DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

29 July, 2023 - Saturday

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DAILY READINGS & REFLECTION

JULY 29, 2023

SATURDAY - MEMORIAL OF SAINTS MARTHA, MARY, AND LAZARUS

FIRST READING

EXODUS 24:3-8 OR (1 JOHN 4:7-16 / EXODUS 40:16-21, 34-38)

3 Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do." 4 And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. 5 And he sent young men of the people of Israel, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. 6 And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he threw against the altar. 7 Then he took the book of the covenant, and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient." 8 And Moses took the blood and threw it upon the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."

The Word of the Lord
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM

PSALMS 49(50):1-2, 5-6, 14-15 OR (PSALMS 34:2-11 / PSALMS 84:3-6, 8, 11)

Response: Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.

The Mighty One, God the LORD,
speaks and summons the earth
from the rising of the sun to its setting.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God shines forth.

R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.

“Gather to me my faithful ones,
who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!”
The heavens declare his righteousness,
for God himself is judge!"

R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.

"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and pay your vows to the Most High;
and call upon me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”

R. Offer to God a sacrifice of praise.
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GOSPEL

Martha said to Jesus, "I know he will rise again"

JOHN 11:19-27 OR (LUKE 10:38-42 / JOHN 11:19-27 / MATTHEW 13:24-30)

19 Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary sat in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 And even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you." 23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." 24 Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day." 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" 27 She said to him, "Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, he who is coming into the world."

The Gospel of the Lord
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REFLECTION

DAILY QUOTE FROM THE EARLY CHURCH FATHERS 

The voice of life and joy that awakens the dead, by Athanasius of Alexandria (295-373 AD)

"I am the voice of life that wakens the dead. I am the good odor that takes away the foul odor. I am the voice of joy that takes away sorrow and grief. I am the comfort of those who are in grief. Those who belong to me are given joy by me. I am the joy of the whole world. I gladden all my friends and rejoice with them. I am the bread of life" (John 6:35).

(excerpt from HOMILY ON THE RESURRECTION OF LAZARUS)
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Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
The Revised Standard Version of the Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1965, 1966 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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