollinaris of Ravenna

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    July 20, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 394

    Reading 1

    Mi 2:1-5
    Woe to those who plan iniquity,
    and work out evil on their couches;
    In the morning light they accomplish it
    when it lies within their power.
    They covet fields, and seize them;
    houses, and they take them;
    They cheat an owner of his house,
    a man of his inheritance.
    Therefore thus says the LORD:
    Behold, I am planning against this race an evil
    from which you shall not withdraw your necks;
    Nor shall you walk with head high,
    for it will be a time of evil.On that day a satire shall be sung over you,
    and there shall be a plaintive chant:
    “Our ruin is complete,
    our fields are portioned out among our captors,
    The fields of my people are measured out,
    and no one can get them back!”
    Thus you shall have no one
    to mark out boundaries by lot
    in the assembly of the LORD.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14
    R. (12b) Do not forget the poor, O Lord!
    Why, O LORD, do you stand aloof?
    Why hide in times of distress?
    Proudly the wicked harass the afflicted,
    who are caught in the devices the wicked have contrived.
    R. Do not forget the poor, O Lord!
    For the wicked man glories in his greed,
    and the covetous blasphemes, sets the LORD at nought.
    The wicked man boasts, “He will not avenge it”;
    “There is no God,” sums up his thoughts.
    R. Do not forget the poor, O Lord!
    His mouth is full of cursing, guile and deceit;
    under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
    He lurks in ambush near the villages;
    in hiding he murders the innocent;
    his eyes spy upon the unfortunate.
    R. Do not forget the poor, O Lord!
    You do see, for you behold misery and sorrow,
    taking them in your hands.
    On you the unfortunate man depends;
    of the fatherless you are the helper.
    R. Do not forget the poor, O Lord!

    Alleluia

    2 Cor 5:19
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,
    and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 12:14-21
    The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus
    to put him to death.When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.
    Many people followed him, and he cured them all,
    but he warned them not to make him known.
    This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

    Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,
    my beloved in whom I delight;
    I shall place my Spirit upon him,
    and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.
    He will not contend or cry out,
    nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
    A bruised reed he will not break,
    a smoldering wick he will not quench,
    until he brings justice to victory.
    And in his name the Gentiles will hope.

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  • St. Lawrence of Brindisi

    St. Lawrence of Brindisi

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    July 21, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 107

    Reading 1

    Jer 23:1-6
    Woe to the shepherds
    who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture,
    says the LORD.
    Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,
    against the shepherds who shepherd my people:
    You have scattered my sheep and driven them away.
    You have not cared for them,
    but I will take care to punish your evil deeds.
    I myself will gather the remnant of my flock
    from all the lands to which I have driven them
    and bring them back to their meadow;
    there they shall increase and multiply.
    I will appoint shepherds for them who will shepherd them
    so that they need no longer fear and tremble;
    and none shall be missing, says the LORD.Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,
    when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David;
    as king he shall reign and govern wisely,
    he shall do what is just and right in the land.
    In his days Judah shall be saved,
    Israel shall dwell in security.
    This is the name they give him:
    “The LORD our justice.”

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6
    R. (1) The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
    In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
    beside restful waters he leads me;
    he refreshes my soul.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    He guides me in right paths
    for his name’s sake.
    Even though I walk in the dark valley
    I fear no evil; for you are at my side
    with your rod and your staff
    that give me courage.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    You spread the table before me
    in the sight of my foes;
    you anoint my head with oil;
    my cup overflows.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
    Only goodness and kindness follow me
    all the days of my life;
    and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
    for years to come.
    R. The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

    Reading 2

    Eph 2:13-18
    Brothers and sisters:
    In Christ Jesus you who once were far off
    have become near by the blood of Christ.For he is our peace, he who made both one
    and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,
    abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims,
    that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two,
    thus establishing peace,
    and might reconcile both with God,
    in one body, through the cross,
    putting that enmity to death by it.
    He came and preached peace to you who were far off
    and peace to those who were near,
    for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

    Alleluia

    Jn 10:27
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;
    I know them, and they follow me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mk 6:30-34
    The apostles gathered together with Jesus
    and reported all they had done and taught.
    He said to them,
    “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.”
    People were coming and going in great numbers,
    and they had no opportunity even to eat.
    So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place.
    People saw them leaving and many came to know about it.
    They hastened there on foot from all the towns
    and arrived at the place before them.When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
    his heart was moved with pity for them,
    for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
    and he began to teach them many things.

