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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:taxo="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/taxonomy/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>USCCB Daily Readings</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings</link> <description>USCCB Daily Readings from the New American Bible Revised Edition</description> <language>en</language> <copyright>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</copyright> <item> <title>Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072724.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Jeremiah/7?1 ">Jer 7:1-11</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:<br />Stand at the gate of the house of the LORD,<br />and there proclaim this message:<br />Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah<br />who enter these gates to worship the LORD!<br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:<br />Reform your ways and your deeds,<br />so that I may remain with you in this place.<br />Put not your trust in the deceitful words:<br />"This is the temple of the LORD!<br />The temple of the LORD! The temple of the LORD!"<br />Only if you thoroughly reform your ways and your deeds;<br />if each of you deals justly with his neighbor;<br />if you no longer oppress the resident alien,<br />the orphan, and the widow;<br />if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place,<br />or follow strange gods to your own harm,<br />will I remain with you in this place,<br />in the land I gave your fathers long ago and forever.<br /><br />But here you are, putting your trust in deceitful words to your own loss!<br />Are you to steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury,<br />burn incense to Baal,<br />go after strange gods that you know not,<br />and yet come to stand before me<br />in this house which bears my name, and say:<br />"We are safe; we can commit all these abominations again"?<br />Has this house which bears my name<br />become in your eyes a den of thieves?<br />I too see what is being done, says the LORD.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/84?3 ">Ps 84:3, 4, 5-6a and 8a, 11</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (2) <strong>How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!</strong><br />My soul yearns and pines <br />for the courts of the LORD.<br />My heart and my flesh<br />cry out for the living God.<br />R. <strong>How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!</strong><br />Even the sparrow finds a home,<br />and the swallow a nest<br />in which she puts her young—<br />Your altars, O LORD of hosts,<br />my king and my God!<br />R. <strong>How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!</strong><br />Blessed they who dwell in your house!<br />continually they praise you.<br />Blessed the men whose strength you are!<br />They go from strength to strength.<br />R. <strong>How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!</strong><br />I had rather one day in your courts<br />than a thousand elsewhere;<br />I had rather lie at the threshold of the house of my God<br />than dwell in the tents of the wicked.<br />R. <strong>How lovely is your dwelling place, Lord, mighty God!</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/James/1?21 ">Jas 1:21bc</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />Humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you<br />and is able to save your souls.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13?24 ">Mt 13:24-30</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.<br />"The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man<br />who sowed good seed in his field.<br />While everyone was asleep his enemy came<br />and sowed weeds all through the wheat, and then went off.<br />When the crop grew and bore fruit, the weeds appeared as well.<br />The slaves of the householder came to him and said,<br />'Master, did you not sow good seed in your field?<br />Where have the weeds come from?'<br />He answered, 'An enemy has done this.'<br />His slaves said to him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'<br />He replied, 'No, if you pull up the weeds<br />you might uproot the wheat along with them.<br />Let them grow together until harvest;<br />then at harvest time I will say to the harvesters,<br />"First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles for burning;<br />but gather the wheat into my barn."'"<br /></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072724.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm</link> <description> <ul class="nested"><li>Readings for the <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0726-memorial-joachim-anne.cfm" class="item" hreflang="en">Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a></li></ul><h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/3?14 ">JER 3:14-17</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> <p>Return, rebellious children, says the LORD,<br />for I am your Master;<br />I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,<br />and bring you to Zion.<br />I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart,<br />who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.<br />When you multiply and become fruitful in the land,<br />says the LORD,<br />They will in those days no longer say,<br />“The ark of the covenant of the LORD!”<br />They will no longer think of it, or remember it, <br />or miss it, or make another.</p> <p>At that time they will call Jerusalem the LORD’s throne;<br />there all nations will be gathered together<br />to honor the name of the LORD at Jerusalem,<br />and they will walk no longer in their hardhearted wickedness.