05 July.

Friday, Week 13
1st Reading: Genesis 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67
The burial of Sarah. Abraham finds a wife for Isaac
Sarah lived one hundred twenty-seven years; this was the length of Sarah’s life. And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is,
Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. Abraham rose up from
beside his dead, and said to the Hittites, “I am a stranger and an alien residing among you; give me property among you for
a burying place, so that I may bury my dead out of my sight.” After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the
field of Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years; and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. Abraham said to his
servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh and I will make you
swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the
Canaanites, among whom I live, but will go to my country and to my kindred and get a wife for my son Isaac.” The servant
said to him, “Perhaps the woman may not be willing to follow me to this land; must I then take your son back to the land
from which you came?” Abraham said to him, “See to it that you do not take my son back there. The Lord, the God of
heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘To
your offspring I will give this land,’ he will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there. But if
the woman is not willing to fllow you, then you will be free from this oath of mine; only you must not take my son back
there.”

Now Isaac had come from Beer-lahai-roi, and was settled in the Negeb. Isaac went out in the evening to walk in the field;
and looking up, he saw camels coming. And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she slipped quickly from the
camel, and said to the servant, “Who is the man over there, walking in the field to meet us?” The servant said, “It is my
master.” So she took her veil and covered herself. And the servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. Then Isaac
brought her into his mother Sarah’s tent. He took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her. So Isaac was
comforted after his mother’s death.
Responsorial: Psalm 105:1-5
Response: Give thanks to the Lord for he is good.
O give thanks to the Lord for he is good;
for his great love is without end.
Who can tell the Lord’s mighty deeds?
Who can recount all his praise? (R./)

They are happy who do what is right,

who at all times do what is just.
O Lord, remember me
out of the love you have for your people. (R./)

Come to me, Lord, with your help

that I may see the joy of your chosen ones
and may rejoice in the gladness of your nation
and share the glory of your people. (R./)
Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
The call of the tax-gatherer, to follow Jesus
As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth; and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he
got up and followed him. And as he sat at dinner in the house, many tax collectors and sinners came and were sitting with
him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they said to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax
collectors and sinners?” But when he heard this, he said, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who
are sick. Go and learn what this means, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have come to call not the righteous but
sinners.”
06Jul06 July. Saturday of Week 13

1st Reading: Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29

Rebecca disguises Jacob so that blind Isaac gives him the first-born’s blessing.
When Isaac was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called his elder son Esau and said to him, “My son”;
and he answered, “Here I am.” He said, “See, I am old; I do not know the day of my death. Now then, take your weapons,
your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and hunt game for me. Then prepare for me savory food, such as I like,
and bring it to me to eat, so that I may bless you before I die.” Now Rebekah was listening when Isaac spoke to his son
Esau.

Then Rebekah took the best garments of her elder son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on her
younger son Jacob; and she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. Then she handed the
savory food, and the bread that she had prepared, to her son Jacob.

So he went in to his father, and said, “My father”; and he said, “Here I am. Who are you, my son?” Jacob said to his father,
“I am Esau your firstborn. I have done as you told me; now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may bless me.” But Isaac
said to his son, “How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?” He answered, “Because the Lord your God granted
me success.” Then Isaac said to Jacob, “Come near, that I may feel you, my son, to know whether you are really my son
Esau or not.” So Jacob went up to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, “The voice is Jacob’s voice, but the hands are the
hands of Esau.” He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau’s hands; so he blessed him.
He said, “Are you really my son Esau?” He answered, “I am.” Then he said, “Bring it to me, that I may eat of my son’s game
and bless you.” So he brought it to him, and he ate; and he brought him wine, and he drank. Then his father Isaac said to
him, “Come near and kiss me, my son.” So he came near and kissed him; and he smelled the smell of his garments, and
blessed him, and said, “Ah, the smell of my so is like the smell of a field that the Lord has blessed. May God give you of the
dew of heaven, and of the fatness of the earth, and plenty of grain and wine. Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down
to you. Be lord over your brothers, and may your mother’s sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, and
blessed be everyone who blesses you!”
Responsorial: Psalm 134:1-6
Response: Praise the Lord for he is good!
Praise the name of the Lord,
praise him, servants of the Lord,
who stand in the house of the Lord
in the courts of the house of our God. (R./)

