Catholic Daily Readings for July 5 2023: Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time – Lectionary: 379
| Catholic Daily Readings for July 5 2023, Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time | |
|---|---|
| 1st Reading | Genesis 21:5, 8-20A |
| Responsorial Psalm | Psalms 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13 |
| Alleluia | James 1:18 |
| Gospel | Matthew 8:28-34 |
Daily Mass Readings for July 5 2023, Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
1st Reading – Genesis 21:5, 8-20A
5 Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.
8 And the boy grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning.
9 And when Sarah had seen the son of Hagar the Egyptian playing with her son Isaac, she said to Abraham:
10 “Cast out this woman servant and her son. For the son of a woman servant will not be heir with my son Isaac.”
11 Abraham took this grievously, for the sake of his son.
12 And God said to him: “Let it not seem harsh to you concerning the boy and your woman servant. In all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice. For your offspring will be invoked in Isaac.
13 Yet I will also make the son of the woman servant into a great nation, for he is your offspring.”
14 And so Abraham arose in the morning, and taking bread and a skin of water, he placed it upon her shoulder, and he handed over the boy, and he released her. And when she had departed, she wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.
15 And when the water in the skin had been consumed, she set aside the boy, under one of the trees that were there.
16 And she moved away and sat in a distant area, as far as a bow can reach. For she said, “I shall not see the boy die.” And so, sitting opposite her, he lifted up his voice and wept.
17 But God heard the voice of the boy. And an Angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, saying: “What are you doing, Hagar? Do not be afraid. For God has heeded the voice of the boy, from the place where he is.
18 Rise up. Take the boy and hold him by the hand. For I will make of him a great nation.”
19 And God opened her eyes. And seeing a well of water, she went and filled the skin, and she gave the boy to drink.
20A And God was with him. And he grew.
Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 34:7-8, 10-11, 12-13
R. (7a) The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
7 When the poor one called out, the LORD heard,
and from all his distress he saved him.
8 The angel of the LORD encamps
around those who fear him, and delivers them.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
10 Fear the LORD, you his holy ones,
for nought is lacking to those who fear him.
11 The great grow poor and hungry;
but those who seek the LORD want for no good thing.
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
12 Come, children, hear me;
I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
13 Which of you desires life,
and takes delight in prosperous days?
R. The Lord hears the cry of the poor.
Alleluia – James 1:18
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
18 The Father willed to give us birth by the word of truth
that we may be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel – Matthew 8:28-34
28 When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him. They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.
29 They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
30 Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.
31 The demons pleaded with him, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
32 And he said to them, “Go then!” They came out and entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea where they drowned.
33 The swineherds ran away, and when they came to the town they reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs.
34 Thereupon the whole town came out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him they begged him to leave their district.
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