</p></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/31?10 ">JER 31:10, 11-12ABCD, 13 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (see 10d) <strong>The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.</strong><br />Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,<br />proclaim it on distant isles, and say:<br />He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,<br />he guards them as a shepherd his flock. <br />R. <strong>The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.</strong><br />The LORD shall ransom Jacob,<br />he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.<br />Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,<br />they shall come streaming to the LORD’s blessings:<br />The grain, the wine, and the oil,<br />the sheep and the oxen.<br />R. <strong>The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.</strong><br />Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,<br />and young men and old as well.<br />I will turn their mourning into joy,<br />I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.<br />R. <strong>The Lord will guard us as a shepherd guards his flock.</strong></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/8?15 ">LK 8:15 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart<br />and yield a harvest through perseverance.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13?18 ">MT 13:18-23 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> <p>Jesus said to his disciples:<br />“Hear the parable of the sower.<br />The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom<br />without understanding it,<br />and the Evil One comes and steals away<br />what was sown in his heart.<br />The seed sown on rocky ground<br />is the one who hears the word and receives it at once with joy.<br />But he has no root and lasts only for a time.<br />When some tribulation or persecution comes because of the word,<br />he immediately falls away.<br />The seed sown among thorns is the one who hears the word,<br />but then worldly anxiety and the lure of riches choke the word<br />and it bears no fruit.<br />But the seed sown on rich soil<br />is the one who hears the word and understands it,<br />who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”</p></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Fri, 26 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072624.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Feast of Saint James, Apostle</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072524.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2Corinthians/4?7 ">2 Cor 4:7-15</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Brothers and sisters:<br />We hold this treasure in earthen vessels,<br />that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us.<br />We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained;<br />perplexed, but not driven to despair;<br />persecuted, but not abandoned;<br />struck down, but not destroyed;<br />always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus,<br />so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body.<br />For we who live are constantly being given up to death<br />for the sake of Jesus,<br />so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.<br /><br />So death is at work in us, but life in you.<br />Since, then, we have the same spirit of faith,<br />according to what is written, <em>I believed, therefore I spoke,</em><br />we too believe and therefore speak, <br />knowing that the one who raised the Lord Jesus<br />will raise us also with Jesus<br />and place us with you in his presence.<br />Everything indeed is for you,<br />so that the grace bestowed in abundance on more and more people<br />may cause the thanksgiving to overflow for the glory of God.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/126?1 ">Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (5) <strong>Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.</strong><br />When the LORD brought back the captives of Zion,<br />we were like men dreaming.<br />Then our mouth was filled with laughter,<br />and our tongue with rejoicing. <br />R. <strong>Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.</strong><br />Then they said among the nations,<br />"The LORD has done great things for them."<br />The LORD has done great things for us;<br />we are glad indeed.<br />R. <strong>Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.</strong><br />Restore our fortunes, O LORD,<br />like the torrents in the southern desert.<br />Those that sow in tears<br />shall reap rejoicing.<br />R. <strong>Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.</strong><br />Although they go forth weeping,<br />carrying the seed to be sown,<br />They shall come back rejoicing,<br />carrying their sheaves. <br />R. <strong>Those who sow in tears shall reap rejoicing.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/15?16 ">See Jn 15:16</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />I chose you from the world,<br />to go and bear fruit that will last, says the Lord.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/20?20 ">Mt 20:20-28</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons<br />and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.<br />He said to her,<br />"What do you wish?"<br />She answered him,<br />"Command that these two sons of mine sit,<br />one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom."<br />Jesus said in reply,<br />"You do not know what you are asking.<br />Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?"<br />They said to him, "We can."