Sunday, August 21: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Is 66:18-21; Ps 117; Heb 12:5-7, 11-13; Lk 13:22-30 Monday, August 22: The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2 Thes 1:1-5, 11-12; Ps 96; Mt 23:13-22 Tuesday, August 23: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Rose of Lima
2 Thes 2:1-3A, 14-17; Ps 96; Mt 23:23-26 Wednesday, August 24: St Bartholomew
Rev 21:9B-14; Ps 145; Jn 1:45-51 Thursday, August 25: Weekday in Ordinary Time
or St Louis; St Joseph Calasanz
1 Cor 1:1-9; Ps 145; Mt 24:42-51 Friday, August 26: Weekday in Ordinary Time or
Blessed Dominic Barberi (E); St David Lewis (W)
1 Cor 1:17-25; Ps 33; Mt 25:1-13
Saturday, August 27: St Monica
1 Cor 1:26-31; Ps 33; Mt 25:14-30
Extraordinary Form
Sunday, August 21: Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gal 5:16-24; Mt 6:24-33 Monday, August 22: Immaculate Heart of Mary
Ecclus 24:23-31; Jn 19:25-27 Tuesday, August 23: St Philip Benizi
1 Cor 4:9-14: Lk 12:32-34 Wednesday, August 24: St Bartholomew
1 Cor 12:27-31; Lk 6:12-19 Thursday, August 25: St Louis
Wis 10:10-14; Lk 19:12-26 Friday, August 26: Feria
Readings of Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost repeated Saturday, August 27: St Joseph Calasanctius,
Wis 10:10-14; Mt 18:1-5
Prayer of the Week
Lord, you blessed St Joseph Calasanz with such charity and patience that he dedicated himself to the formation of Christian youth.
As we honour this teacher of wisdom may we follow his example in working for truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
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