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  • St. Mary Magdalen

    St. Mary Magdalen

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    July 22, 2024

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    Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene

    Lectionary: 603

    Reading 1

    SGS 3:1-4B
    The Bride says:
    On my bed at night I sought him
    whom my heart loves–
    I sought him but I did not find him.
    I will rise then and go about the city;
    in the streets and crossings I will seek
    Him whom my heart loves.
    I sought him but I did not find him.
    The watchmen came upon me,
    as they made their rounds of the city:
    Have you seen him whom my heart loves?
    I had hardly left them
    when I found him whom my heart loves.

    OR

    2 COR 5:14-17
    Brothers and sisters:
    The love of Christ impels us,
    once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;
    therefore, all have died.
    He indeed died for all,
    so that those who live might no longer live for themselves
    but for him who for their sake died and was raised.Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh;
    even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh,
    yet now we know him so no longer.
    So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:
    the old things have passed away;
    behold, new things have come.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
    R. (2) My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
    O God, you are my God whom I seek;
    for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts
    like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.
    R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
    Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary
    to see your power and your glory,
    For your kindness is a greater good than life;
    my lips shall glorify you.
    R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
    Thus will I bless you while I live;
    lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.
    As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,
    and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.
    R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.
    You are my help,
    and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.
    My soul clings fast to you;
    your right hand upholds me.
    R. My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Tell us Mary, what did you see on the way?
    I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
    On the first day of the week,
    Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,
    while it was still dark,
    and saw the stone removed from the tomb.
    So she ran and went to Simon Peter
    and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,
    “They have taken the Lord from the tomb,
    and we don’t know where they put him.”Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.
    And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb
    and saw two angels in white sitting there,
    one at the head and one at the feet
    where the Body of Jesus had been.
    And they said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?”
    She said to them, “They have taken my Lord,
    and I don’t know where they laid him.”
    When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,
    but did not know it was Jesus.
    Jesus said to her, “Woman, why are you weeping?
    Whom are you looking for?”
    She thought it was the gardener and said to him,
    “Sir, if you carried him away,
    tell me where you laid him,
    and I will take him.”
    Jesus said to her, “Mary!”
    She turned and said to him in Hebrew,
    “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher.
    Jesus said to her,
    “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
    But go to my brothers and tell them,
    ‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
    to my God and your God.'”
    Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
    “I have seen the Lord,”
    and then reported what he told her.

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  • St. Bridget of Sweden

    St. Bridget of Sweden

    All day
    July 23, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 396

    Reading 1

    MI 7:14-15, 18-20
    Shepherd your people with your staff,
    the flock of your inheritance,
    That dwells apart in a woodland,
    in the midst of Carmel.
    Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,
    as in the days of old;
    As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,
    show us wonderful signs.Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt
    and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;
    Who does not persist in anger forever,
    but delights rather in clemency,
    And will again have compassion on us,
    treading underfoot our guilt?
    You will cast into the depths of the sea
    all our sins;
    You will show faithfulness to Jacob,
    and grace to Abraham,
    As you have sworn to our fathers
    from days of old.

    Responsorial Psalm

    PS 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8
    R. (8a) Lord, show us your mercy and love.
    You have favored, O LORD, your land;
    you have brought back the captives of Jacob.
    You have forgiven the guilt of your people;
    you have covered all their sins.
    You have withdrawn all your wrath;
    you have revoked your burning anger.
    R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
    Restore us, O God our savior,
    and abandon your displeasure against us.
    Will you be ever angry with us,
    prolonging your anger to all generations?
    R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.
    Will you not instead give us life;
    and shall not your people rejoice in you?
    Show us, O LORD, your kindness,
    and grant us your salvation.
    R. Lord, show us your mercy and love.

    Alleluia

    JN 14:23
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Whoever loves me will keep my word,
    and my Father will love him
    and we will come to him.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    MT 12:46-50

    While Jesus was speaking to the crowds,
    his mother and his brothers appeared outside,
    wishing to speak with him.
    Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,
    asking to speak with you.”
    But he said in reply to the one who told him,
    “Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
    And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
    “Here are my mother and my brothers.
    For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
    is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

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  • St. Sharbel Makhluf

    St. Sharbel Makhluf

    All day
    July 24, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 397

    Reading 1

    Jer 1:1, 4-10
    The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah,
    of a priestly family in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.The word of the LORD came to me thus:Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
    before you were born I dedicated you,
    a prophet to the nations I appointed you.
    “Ah, Lord GOD!” I said,
    “I know not how to speak; I am too young.”