Praise the Lord for the Lord is good;

sing a psalm to his name for he is loving.
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself
and Israel for his own possession. (R./)

For I know the Lord is great,

that our Lord is high above all gods.
The Lord does whatever he wills,
in heaven, on earth, in the seas. (R./)
Gospel: Matthew 9:14-17
The disciples need not fast so long as Jesus, “the bridegroom,” is with them.
Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”
And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? The days
will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on
an old cloak, for the patch pulls away from the cloak, and a worse tear is made. Neither is new wine put into old wineskins;
otherwise, the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins are destroyed; but new wine is put into fresh wineskins,
and so both are preserved.”
 02 August. Friday, Week 17
1st Reading: Leviticus 23:1, 4-11 etc
Sacred festivals of Pasch, Pentecost, Atonement and Tabernacles
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: These are the appointed festivals of the Lord, the holy convocations, which you shall
celebrate at the time appointed for them. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, there shall be
a passover offering to the Lord, and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord;
seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not work at your
occupations. For seven days you shall present the Lord’s offerings by fire; on the seventh day there shall be a holy
convocation: you shall not work at your occupations.

The Lord spoke to Moses: Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and
you reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. He shall raise the sheaf before
the Lord, that you may find acceptance; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall raise it.

And from the day after the sabbath, from the day on which you bring the sheaf of the elevation offering, you shall count off
seven weeks; they shall be complete. You shall count until the day after the seventh sabbath, fifty days; then you shall
present an offering of new grain to the Lord.

Speak to the people of Israel, saying: On the fifteenth day of this seventh month, and lasting seven days, there shall be the
festival of booths to the Lord. The first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall not work at your occupations. Seven days
you shall present the Lord’s offerings by fire; on the eighth day you shall observe a holy convocation and present the Lord’s
offerings by fire; it is a solemn assembly; you shall not work at your occupations.

These are the appointed festivals of the Lord, which you shall celebrate as times of holy convocation, for presenting to the
Lord offerings by fire, burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its proper day.
Responsorial: Psalm 80:3-6, 10-11
Response: Sing with joy to God our help.
Raise a song and sound the timbrel,
the sweet-sounding harp and the lute.
Blow the trumpet at the new moon,
when the moon is full, on our feast. (R./)

For this is Israel’s law,

a command of the God of Jacob.
He imposed it as a rule on Joseph,
when he went out against the land of Egypt. (R./)

Let there be no foreign god among you,

no worship of an alien god.
I am the Lord your God,
who brought you from the land of Egypt. (R./)
Gospel: Matthew 13:54-58
The people of Nazareth reject Jesus; and he could work few miracles there
Jesus came to his home town and began to teach the people in their synagogue, so that they were astounded and said,
“Where did this man get wisdom and these deeds of power? Is not the carpenter’s son? his mother called Mary? are
brothers James Joseph Simon Judas? all sisters with us? then this? they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them,
“Prophets without honour except in their own country house. he do many power there, because unbelief.
 06 September. Friday, Week 22
1st Reading: Colossians 1:15-20
Through Christ everything was created and reconciled to God
Jesus Christ is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation; for in him all things in heaven and on earth were
created, things visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or powers, all things have been created
through him and for him. He himself is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

He is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that he might come to have first
place in everything. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him God was pleased to reconcile
to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, by making peace through the blood of his cross.
Responsorial: Psalm 99:2-5
Response: Come with joy into the presence of the Lord.
Cry out with joy to the Lord, all the earth.
Serve the Lord with gladness.
Come before him, singing for joy. (R./)

Know that he, the Lord, is God.

He made us, we belong to him,
we are his people, the sheep of his flock. (R./)

Go within his gates, giving thanks.