<br />He replied,<br />"My chalice you will indeed drink,<br />but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give<br />but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."<br />When the ten heard this,<br />they became indignant at the two brothers.<br />But Jesus summoned them and said,<br />"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,<br />and the great ones make their authority over them felt.<br />But it shall not be so among you.<br />Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;<br />whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.<br />Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served<br />but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many."<br /></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Thu, 25 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072524.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072424.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/1?1 ">Jer 1:1, 4-10</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah,<br />of a priestly family in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.<br /><br />The word of the LORD came to me thus:<br /><br />Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,<br />before you were born I dedicated you,<br />a prophet to the nations I appointed you.<br />“Ah, Lord GOD!” I said,<br />"I know not how to speak; I am too young.”<br /><br />But the LORD answered me,<br />Say not, “I am too young.”<br />To whomever I send you, you shall go;<br />whatever I command you, you shall speak.<br />Have no fear before them,<br />because I am with you to deliver you, says the LORD.<br /><br />Then the LORD extended his hand and touched my mouth, saying,<br /><br />See, I place my words in your mouth!<br />This day I set you<br />over nations and over kingdoms,<br />To root up and to tear down,<br />to destroy and to demolish,<br />to build and to plant.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/71?1 ">Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15 and 17</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (see 15ab) <strong>I will sing of your salvation.</strong><br />In you, O LORD, I take refuge;<br />let me never be put to shame.<br />In your justice rescue me, and deliver me;<br />incline your ear to me, and save me.<br />R. <strong>I will sing of your salvation.</strong><br />Be my rock of refuge,<br />a stronghold to give me safety,<br />for you are my rock and my fortress.<br />O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.<br />R. <strong>I will sing of your salvation.</strong><br />For you are my hope, O Lord;<br />my trust, O God, from my youth.<br />On you I depend from birth;<br />from my mother’s womb you are my strength.<br />R. <strong>I will sing of your salvation.</strong><br />My mouth shall declare your justice,<br />day by day your salvation.<br />O God, you have taught me from my youth,<br />and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.<br />R. <strong>I will sing of your salvation.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.orgroute?<nolink> "></a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;<br />all who come to him will live for ever.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/13?1 ">Mt 13:1-9</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.<br />Such large crowds gathered around him<br />that he got into a boat and sat down,<br />and the whole crowd stood along the shore.<br />And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:<br />“A sower went out to sow.<br />And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,<br />and birds came and ate it up.<br />Some fell on rocky ground, where it had little soil.<br />It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep,<br />and when the sun rose it was scorched,<br />and it withered for lack of roots.<br />Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it.<br />But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,<br />a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.<br />Whoever has ears ought to hear.”<br /></div> <ul class="nested"><li>Readings for the <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0724-memorial-sharbel-makhluf.cfm" class="item" hreflang="en">Optional Memorial of Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, priest</a></li></ul> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Wed, 24 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072424.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072324.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/micah/7?14 ">MI 7:14-15, 18-20 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Shepherd your people with your staff,<br />the flock of your inheritance,<br />That dwells apart in a woodland,<br />in the midst of Carmel.<br />Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,<br />as in the days of old;<br />As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,<br />show us wonderful signs.Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt<br />and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;<br />Who does not persist in anger forever,<br />but delights rather in clemency,<br />And will again have compassion on us,<br />treading underfoot our guilt?<br />You will cast into the depths of the sea<br />all our sins;<br />You will show faithfulness to Jacob,<br />and grace to Abraham,<br />As you have sworn to our fathers<br />from days of old.</div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/85?2 ">PS 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (8a) <strong>Lord, show us your mercy and love.</strong><br />You have favored, O LORD, your land;<br />you have brought back the captives of Jacob.