    But the LORD answered me,
    Say not, “I am too young.”
    To whomever I send you, you shall go;
    whatever I command you, you shall speak.
    Have no fear before them,
    because I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.

    Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying,

    See, I place my words in your mouth!
    This day I set you
    over nations and over kingdoms,
    To root up and to tear down,
    to destroy and to demolish,
    to build and to plant.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15 and 17
    R. (see 15ab) I will sing of your salvation.
    In you, O LORD, I take refuge;
    let me never be put to shame.
    In your justice rescue me, and deliver me;
    incline your ear to me, and save me.
    R. I will sing of your salvation.
    Be my rock of refuge,
    a stronghold to give me safety,
    for you are my rock and my fortress.
    O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.
    R. I will sing of your salvation.
    For you are my hope, O Lord;
    my trust, O God, from my youth.
    On you I depend from birth;
    from my mother’s womb you are my strength.
    R. I will sing of your salvation.
    My mouth shall declare your justice,
    day by day your salvation.
    O God, you have taught me from my youth,
    and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.
    R. I will sing of your salvation.

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;
    all who come to him will live for ever.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 13:1-9
    On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
    Such large crowds gathered around him
    that he got into a boat and sat down,
    and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
    And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:
    “A sower went out to sow.
    And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,
    and birds came and ate it up.
    Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.
    It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,
    and when the sun rose it was scorched,
    and it withered for lack of roots.
    Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.
    But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
    a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
    Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

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  • St. James the Greater

    St. James the Greater

    All day
    July 25, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Feast of Saint James, Apostle

    Lectionary: 605

    Reading 1

    2 Cor 4:7-15
    Brothers and sisters:
    We hold this treasure in earthen vessels,
    that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.
    We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained;
    perplexed, but not driven to despair;
    persecuted, but not abandoned;
    struck down, but not destroyed;
    always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus,
    so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.
    For we who live are constantly being given up to death
    for the sake of Jesus,
    so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.So death is at work in us, but life in you.
    Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith,
    according to what is written, I believed, therefore I spoke,
    we too believe and therefore speak,
    knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus
    will raise us also with Jesus
    and place us with you in his presence.
    Everything indeed is for you,
    so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people
    may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6
    R. (5) Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
    When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,
    we were like men dreaming.
    Then our mouth was filled with laughter,
    and our tongue with rejoicing.
    R. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
    Then they said among the nations,
    “The LORD has done great things for them.”
    The LORD has done great things for us;
    we are glad indeed.
    R. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
    Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
    like the torrents in the southern desert.
    Those that sow in tears
    shall reap rejoicing.
    R. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.
    Although they go forth weeping,
    carrying the seed to be sown,
    They shall come back rejoicing,
    carrying their sheaves.
    R. Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.

    Alleluia

    See Jn 15:16
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    I chose you from the world,
    to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 20:20-28
    The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
    and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
    He said to her,
    “What do you wish?”
    She answered him,
    “Command that these two sons of mine sit,
    one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
    Jesus said in reply,
    “You do not know what you are asking.
    Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
    They said to him, “We can.”
    He replied,
    “My chalice you will indeed drink,
    but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
    but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
    When the ten heard this,
    they became indignant at the two brothers.
    But Jesus summoned them and said,
    “You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
    and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
    But it shall not be so among you.
    Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
    whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
    Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served
    but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many.”

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  • St. Joachim & Anne

    St. Joachim & Anne

    All day
    July 26, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Lectionary: 399

    Reading 1

    JER 3:14-17

    Return, rebellious children, says the LORD,
    for I am your Master;
    I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,
    and bring you to Zion.
    I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart,
    who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.
    When you multiply and become fruitful in the land,
    says the LORD,
    They will in those days no longer say,
    “The ark of the covenant of the LORD!”
    They will no longer think of it, or remember it,
    or miss it, or make another.

    At that time they will call Jerusalem the LORD’s throne;
    there all nations will be gathered together
    to honor the name of the LORD at Jerusalem,
    and they will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness.

