Catholic Mass Readings for July 31 2024, Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time & Memorial of Saint Ignatius Loyola
Catholic Daily Mass Readings for July 31 2024, Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time (2) & Memorial of Saint Ignatius Loyola
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 31 2024 – 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.”
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