Daily Readings

This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;there I will give you my message.I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.Whenever the object of clay which he was makingturned out badly in his hand, he tried again,making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.Then the word of the LORD came to me:Can I not do to you, house of Israel,as this potter has done? says the LORD.Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

R. (5a)  Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.Praise the LORD, O my soul;I will praise the LORD all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I live.R.  Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.Put not your trust in princes,in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;on that day his plans perish.R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,whose hope is in the LORD, his God.Who made heaven and earth,the sea and all that is in them.R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.Open our heart, O Lord,to listen to the words of your Son.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Jesus said to the disciples:“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,which collects fish of every kind.When it is full they haul it ashoreand sit down to put what is good into buckets.What is bad they throw away.Thus it will be at the end of the age.The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteousand throw them into the fiery furnace,where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”“Do you understand all these things?”They answered, “Yes.”And he replied,“Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heavenis like the head of a household who brings from his storeroomboth the new and the old.”When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there. 

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.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.I did not sit celebratingin the circle of merrymakers;Under the weight of your hand I sat alonebecause you filled me with indignation.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!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;And I will make you toward this peoplea 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.I will free you from the hand of the wicked,and rescue you from the grasp of the violent.

R.  (17d)  God is my refuge on the day of distress.Rescue me from my enemies, O my God;from my adversaries defend me.Rescue me from evildoers;from bloodthirsty men save me.R.  God is my refuge on the day of distress.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.O my strength! for you I watch;for you, O God, are my stronghold, 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.But I will sing of your strengthand 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.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.

R. Alleluia, alleluia.I am the light of the world, says the Lord;whoever follows me will have the light of life.R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Maryto comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,she went to meet him;but Mary sat at home.Martha said to Jesus,“Lord, if you had been here,my brother would not have died.But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,God will give you.”Jesus said to her,“Your brother will rise.”Martha said to him,“I know he will rise,in the resurrection on the last day.”Jesus told her,“I am the resurrection and the life;whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.Do you believe this?”She said to him, “Yes, Lord.I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,the one who is coming into the world.”

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Luke 10:38-42

Jesus entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him.She had a sister named Marywho sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,“Lord, do you not carethat my sister has left me by myself to do the serving? Tell her to help me.” The Lord said to her in reply,“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better partand it will not be taken from her.” 

Let my eyes stream with tearsday and night, without rest,Over the great destruction which overwhelmsthe virgin daughter of my people,over her incurable wound.If I walk out into the field,look! those slain by the sword;If I enter the city,look! those consumed by hunger.Even the prophet and the priestforage in a land they know not.Have you cast Judah off completely?Is Zion loathsome to you?Why have you struck us a blowthat cannot be healed?We wait for peace, to no avail;for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.We recognize, O LORD, our wickedness,the guilt of our fathers;that we have sinned against you.For your name's sake spurn us not,disgrace not the throne of your glory;remember your covenant with us, and break it not.Among the nations' idols is there any that gives rain?Or can the mere heavens send showers?Is it not you alone, O LORD,our God, to whom we look?You alone have done all these things. 

R. (9) For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.Remember not against us the iniquities of the past;may your compassion quickly come to us,for we are brought very low.R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.Help us, O God our savior,because of the glory of your name;Deliver us and pardon our sinsfor your name's sake.R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.Let the prisoners' sighing come before you;with your great power free those doomed to death.Then we, your people and the sheep of your pasture,will give thanks to you forever;through all generations we will declare your praise.R. For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us. 

R. Alleluia, alleluia.The seed is the word of God, Christ is the sower;all who come to him will live for ever.R. Alleluia, alleluia. 

Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.His disciples approached him and said,"Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.The weeds are the children of the Evil One,and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,so will it be at the end of the age.The Son of Man will send his angels,and they will collect out of his Kingdomall who cause others to sin and all evildoers.They will throw them into the fiery furnace,where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.Then the righteous will shine like the sunin the Kingdom of their Father.Whoever has ears ought to hear."