<br />You have forgiven the guilt of your people;<br />you have covered all their sins.<br />You have withdrawn all your wrath;<br />you have revoked your burning anger. <br />R. <strong>Lord, show us your mercy and love.</strong><br />Restore us, O God our savior,<br />and abandon your displeasure against us.<br />Will you be ever angry with us,<br />prolonging your anger to all generations?<br />R. <strong>Lord, show us your mercy and love.</strong><br />Will you not instead give us life;<br />and shall not your people rejoice in you?<br />Show us, O LORD, your kindness,<br />and grant us your salvation. <br />R. <strong>Lord, show us your mercy and love.</strong></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/14?23 ">JN 14:23</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />Whoever loves me will keep my word,<br />and my Father will love him<br />and we will come to him.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?46 ">MT 12:46-50 </a></h4> <div class="poetry"> <p>While Jesus was speaking to the crowds,<br />his mother and his brothers appeared outside,<br />wishing to speak with him.<br />Someone told him, “Your mother and your brothers are standing outside,<br />asking to speak with you.”<br />But he said in reply to the one who told him,<br />“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”<br />And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,<br />“Here are my mother and my brothers.<br />For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father<br />is my brother, and sister, and mother.”</p></div> <ul class="nested"><li>Readings for the <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0723-memorial-bridget.cfm" class="item" hreflang="en">Optional Memorial of Saint Bridget of Sweden, religious</a></li></ul> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072324.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072224.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/songofsongs/3?1 ">SGS 3:1-4B</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The Bride says:<br />On my bed at night I sought him<br />whom my heart loves–<br />I sought him but I did not find him.<br />I will rise then and go about the city;<br />in the streets and crossings I will seek<br />Him whom my heart loves.<br />I sought him but I did not find him.<br />The watchmen came upon me,<br />as they made their rounds of the city:<br />Have you seen him whom my heart loves?<br />I had hardly left them<br />when I found him whom my heart loves.</div> <h4>OR <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2Corinthians/5?14 ">2 COR 5:14-17</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Brothers and sisters:<br />The love of Christ impels us,<br />once we have come to the conviction that one died for all;<br />therefore, all have died.<br />He indeed died for all,<br />so that those who live might no longer live for themselves<br />but for him who for their sake died and was raised.<br /><br />Consequently, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh;<br />even if we once knew Christ according to the flesh,<br />yet now we know him so no longer.<br />So whoever is in Christ is a new creation:<br />the old things have passed away;<br />behold, new things have come.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Psalms/63?2 ">PS 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (2) <strong>My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.</strong><br />O God, you are my God whom I seek;<br />for you my flesh pines and my soul thirsts<br />like the earth, parched, lifeless and without water.<br />R. <strong>My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.</strong><br />Thus have I gazed toward you in the sanctuary<br />to see your power and your glory,<br />For your kindness is a greater good than life;<br />my lips shall glorify you.<br />R. <strong>My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.</strong><br />Thus will I bless you while I live;<br />lifting up my hands, I will call upon your name.<br />As with the riches of a banquet shall my soul be satisfied,<br />and with exultant lips my mouth shall praise you.<br />R. <strong>My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.</strong><br />You are my help,<br />and in the shadow of your wings I shout for joy.<br />My soul clings fast to you;<br />your right hand upholds me.<br />R. <strong>My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.orgroute?<nolink> "></a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />Tell us Mary, what did you see on the way?<br />I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty tomb.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/20?1 ">Jn 20:1-2, 11-18</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> On the first day of the week,<br />Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early in the morning,<br />while it was still dark,<br />and saw the stone removed from the tomb.<br />So she ran and went to Simon Peter<br />and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them,<br />"They have taken the Lord from the tomb,<br />and we don't know where they put him." <br /><br />Mary stayed outside the tomb weeping.<br />And as she wept, she bent over into the tomb<br />and saw two angels in white sitting there,<br />one at the head and one at the feet<br />where the Body of Jesus had been.<br />And they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?"<br />She said to them, "They have taken my Lord,<br />and I don't know where they laid him."<br />When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus there,<br />but did not know it was Jesus.<br />Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?