Catholic Mass Readings for July 29 2026, Wednesday of 17th Week in Ordinary Time

Catholic Mass Readings for July 29 2026, Wednesday of Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time & Memorial of Saint Martha

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First Reading – Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21

¹⁰ 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.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ 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.

¹⁸ 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!

¹⁹ 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; ²⁰ 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.

²¹ I will free you from the hand of the wicked, and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.

Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18

R. ^(17d) God is my refuge on the day of distress.

² Rescue me from my enemies,

O my God; from my adversaries defend me.

³ Rescue me from evildoers;

from bloodthirsty men save me.

R. God is my refuge on the day of distress.

⁴  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.

¹⁰  O my strength! for you I watch;

for you, O God, are my stronghold,

¹¹  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.

¹⁷  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.

¹⁸  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 – John 15:15B

R. Alleluia, alleluia.

^15B 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 Reading for July 29 2026 – Matthew 13:44-46

Jesus said to his disciples: ⁴⁴ “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.

⁴⁵ Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. ⁴⁶ When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has and buys it.”

Tomorrow’s Catholic Mass Readings for July 30 2026, Thursday of Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time