17th Week: Jul 29-Aug 3
July 29 Monday: (Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus):
Jeremiah 13:1-11 / Matthew 13:31-35: St. Martha
God talks about his people: "I made them cling to me closely."
16th Week, Saturday, July 27
Jeremiah 7:1-11 / Matthew 13:24-30
The Lord speaks; "Reform your ways and your deeds."
Greetings (see second reading)
We are gathered here together by the Holy Spirit as one body united in one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God, the Father of all. May the Lord Jesus, who has called us together, be always with you. R/ And also with you.
16th Week, Friday, July 26; Saints Joachim and Ann
Jeremiah 3:14-17 / Matthew 13:18-23
God speaks to the people of Jerusalem: “Return, rebellious children.”
16th Week, Wednesday, July 24
Jeremiah 1:1, 4-10 / Matthew 13:1-9
Jeremiah protests his calling: “I am too young!”
Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 / Matthew 12:46-50
God is forgiving: He casts our sins into the sea.