Enter his courts with songs of praise.
Give thanks to him and bless his name. (R./)

Indeed, how good is the Lord,

eternal his merciful love.
He is faithful from age to age. (R./)
Gospel: Luke 5:33-39
The disciples don’t fast in Jesus’ time; but will, when he is gone
The Pharisees and their scribes said to Jesus, “John’s disciples, like the disciples of Pharisees, frequently fast and pray, but
your eat drink.” Jesus said to them, “You cannot make wedding guests while bridegroom is with can you? days will come
when be taken away from then they in those days.”

He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece from a new garment and sews it on an old garment; otherwise the new
will be torn, and the piece from the new will not match the old. And nobody puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise
the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. But new wine must be put into fresh
wineskins. And nobody after drinking old wine desires new wine, but says, ‘The old is good.'”
 04 October. Friday, Week 26
1st Reading: Baruch 1:15-22
From our time in Egypt until now, we have disregarded the voice of the Lord
Baruch said to the people,
“The Lord our God is in right, but there shame on us today, people of Judah, inhabitants Jerusalem, and kings, rulers,
priests, prophets, ancestors, because we have sinned before Lord. disobeyed him, not heeded voice God, to walk statutes
that he set us. From time when brought ancestors out land Egypt until been disobedient negligent, heeding his voice. So
this day clung calamities curse declared through servant Moses at give a flowing with milk honey. did listen all words
prophets whom sent us, followed intent own wicked hearts by serving other gods doing what evil sight God.’
Responsorial: Psalm 78:1-5, 8-9
R./: For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.
O God, the nations have invaded your land,
they have profaned your holy temple.
They have made Jerusalem a heap of ruins.
They have handed over the bodies of your servants
as food to feed the birds of heaven
and the flesh of your faithful
to the beasts of the earth. (R./)

They have poured out blood like water in Jerusalem,

leaving no one to bury the dead.
We have become the taunt of our neighbours,
the mockery and scorn of those who surround us.
How long, O Lord? Will you be angry for ever,
how long will your anger burn like fire? (R./)

Do not hold the guilt of our fathers against us.

Let your compassion hasten to meet us
for we are in the depths of distress. (R./)

O God our saviour, come to our help,

come for the sake of the glory of your name.
O Lord our God, forgive us our sins;
rescue us for the sake of your name. (R./)
Gospel: Luke 10:13-16
Tyre and Sidon would have repented, had they seen the miracles done by Jesus
Jesus said to the people,
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the deeds of power done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But at the judgment it will be more tolerable for Tyre
and Sidon than for you. And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades.

“Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent
me.’
 01 November. Feast of All Saints
1st Reading: Revelation (7:2-4, 9-14
Vast numbers were sealed with the sign of the Living God
I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God, and he called with a loud voice
to the four angels who had been given power to damage earth and sea, saying, “Do not damage the earth or sea trees, until
we have marked servants of our God with a seal on their foreheads.” And I heard number those who were sealed, one
hundred forty-four thousand, sealed out every tribe people of Israel.

After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that nobody could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples
and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. They
cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation belongs to our God who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” And all the
angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the
throne and worshiped God, singing, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and
might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, robed in
white, and where have they come from?” I said to him, “Sir, you are the one that knows.” Then he said to me, “These are
they who have come out of the great ordeal; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Responsorial: Psalm 24
R.: Lord, these are the people that longs to see your face
The Lord’s is the earth and its fullness,
the world, and those who dwell in it.
It is he who set it on the seas;
on the rivers he made it firm. (R./)

Who shall climb the mountain of the Lord?

Who shall stand in his holy place?
The clean of hands and pure of heart,
whose soul is not set on vain things. (R./)

Blessings from the Lord shall they receive,

and right reward from the God who saves them.
Such are the people who seek him,
who seek the face of the God of Jacob. (R./)
2nd Reading: 1 John 3:1-3
The love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God
See what love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God; and that is what we are. The reason the
world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been
revealed. What we do know is this: when he is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is. And all who have
this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.
Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12
The Beatitudes as guide to the Kingdom of Heaven
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Then he began to
speak, and taught them, saying:

“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
“Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
“Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
“Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

“Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before
you.”