<br />Whom are you looking for?"<br />She thought it was the gardener and said to him,<br />"Sir, if you carried him away,<br />tell me where you laid him,<br />and I will take him."<br />Jesus said to her, "Mary!"<br />She turned and said to him in Hebrew,<br />"Rabbouni," which means Teacher.<br />Jesus said to her,<br />"Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.<br />But go to my brothers and tell them,<br />'I am going to my Father and your Father,<br />to my God and your God.'"<br />Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,<br />"I have seen the Lord,"<br />and then reported what he told her.<br /></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072224.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072124.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Jeremiah/23?1 ">Jer 23:1-6</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Woe to the shepherds<br />who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture,<br />says the LORD. <br />Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel,<br />against the shepherds who shepherd my people:<br />You have scattered my sheep and driven them away. <br />You have not cared for them,<br />but I will take care to punish your evil deeds. <br />I myself will gather the remnant of my flock<br />from all the lands to which I have driven them<br />and bring them back to their meadow;<br />there they shall increase and multiply. <br />I will appoint shepherds for them who will shepherd them<br />so that they need no longer fear and tremble;<br />and none shall be missing, says the LORD.<br /><br />Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,<br />when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David;<br />as king he shall reign and govern wisely,<br />he shall do what is just and right in the land.<br />In his days Judah shall be saved,<br />Israel shall dwell in security.<br />This is the name they give him:<br />"The LORD our justice."<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/23?1 ">Ps 23:1-3, 3-4, 5, 6</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (1) <strong>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.</strong><br />The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.<br />In verdant pastures he gives me repose;<br />beside restful waters he leads me;<br />he refreshes my soul.<br />R. <strong>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.</strong><br />He guides me in right paths<br />for his name's sake.<br />Even though I walk in the dark valley<br />I fear no evil; for you are at my side<br />with your rod and your staff<br />that give me courage.<br />R. <strong>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.</strong><br />You spread the table before me<br />in the sight of my foes;<br />you anoint my head with oil;<br />my cup overflows.<br />R.<strong> The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.</strong><br />Only goodness and kindness follow me<br />all the days of my life;<br />and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD<br />for years to come.<br />R. <strong>The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Reading 2 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/ephesians/2?13 ">Eph 2:13-18</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Brothers and sisters:<br />In Christ Jesus you who once were far off<br />have become near by the blood of Christ.<br /><br />For he is our peace, he who made both one<br />and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh,<br />abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims,<br />that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two,<br />thus establishing peace,<br />and might reconcile both with God,<br />in one body, through the cross,<br />putting that enmity to death by it. <br />He came and preached peace to you who were far off<br />and peace to those who were near,<br />for through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.<br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/10?27 ">Jn 10:27</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;<br />I know them, and they follow me.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/mark/6?30 ">Mk 6:30-34</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The apostles gathered together with Jesus<br />and reported all they had done and taught. <br />He said to them,<br />“Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while.” <br />People were coming and going in great numbers,<br />and they had no opportunity even to eat. <br />So they went off in the boat by themselves to a deserted place. <br />People saw them leaving and many came to know about it. <br />They hastened there on foot from all the towns<br />and arrived at the place before them.<br /><br />When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,<br />his heart was moved with pity for them,<br />for they were like sheep without a shepherd;<br />and he began to teach them many things.<br /></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. 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Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072124.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072024.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Micah/2?1 ">Mi 2:1-5</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Woe to those who plan iniquity,<br />and work out evil on their couches;<br />In the morning light they accomplish it<br />when it lies within their power.<br />They covet fields, and seize them;<br />houses, and they take them;<br />They cheat an owner of his house,<br />a man of his inheritance.