    Responsorial Psalm

    JER 31:10, 11-12ABCD, 13
    R. (see 10d) The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
    Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,
    proclaim it on distant isles, and say:
    He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,
    he guards them as a shepherd his flock.
    R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
    The LORD shall ransom Jacob,
    he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.
    Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,
    they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings:
    The grain, the wine, and the oil,
    the sheep and the oxen.
    R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.
    Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,
    and young men and old as well.
    I will turn their mourning into joy,
    I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.
    R. The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.

    Alleluia

    LK 8:15
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart
    and yield a harvest through perseverance.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    MT 13:18-23

    Jesus said to his disciples:
    “Hear the parable of the sower.
    The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
    without understanding it,
    and the Evil One comes and steals away
    what was sown in his heart.
    The seed sown on rocky ground
    is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.
    But he has no root and lasts only for a time.
    When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,
    he immediately falls away.
    The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,
    but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word
    and it bears no fruit.
    But the seed sown on rich soil
    is the one who hears the word and understands it,
    who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”

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  • Blessed Antonio Lucci

    Blessed Antonio Lucci

    All day
    July 27, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 400

    Reading 1

    Jer 7:1-11
    The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
    Stand at the gate of the house of the LORD,
    and there proclaim this message:
    Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah
    who enter these gates to worship the LORD!
    Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:
    Reform your ways and your deeds,
    so that I may remain with you in this place.
    Put not your trust in the deceitful words:
    “This is the temple of the LORD!
    The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD!”
    Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds;
    if each of you deals justly with his neighbor;
    if you no longer oppress the resident alien,
    the orphan, and the widow;
    if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place,
    or follow strange gods to your own harm,
    will I remain with you in this place,
    in the land I gave your fathers long ago and forever.But here you are, putting your trust in deceitful words to your own loss!
    Are you to steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,
    burn incense to Baal,
    go after strange gods that you know not,
    and yet come to stand before me
    in this house which bears my name, and say:
    “We are safe; we can commit all these abominations again”?
    Has this house which bears my name
    become in your eyes a den of thieves?
    I too see what is being done, says the LORD.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11
    R. (2) How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
    My soul yearns and pines
    for the courts of the LORD.
    My heart and my flesh
    cry out for the living God.
    R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
    Even the sparrow finds a home,
    and the swallow a nest
    in which she puts her young—
    Your altars, O LORD of hosts,
    my king and my God!
    R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
    Blessed they who dwell in your house!
    continually they praise you.
    Blessed the men whose strength you are!
    They go from strength to strength.
    R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!
    I had rather one day in your courts
    than a thousand elsewhere;
    I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God
    than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
    R. How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!

    Alleluia

    Jas 1:21bc
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you
    and is able to save your souls.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 13:24-30
    Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
    “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man
    who sowed good seed in his field.
    While everyone was asleep his enemy came
    and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.
    When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.
    The slaves of the householder came to him and said,
    ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?
    Where have the weeds come from?’
    He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’
    His slaves said to him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
    He replied, ‘No, if you pull up the weeds
    you might uproot the wheat along with them.
    Let them grow together until harvest;
    then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,
    “First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;
    but gather the wheat into my barn.”‘”

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  • Blessed Stanley Rother

    Blessed Stanley Rother

    All day
    July 28, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 110

    Reading 1

    2 Kgs 4:42-44
    A man came from Baal-shalishah bringing to Elisha, the man of God,
    twenty barley loaves made from the firstfruits,
    and fresh grain in the ear.
    Elisha said, “Give it to the people to eat.”
    But his servant objected,
    “How can I set this before a hundred people?”
    Elisha insisted, “Give it to the people to eat.”
    “For thus says the LORD,
    ‘They shall eat and there shall be some left over.'”
    And when they had eaten, there was some left over,
    as the LORD had said.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18
    R. (cf. 16) The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
    Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
    and let your faithful ones bless you.
    Let them discourse of the glory of your kingdom
    and speak of your might.
    R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
    The eyes of all look hopefully to you,
    and you give them their food in due season;
    you open your hand
    and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
    R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.
    The LORD is just in all his ways
    and holy in all his works.
    The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
    to all who call upon him in truth.
    R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.

    Reading 2

    Eph 4:1-6
    Brothers and sisters:
    I, a prisoner for the Lord,
    urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,
    with all humility and gentleness, with patience,
    bearing with one another through love,
    striving to preserve the unity of the spirit through the bond of peace:
    one body and one Spirit,
    as you were also called to the one hope of your call;
    one Lord, one faith, one baptism;
    one God and Father of all,
    who is over all and through all and in all.

