August 7, 2024 Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080724.cfm In the first reading, God is speaking with Jeremiah about the state of the people of Israel. He said he would restore them and make them great again after their time spent in Babylon. In the gospel, Jesus encountered the Canaanite woman who pleads for Him to heal her daughter from a demonic possession….

August 6, 2024 Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080624.cfm In today’s first reading, Daniel had a vision of the Lord sitting on the throne in heaven. In the second reading, Peter tells of the transfiguration of the Lord. In the gospel, Matthew, Mark, and Luke all tell of the transfiguration of the Lord and state the words from the Father, “This is my…

August 5, 2024 Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080524.cfm In the first reading a false prophet comes to Jeremiah. Many believe his words, but not Jeremiah. God tells him to tell the false prophet that he will die within a year. He did die that year. In the gospel, Jesus feeds 5000+ with a few loaves and fishes. When all were fed there…

August 4, 2024 Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080424.cfm In the first reading, the Jews in the desert say Give us something to eat. God provides quail and bread from heaven. In the second reading, Paul says to forget your old self and focus on your new life in the Spirit. In the gospel, people following Jesus want more food, the never ending…

August 3, 2024 Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080324.cfm Today’s first reading is about the persecution of Jeremiah. He speaks badly about the people and they want to kill him. At that time, he convinces them that the Lord sent him and it is only the word of the Lord that he preaches. The leaders protect him from death. In the gospel, the…

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

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…

August 1, 2024 Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080124.cfm In today’s first reading the Lord sends Jeremiah to the potter to see him perfect his creation made with the clay. So is the Lord working on us, creator of the universe and man. In the gospel, Jesus again speaks of the kingdom of heaven. This time it is like a net cast into…

July 31, 2024 Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073124.cfm In today’s first reading Jeremiah is asking the Lord for relief. God told him, “If you repent, so that I restore you,in my presence you shall stand; For I am with you,to deliver and rescue you, says the LORD. I will free you from the hand of the wicked,and rescue you from the grasp…

July 30, 2024 Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/073024.cfm Today’s first reading is Jeremiah viewing the destruction of man due to sin and pleading with God for relief. Do not forget our covenant! In the gospel, Jesus explained the parable of the weeds and the wheat. God provides the wheat which are the righteous people following God’s commandments. The devil sowed the weeds…

July 29, 2024 Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072924.cfm In today’s first reading, God is angry with Judah. He tells Jeremiah to bury a loincloth. It was destroyed. God said that would happen to Judah since they deny Him. In the gospel, there are two stories, both about Martha and Mary. When I attended two retreats with the Catholic Church, they had helpers…