<br />Therefore thus says the LORD:<br />Behold, I am planning against this race an evil<br />from which you shall not withdraw your necks;<br />Nor shall you walk with head high,<br />for it will be a time of evil.<br /><br />On that day a satire shall be sung over you,<br />and there shall be a plaintive chant:<br />"Our ruin is complete,<br />our fields are portioned out among our captors,<br />The fields of my people are measured out,<br />and no one can get them back!"<br />Thus you shall have no one<br />to mark out boundaries by lot<br />in the assembly of the LORD.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/10?1 ">Ps 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (12b) <strong>Do not forget the poor, O Lord!</strong><br />Why, O LORD, do you stand aloof?<br />Why hide in times of distress?<br />Proudly the wicked harass the afflicted,<br />who are caught in the devices the wicked have contrived. <br />R. <strong>Do not forget the poor, O Lord!</strong><br />For the wicked man glories in his greed,<br />and the covetous blasphemes, sets the LORD at nought.<br />The wicked man boasts, "He will not avenge it";<br />"There is no God," sums up his thoughts. <br />R. <strong>Do not forget the poor, O Lord!</strong><br />His mouth is full of cursing, guile and deceit;<br />under his tongue are mischief and iniquity.<br />He lurks in ambush near the villages;<br />in hiding he murders the innocent;<br />his eyes spy upon the unfortunate. <br />R. <strong>Do not forget the poor, O Lord!</strong><br />You do see, for you behold misery and sorrow,<br />taking them in your hands.<br />On you the unfortunate man depends;<br />of the fatherless you are the helper.<br />R. <strong>Do not forget the poor, O Lord!</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/2Corinthians/5?19 ">2 Cor 5:19</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ,<br />and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?14 ">Mt 12:14-21</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus<br />to put him to death.<br /><br />When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place.<br />Many people followed him, and he cured them all,<br />but he warned them not to make him known.<br />This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet:<br /><br /><em>Behold, my servant whom I have chosen,<br />my beloved in whom I delight;<br />I shall place my Spirit upon him,<br />and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles.<br />He will not contend or cry out,<br />nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets.<br />A bruised reed he will not break,<br />a smoldering wick he will not quench,<br />until he brings justice to victory.<br />And in his name the Gentiles will hope.</em><br /></div> <ul class="nested"><li>Readings for the <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0720-memorial-apollinaris.cfm" class="item" hreflang="en">Optional Memorial of Saint Apollinaris, bishop and martyr</a></li></ul> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Sat, 20 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072024.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071924.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Isaiah/38?1 ">Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> When Hezekiah was mortally ill,<br />the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him:<br />"Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order,<br />for you are about to die; you shall not recover."<br />Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:<br /><br />"O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly<br />I conducted myself in your presence,<br />doing what was pleasing to you!"<br />And Hezekiah wept bitterly.<br /><br />Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: "Go, tell Hezekiah:<br />Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David:<br />I have heard your prayer and seen your tears.<br />I will heal you: in three days you shall go up to the LORD's temple;<br />I will add fifteen years to your life.<br />I will rescue you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria;<br />I will be a shield to this city."<br /><br />Isaiah then ordered a poultice of figs to be taken<br />and applied to the boil, that he might recover.<br />Then Hezekiah asked,<br />"What is the sign that I shall go up to the temple of the LORD?"<br /><br />Isaiah answered:<br />"This will be the sign for you from the LORD<br />that he will do what he has promised:<br />See, I will make the shadow cast by the sun<br />on the stairway to the terrace of Ahaz<br />go back the ten steps it has advanced."<br />So the sun came back the ten steps it had advanced.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Isaiah/38?10 ">Isaiah 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (see 17b) <strong>You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.</strong><br />Once I said,<br />"In the noontime of life I must depart!<br />To the gates of the nether world I shall be consigned<br />for the rest of my years." <br />R. <strong>You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.</strong><br />I said, "I shall see the LORD no more<br />in the land of the living.<br />No longer shall I behold my fellow men<br />among those who dwell in the world."<br />R. <strong>You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.</strong><br />My dwelling, like a shepherd's tent,<br />is struck down and borne away from me;<br />You have folded up my life, like a weaver<br />who severs the last thread.<br />R. <strong>You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.</strong><br />Those live whom the LORD protects;<br />yours is the life of my spirit.<br />You have given me health and life.