Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
31st July 2024 (Wednesday)
Psalter: Week 4
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 |
| Response | God is my refuge in the day of my distress |
| Gospel | Matthew 13:44-46 |
First Reading
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21
Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me. Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. I did not sit in the company of revellers, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone, because your hand was upon me, for you had filled me with indignation. Why is my pain unceasing, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail? Therefore thus says the Lord: “If you return, I will restore you, and you shall stand before me. If you utter what is precious, and not what is worthless, you shall be as my mouth. They shall turn to you, but you shall not turn to them. And I will make you to this people a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you, but they shall not prevail over you, for I am with you to save you and deliver you, declares the Lord. I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and redeem you from the grasp of the ruthless.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 59:2-3, 4-5a, 10-11, 17, 18 (R. 17d)
R/. God is my refuge in the day of my distress
Rescue me from my foes, O God;
protect me from those who attack me.
O rescue me from those who do evil,
and save me from bloodthirsty men. R/.
See, they lie in wait for my life;
the strong band together against me.
For no offence, no sin of mine, O Lord,
for no guilt of mine they rush to take their stand. R/.
O my Strength, for you will I watch,
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
the God who shows me merciful love.
Now God will proceed before me;
God will let me look upon my foes. R/.
As for me, I will sing of your strength,
and acclaim your mercy in the morning,
for you have been my stronghold,
a refuge in the day of my distress. R/.
O my Strength, to you I will sing praise,
for you, O God, are my stronghold,
the God who shows me merciful love. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
John 15:15b
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. I have called you friends, says the Lord; for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 13:44-46
At that time: Jesus said to the crowds, “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.”
