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Gospel - Jn 11:19-27

Posted Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:00am

19 And many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, so as to console them over their brother.
20 Therefore, Martha, when she heard that Jesus was arriving, went out to meet him. But Mary was sitting at home.
21 And then Martha said to Jesus: “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now, I know that whatever you will request from God, God will give to you.”
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother shall rise again.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he shall rise again, at the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
26 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall not die for eternity. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to him: “Certainly, Lord. I have believed that you are
the Christ, the Son of the living God, who has come into this world.”

First Reading - Jer 18:1-6

Posted Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:00am

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:
2 “Rise up and descend into the house of the potter, and there you will hear my words.”
3 And I descended into the house of the potter, and behold, he was making a work on the wheel.
4 And the vessel, which he was making with his hands out of clay,
broke. And turning away, he made another vessel, for it had been
pleasing in his eyes to make it.
5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
6 “Am I not able to do with you, O house of Israel, just as this
potter has done, says the Lord? Behold, like clay in the hand of the
potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

Psalm - Ps 146:1b-6b

Posted Thu, 07/29/2010 - 12:00am

1b Of Haggai and Zachariah.
2 Praise the Lord, O my soul. I will praise the Lord with my
life. I will sing psalms to my God as long as I shall be. Do not trust
in the leaders,
3 in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
4 His spirit will depart, and he will return to his earth. In that day, all their thoughts will perish.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob: his hope is in the Lord God himself,
6 who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all the things that are in them.

First Reading - Jer 15:10,16-21

Posted Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:00am

10 “O my mother, woe to me! Why did you conceive me, a man
of strife, a man of discord to all the earth? I have not lent money at
interest, nor has anyone lent money at interest to me. Yet everyone is
cursing me.”
16 I discovered your words and I consumed them. And your word
became to me as the gladness and joy of my heart. For your name has
been invoked over me, O Lord, the God of hosts.
17 I did not sit in the company of mockers, nor did I glorify
myself before the presence of your hand. I sat alone, because you
filled me with threats.
18 Why has my sorrow become never-ending, and why has my wound
become so dire that it refuses to be cured? It has become for me like
the deception of untrustworthy waters.”
19 Because of this, thus says the Lord: “If you will be converted,
I will convert you. And you will stand before my face. And you will
separate what is precious from what is vile. Read more

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

Posted Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:00am

2 Rescue me from my enemies, my God, and free me from those who rise up against me.
3 Rescue me from those who work iniquity, and save me from men of blood.
4 For behold, they have seized my soul. The strong have rushed upon me.
10 I will guard my strength toward you, for you are God, my supporter.
11 My God, his mercy will precede me.
17 But I will sing your strength, and I will extol your mercy, in
the morning. For you have been my supporter and my refuge in the day of
my tribulation.
18 To you, my helper, I will sing psalms. For you are God, my supporter. My God is my mercy.

Gospel - Mt 13:44-46

Posted Wed, 07/28/2010 - 12:00am

44 The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in a
field. When a man finds it, he hides it, and, because of his joy, he
goes and sells everything that he has, and he buys that field.
45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking good pearls.
46 Having found one pearl of great value, he went away and sold all that he had, and he bought it.

First Reading - Jer 14:17-22

Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:00am

17 And you shall speak this word to them: Let my eyes shed
tears throughout the night and day, and let them not cease. For the
virgin daughter of my people has been crushed by a great affliction, by
a very grievous wound.”
18 “If I go out into the fields: behold, those slain by the sword.
And if I enter into the city: behold, those weakened by famine.
Likewise, the prophet, too, and the priest, have gone into a land that
they did not know.
19 Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul
abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no
health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and
for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.
20 O Lord, we acknowledge our impieties, the iniquities of our fathers, that we have sinned against you.
21 For the sake of your name, do not give us over into disgrace.
And do not dishonor in us the throne of your glory. Read more

Psalm - Ps 79:8-9,11,13

Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:00am

8 Do not remember our iniquities of the past. May your mercies quickly intercept us, for we have become exceedingly poor.
9 Help us, O God, our Savior. And free us, Lord, for the glory of
your name. And forgive us our sins for the sake of your name.
11 may the groans of the shackled enter before you. According to
the greatness of your arm, take possession of the sons of those who
have been killed.
13 But we are your people and the sheep of your pasture: we will
give thanks to you in all ages. From generation to generation, we will
announce your praise.

Gospel - Mt 13:36-43

Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 12:00am

36 Then, dismissing the crowds, he went into the house. And
his disciples drew near to him, saying, “Explain to us the parable of
the weeds in the field.”
37 Responding, he said to them: “He who sows the good seed is the Son of man.
38 Now the field is the world. And the good seeds are the sons of the kingdom. But the weeds are the sons of wickedness.
39 So the enemy who sowed them is the devil. And truly, the
harvest is the consummation of the age; while the reapers are the
Angels.
40 Therefore, just as weeds are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the consummation of the age.
41 The Son of man shall send out his Angels, and they shall gather
from his kingdom all who lead astray and those who work iniquity.
42 And he shall cast them into the furnace of fire, where there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
43 Then the just ones shall shine like the sun, in the kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear.

First Reading - Jer 13:1-11

Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 12:00am

1 Thus says the Lord to me: “Go, and obtain for yourself a
linen waistcloth. And you shall place it over your loins, and you shall
not put it into water.”
2 And so I obtained a waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and I placed it around my loins.
3 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying:
4 “Take the waistcloth, which you obtained, which is around your
loins, and, rising up, go to the Euphrates, and hide it there in an
opening of the rock.”
5 And so I went, and I hid it by the Euphrates, just as the Lord had instructed me.
6 And it happened that, after many days, the Lord said to me:
“Rise up, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the waistcloth,
which I instructed you to hide there.”
7 And so I went to the Euphrates, and I dug up and took the
waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. Read more