Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Year II
03rd August 2024 (Saturday)
Psalter: Week 1
Reading of the Day
| First Reading | Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 |
| Response | At an acceptable time, O Lord, answer me |
| Gospel | Matthew 14:1-12 |
First Reading
Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24
In those days: The priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, “This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.” Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and all the people, saying, “The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard. Now therefore mend your ways and your deeds, and obey the voice of the Lord your God, and the Lord will relent of the disaster that he has pronounced against you. But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you. Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.” Then the official and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, “This man does not deserve the intense of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.” But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jemiah so that he was not given over to the couple to be put to death.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 69:15-16, 30-31, 33-34 (R. see 14)
R/. At an acceptable time, O Lord, answer me
Rescue me from sinking in the mud;
from those who hate me, deliver me.
Save me from the waters of the deep,
lest the waves overwhelm me.
Let not the deep engulf me,
nor the pit close its mouth on me. R/.
As for me in my poverty and pain,
let your salvation, O God, raise me up.
Then I will praise God’s name with a song;
I will glorify him with thanksgiving. R/.
The poor when they see it will be glad,
and God-seeking hearts will revive;
for the Lord listens to the needy,
and does not spurn his own in their chains. R/.
Gospel Acclamation
V/. Alleluia
R/. Alleluia
V/. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven
R/. Alleluia.
Gospel
Matthew 14:1-12
At that time: Herod the tetrarch heard about the fame of Jesus and he said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead; that is why these miraculous powers are at work in him.” For Herod had seized John and bound him and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, because John had been saying to him, “It is not lawful for you to have her.” And though he wanted to put him to death, he feared the people, because they held him to be a prophet. But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before the company and pleased Herod, so that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter.” And the king was sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he commanded it to be given. He sent and had John beheaded in the prison, and his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples came and took the body and buried it, and they went and told Jesus.