    Alleluia

    Lk 7:16
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    A great prophet has risen in our midst.
    God has visited his people.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Jn 6:1-15
    Jesus went across the Sea of Galilee.
    A large crowd followed him,
    because they saw the signs he was performing on the sick.
    Jesus went up on the mountain,
    and there he sat down with his disciples.
    The Jewish feast of Passover was near.
    When Jesus raised his eyes
    and saw that a large crowd was coming to him,
    he said to Philip,
    “Where can we buy enough food for them to eat?”
    He said this to test him,
    because he himself knew what he was going to do.
    Philip answered him,
    “Two hundred days’ wages worth of food would not be enough
    for each of them to have a little.”
    One of his disciples,
    Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, said to him,
    “There is a boy here who has five barley loaves and two fish;
    but what good are these for so many?”
    Jesus said, “Have the people recline.”
    Now there was a great deal of grass in that place.
    So the men reclined, about five thousand in number.
    Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
    and distributed them to those who were reclining,
    and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
    When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
    “Gather the fragments left over,
    so that nothing will be wasted.”
    So they collected them,
    and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments
    from the five barley loaves
    that had been more than they could eat.
    When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
    “This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.”
    Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off
    to make him king,
    he withdrew again to the mountain alone.

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  • St. Martha

    St. Martha

    All day
    July 29, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

    Lectionary: 401/607

    Reading 1

    JER 13:1-11
    The LORD said to me: Go buy yourself a linen loincloth;
    wear it on your loins, but do not put it in water.
    I bought the loincloth, as the LORD commanded, and put it on.
    A second time the word of the LORD came to me thus:
    Take the loincloth which you bought and are wearing,
    and go now to the Parath;
    there hide it in a cleft of the rock.
    Obedient to the LORD’s command, I went to the Parath
    and buried the loincloth.
    After a long interval, the LORD said to me:
    Go now to the Parath and fetch the loincloth
    which I told you to hide there.
    Again I went to the Parath, sought out and took the loincloth
    from the place where I had hid it.
    But it was rotted, good for nothing!
    Then the message came to me from the LORD:
    Thus says the LORD:
    So also I will allow the pride of Judah to rot,
    the great pride of Jerusalem.
    This wicked people who refuse to obey my words,
    who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts,
    and follow strange gods to serve and adore them,
    shall be like this loincloth which is good for nothing.
    For, as close as the loincloth clings to a man’s loins,
    so had I made the whole house of Israel
    and the whole house of Judah cling to me, says the LORD;
    to be my people, my renown, my praise, my beauty.
    But they did not listen.

    Responsorial Psalm

    DEUTERONOMY 32:18-19, 20, 21
    R.  (see 18a)  You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
    You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you,
    You forgot the God who gave you birth.
    When the LORD saw this, he was filled with loathing
    and anger toward his sons and daughters.
    R.  You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
    “I will hide my face from them,” he said,
    “and see what will then become of them.
    What a fickle race they are,
    sons with no loyalty in them!”
    R.  You have forgotten God who gave you birth.
    “Since they have provoked me with their ‘no-god’
    and angered me with their vain idols,
    I will provoke them with a ‘no-people’;
    with a foolish nation I will anger them.”
    R.  You have forgotten God who gave you birth.

    Alleluia

    Jn 8:12

    R.    Alleluia, alleluia.
    I am the light of the world, says the Lord;
    whoever follows me will have the light of life.
    R.    Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    JN 11:19-27

    Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
    to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
    When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
    she went to meet him;
    but Mary sat at home.
    Martha said to Jesus,
    “Lord, if you had been here,
    my brother would not have died.
    But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
    God will give you.”
    Jesus said to her,
    “Your brother will rise.”
    Martha said to him,
    “I know he will rise,
    in the resurrection on the last day.”
    Jesus told her,
    “I am the resurrection and the life;
    whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
    and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
    Do you believe this?”
    She said to him, “Yes, Lord.
    I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
    the one who is coming into the world.”

    Or:

    LK 10:38-42

    Jesus entered a village
    where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.
    She had a sister named Mary
    who sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak.
    Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
    “Lord, do you not care
    that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
    Tell her to help me.”
    The Lord said to her in reply,
    “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
    There is need of only one thing.
    Mary has chosen the better part
    and it will not be taken from her.”

