21st Week: Aug 25-31
Aug 26 Monday: Mt 23:13-22:
Paul talks about God's ways; God chose the lowly to confound the lofty.
1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Mt 25: 14-30
1 Cor 1:17-25 / Matthew 25:1-13
Paul talks about Christ’s crucifixion: It was nonsense to the Gentiles.
Aug 29: MARTYRDOM OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
Jeremiah 1:17-19; Mk 6:17-29
God instructs Jeremiah; Stand up to evil and oppose it.
21st Week, Wednesday: St. Augustine
2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18
Do just what we did; We worked day and night.
21st Week, Monday: 2 Thess 1:1-5, 11-12; Mt 23:13-22
Paul addresses the Thessalonians; I thank God for you.
Greeting (see Second Reading)
Christ loved his Church; he gave himself up for her to make her holy and immaculate; he nourishes us and cares for us. May his love and peace be always with you. R/ And also with you.