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HOLY MASS THURSDAY EIGHTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2017

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Thursday, 2017-08-10:

  • Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr 2017:

    FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

    2 Cor 9:6-10

    Brothers and sisters:
    Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
    and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.
    Each must do as already determined, without sadness or compulsion,
    for God loves a cheerful giver.
    Moreover, God is able to make every grace abundant for you,
    so that in all things, always having all you need,
    you may have an abundance for every good work.
    As it is written:

    He scatters abroad, he gives to the poor;
    his righteousness endures forever.


    The one who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food
    will supply and multiply your seed
    and increase the harvest of your righteousness.

    RESPONSORIAL PSALM

    PS 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9

    R. (5) Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
    Blessed the man who fears the LORD,
    who greatly delights in his commands.
    His posterity shall be mighty upon the earth;
    the upright generation shall be blessed.
    R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
    Well for the man who is gracious and lends,
    who conducts his affairs with justice;
    He shall never be moved;
    the just one shall be in everlasting remembrance.
    R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
    An evil report he shall not fear;
    his heart is firm, trusting in the LORD.
    His heart is steadfast;he shall not fear
    till he looks down upon his foes.
    R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.
    Lavishly he gives to the poor,
    his generosity shall endure forever;
    his horn shall be exalted in glory.
    R. Blessed the man who is gracious and lends to those in need.

    GOSPEL OF THE MASS

    Jn 12:24-26

    Jesus said to his disciples:
    “Amen, amen, I say to you,
    unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
    it remains just a grain of wheat;
    but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
    Whoever loves his life loses it,
    and whoever hates his life in this world
    will preserve it for eternal life.
    Whoever serves me must follow me,
    and where I am, there also will my servant be.
    The Father will honor whoever serves me.”

  • THURSDAY EIGHTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2017:

    Ordinary Time.

    FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

    Nm 20:1-13

    The whole congregation of the children of Israel
    arrived in the desert of Zin in the first month,
    and the people settled at Kadesh.
    It was here that Miriam died, and here that she was buried.

    As the community had no water,
    they held a council against Moses and Aaron.
    The people contended with Moses, exclaiming,
    “Would that we too had perished with our kinsmen in the LORD’s presence!
    Why have you brought the LORD’s assembly into this desert
    where we and our livestock are dying?
    Why did you lead us out of Egypt,
    only to bring us to this wretched place
    which has neither grain nor figs nor vines nor pomegranates?
    Here there is not even water to drink!”
    But Moses and Aaron went away from the assembly
    to the entrance of the meeting tent, where they fell prostrate.

    Then the glory of the LORD appeared to them,
    and the LORD said to Moses,
    “Take your staff and assemble the community,
    you and your brother Aaron,
    and in their presence order the rock to yield its waters.
    From the rock you shall bring forth water for the congregation
    and their livestock to drink.”
    So Moses took his staff from its place before the LORD, as he was ordered.
    He and Aaron assembled the community in front of the rock,
    where he said to them, “Listen to me, you rebels!
    Are we to bring water for you out of this rock?”
    Then, raising his hand, Moses struck the rock twice with his staff,
    and water gushed out in abundance for the people
    and their livestock to drink.
    But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,
    “Because you were not faithful to me
    in showing forth my sanctity before the children of Israel,
    you shall not lead this community into the land I will give them.”

    These are the waters of Meribah,
    where the children of Israel contended against the LORD,
    and where the LORD revealed his sanctity among them.

    RESPONSORIAL PSALM

    PS 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9

    R. (8) If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
    Come, let us sing joyfully to the LORD;
    let us acclaim the Rock of our salvation.
    Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;
    let us joyfully sing psalms to him.
    R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
    Come, let us bow down in worship;
    let us kneel before the LORD who made us.
    For he is our God,
    and we are the people he shepherds, the flock he guides.
    R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.
    Oh, that today you would hear his voice:
    “Harden not your hearts as at Meribah,
    as in the day of Massah in the desert,
    Where your fathers tested me;
    they tested me though they had seen my works.”
    R. If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

    GOSPEL OF THE MASS

    Mt 16:13-23

    Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi
    and he asked his disciples,
    "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?"
    They replied, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
    still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
    He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?"
    Simon Peter said in reply,
    "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
    Jesus said to him in reply, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.
    For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
    And so I say to you, you are Peter,
    and upon this rock I will build my Church,
    and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
    I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
    Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
    and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven."
    Then he strictly ordered his disciples
    to tell no one that he was the Christ.

    From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples
    that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
    from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
    and be killed and on the third day be raised.
    Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
    "God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you."
    He turned and said to Peter,
    "Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
    You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do."

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