<br />R. <strong>You saved my life, O Lord; I shall not die.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/john/10?27 ">Jn 10:27</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord;<br />I know them, and they follow me.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/12?1 ">Mt 12:1-8</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> <p>Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath.<br />His disciples were hungry<br />and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.<br />When the Pharisees saw this, they said to him,<br />"See, your disciples are doing what is unlawful to do on the sabbath."<br />He said to them, "Have you not read what David did<br />when he and his companions were hungry,<br />how he went into the house of God and ate the bread of offering,<br />which neither he nor his companions<br />but only the priests could lawfully eat?<br />Or have you not read in the law that on the sabbath<br />the priests serving in the temple violate the sabbath<br />and are innocent?<br />I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.<br />If you knew what this meant, <em>I desire mercy, not sacrifice,</em><br />you would not have condemned these innocent men.<br />For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."</p></div> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. All rights reserved. Neither this work nor any part of it may be reproduced, distributed, performed or displayed in any medium, including electronic or digital, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.</p></description> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:30:00 EDT</pubDate> <dc:creator>USCCB</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="true">https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071924.cfm</guid> </item><item> <title>Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time</title> <link>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071824.cfm</link> <description> <h4>Reading 1 <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/Isaiah/26?7 ">Is 26:7-9, 12, 16-19</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> The way of the just is smooth;<br />the path of the just you make level.<br />Yes, for your way and your judgments, O LORD,<br />we look to you;<br />Your name and your title<br />are the desire of our souls.<br />My soul yearns for you in the night,<br />yes, my spirit within me keeps vigil for you;<br />When your judgment dawns upon the earth,<br />the world's inhabitants learn justice.<br />O LORD, you mete out peace to us,<br />for it is you who have accomplished all we have done.<br /><br />O LORD, oppressed by your punishment,<br />we cried out in anguish under your chastising.<br />As a woman about to give birth<br />writhes and cries out in her pains,<br />so were we in your presence, O LORD.<br />We conceived and writhed in pain,<br />giving birth to wind;<br />Salvation we have not achieved for the earth,<br />the inhabitants of the world cannot bring it forth.<br />But your dead shall live, their corpses shall rise;<br />awake and sing, you who lie in the dust.<br />For your dew is a dew of light,<br />and the land of shades gives birth.<br /></div> <h4>Responsorial Psalm <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/psalms/102?13 ">Ps 102:13-14ab and 15, 16-18, 19-21</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. (20b) <strong>From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.</strong><br />You, O LORD, abide forever,<br />and your name through all generations.<br />You will arise and have mercy on Zion,<br />for it is time to pity her.<br />For her stones are dear to your servants,<br />and her dust moves them to pity. <br />R. <strong>From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.</strong><br />The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,<br />and all the kings of the earth your glory,<br />When the LORD has rebuilt Zion<br />and appeared in his glory;<br />When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute,<br />and not despised their prayer.<br />R. <strong>From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.</strong><br />Let this be written for the generation to come,<br />and let his future creatures praise the LORD:<br />"The LORD looked down from his holy height,<br />from heaven he beheld the earth,<br />To hear the groaning of the prisoners,<br />to release those doomed to die."<br />R. <strong>From heaven the Lord looks down on the earth.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Alleluia <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?28 ">Mt 11:28</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br />Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,<br />and I will give you rest, says the Lord.<br />R. <strong>Alleluia, alleluia.</strong><br /></div> <h4>Gospel <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/11?28 ">Mt 11:28-30</a></h4> <div class="poetry"> Jesus said:<br />"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,<br />and I will give you rest.<br />Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,<br />for I am meek and humble of heart;<br />and you will find rest for yourselves.<br />For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."<br /></div> <ul class="nested"><li>Readings for the <a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0718-memorial-camillus-de-lellis.cfm" class="item" hreflang="en">Optional Memorial of Saint Camillus de Lellis, priest</a></li></ul> - - -<br /><p>Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; Psalm refrain © 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc. 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