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  • St. Peter Chrysologus

    St. Peter Chrysologus

    All day
    July 30, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

    Lectionary: 402

    Reading 1

    Jer 14:17-22
    Let my eyes stream with tears
    day and night, without rest,
    Over the great destruction which overwhelms
    the virgin daughter of my people,
    over her incurable wound.
    If I walk out into the field,
    look! those slain by the sword;
    If I enter the city,
    look! those consumed by hunger.
    Even the prophet and the priest
    forage in a land they know not.Have you cast Judah off completely?
    Is Zion loathsome to you?
    Why have you struck us a blow
    that cannot be healed?
    We wait for peace, to no avail;
    for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.
    We recognize, O LORD, our wickedness,
    the guilt of our fathers;
    that we have sinned against you.
    For your name’s sake spurn us not,
    disgrace not the throne of your glory;
    remember your covenant with us, and break it not.
    Among the nations’ idols is there any that gives rain?
    Or can the mere heavens send showers?
    Is it not you alone, O LORD,
    our God, to whom we look?
    You alone have done all these things.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 79:8, 9, 11 and 13
    R. (9) For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
    Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;
    may your compassion quickly come to us,
    for we are brought very low.
    R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
    Help us, O God our savior,
    because of the glory of your name;
    Deliver us and pardon our sins
    for your name’s sake.
    R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
    Let the prisoners’ sighing come before you;
    with your great power free those doomed to death.
    Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,
    will give thanks to you forever;
    through all generations we will declare your praise.
    R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

    Alleluia

    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;
    all who come to him will live for ever.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 13:36-43

    Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
    His disciples approached him and said,
    “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
    He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
    the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
    The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
    and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
    The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
    Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
    so will it be at the end of the age.
    The Son of Man will send his angels,
    and they will collect out of his Kingdom
    all who cause others to sin and all evildoers.
    They will throw them into the fiery furnace,
    where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
    Then the righteous will shine like the sun
    in the Kingdom of their Father.
    Whoever has ears ought to hear.”

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  • St. Ignatius of Loyola

    St. Ignatius of Loyola

    All day
    July 31, 2024

    Daily Bible Reading

    Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest

    Lectionary: 403

    Reading 1

    Jer 15:10, 16-21

    Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth!
    a man of strife and contention to all the land!
    I neither borrow nor lend,
    yet all curse me.
    When I found your words, I devoured them;
    they became my joy and the happiness of my heart,
    Because I bore your name,
    O LORD, God of hosts.
    I did not sit celebrating
    in the circle of merrymakers;
    Under the weight of your hand I sat alone
    because you filled me with indignation.
    Why is my pain continuous,
    my wound incurable, refusing to be healed?
    You have indeed become for me a treacherous brook,
    whose waters do not abide!
    Thus the LORD answered me:
    If you repent, so that I restore you,
    in my presence you shall stand;
    If you bring forth the precious without the vile,
    you shall be my mouthpiece.
    Then it shall be they who turn to you,
    and you shall not turn to them;
    And I will make you toward this people
    a solid wall of brass.
    Though they fight against you,
    they shall not prevail,
    For I am with you,
    to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD.
    I will free you from the hand of the wicked,
    and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.

    Responsorial Psalm

    Ps 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18

    R. (17d) God is my refuge on the day of distress.
    Rescue me from my enemies, O my God;
    from my adversaries defend me.
    Rescue me from evildoers;
    from bloodthirsty men save me.
    R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
    For behold, they lie in wait for my life;
    mighty men come together against me,
    Not for any offense or sin of mine, O LORD.
    R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
    O my strength! for you I watch;
    for you, O God, are my stronghold,
    As for my God, may his mercy go before me;
    may he show me the fall of my foes.
    R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
    But I will sing of your strength
    and revel at dawn in your mercy;
    You have been my stronghold,
    my refuge in the day of distress.
    R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.
    O my strength! your praise will I sing;
    for you, O God, are my stronghold,
    my merciful God!
    R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

    Alleluia

    Jn 15:15b
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.
    I call you my friends, says the Lord,
    for I have made known to you all that the Father has told me.
    R. Alleluia, alleluia.

    Gospel

    Mt 13:44-46

    Jesus said to his disciples:
    “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
    which a person finds and hides again,
    and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
    Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
    searching for fine pearls.
    When he finds a pearl of great price,
    he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”

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