August 2, 2024 Friday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

ByCraftingintx

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080224.cfm

Today’s first reading is an account of Jeremiah telling the people what God told him to tell them. There will be judgement for your sinfulness. The people want to kill Jeremiah.

In the gospel, Jesus is at home and the people cannot comprehend the God part of Jesus. They see him as a man that they have known from birth. Jesus did not perform mighty works there use to their lack of faith.

God’s creation

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