Daily Mass Readings for July 24 2023, Monday

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Catholic Daily Readings for July 24 2023: Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Lectionary: 395

Catholic Daily Readings for July 24 2023, Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading	Exodus 14:5-18
Responsorial Psalm	Exodus 15:1BC-2, 3-4, 5-6
Alleluia	Psalms 95:8
Gospel	Matthew 12:38-42

Daily Mass Readings for July 24 2023, Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Exodus 14:5-18

⁵ It was reported to the king of the Egyptians that the people had fled. And the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed about the people, and they said, “What did we intend to do, so that we released Israel from serving us?”

⁶ Therefore, he harnessed his chariot, and he took all his people with him.

⁷ And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and whatever chariots were in Egypt, and also the leaders of the whole army.

⁸ And the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he pursued the sons of Israel. But they were taken away by an exalted hand.

⁹ And when the Egyptians followed the footsteps of those who preceded them, they found them in a camp above the sea. All the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and the entire army, were in Pihahiroth, opposite Baal-zephon.

¹⁰ And when Pharaoh had drawn near, the sons of Israel, lifting up their eyes, saw the Egyptians behind them. And they were very afraid. And they cried out to the Lord.

¹¹ And they said to Moses: “Perhaps there were no graves in Egypt, for which reason you took us to die in the wilderness. What is it that you intended to do, in leading us out of Egypt?

¹² Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying: Withdraw from us, so that we may serve the Egyptians? For it was much better to serve them, than to die in the wilderness.”

¹³ And Moses said to the people: “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and see the great wonders of the Lord, which he will do today. For the Egyptians, whom you now see, will never again be seen, forever.

¹⁴ The Lord will fight on your behalf, and you will remain silent.”

¹⁵ And the Lord said to Moses: “Why cry out to me? Tell the sons of Israel to continue on.

¹⁶ Now, lift up your staff, and extend your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the sons of Israel may walk through the midst of the sea on dry ground.

¹⁷ Then I will harden the heart of the Egyptians, so as to pursue you. And I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in all his army, and in his chariots, and in his horsemen.

¹⁸ And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I will be glorified in Pharaoh, and in his chariots, as well as in his horsemen.”

Responsorial Psalm – Exodus 15:1BC-2, 3-4, 5-6

R. (1b) Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

^1BC I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
² My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
He is my God, I praise him;
the God of my father, I extol him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

³ The LORD is a warrior,
LORD is his name!
⁴ Pharaoh’s chariots and army he hurled into the sea;
the elite of his officers were submerged in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

⁵ The flood waters covered them,
they sank into the depths like a stone.
⁶ Your right hand, O LORD, magnificent in power,
your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

Alleluia – Psalms 95:8

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
⁸ If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel – Matthew 12:38-42

³⁸ Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”

³⁹ He said to them in reply, “An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,
but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

⁴⁰ Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

⁴¹ At the judgment, the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and there is something greater than Jonah here.

⁴² At the judgment the queen of the south will arise with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and there is something greater than Solomon here.”

Tomorrow’s Catholic Daily Readings for July 25 2023, Feast of Saint James, Apostle