Mass Readings

First Reading – Jer 18:1-6

This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;
there I will give you my message.
I went down to the potter’s house and there he was,
working at the wheel.
Whenever the object of clay which he was making
turned out badly in his hand,
he tried again,
making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.
Then the word of the LORD came to me:
Can I not do to you, house of Israel,
as this potter has done? says the LORD.
Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,
so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

Responsorial Psalm – PS 146:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6ab (R.5a)

R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.
or:
R. Alleluia.
Praise the LORD, O my soul;
I will praise the LORD all my life;
I will sing praise to my God while I live. R.

Put not your trust in princes,
in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.
When his spirit departs he returns to his earth;
on that day his plans perish. R.

Blessed he whose help is the God of Jacob,
whose hope is in the LORD, his God.
Who made heaven and earth,
the sea and all that is in them. R.

Gospel – Mt 13:47-53

Jesus said to the disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth. Do you understand all these things?” They answered, “Yes.” And he replied, “Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom both the new and the old.” When Jesus finished these parables, he went away from there.

Featured Saints

St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception, religious (+1946). After avoiding an imposed marriage and shunning riches, she was admitted into the Malabarian Clarists. She offered herself as an expiatory victim for priests, religious and consecrated souls, and suffered almost continual illness. She died in Bharananganan, in the state of Kerala, India.

St. Victor I, Pope (†circa 200). Of African origin, he condemned heresies against the Blessed Trinity and established several canonical rules, including the day for the celebration of Easter for the entire Church.

St. Samson of York, bishop and abbot (†565). Of Welsh birth, he lived as a hermit for many years. After being consecrated Bishop, he undertook an mission to spread the Gospel and monastic discipline in Brittany, France, following the divine call. There he founded the Abbey of Dol, around which grew a new diocese.

Sts. Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolaus, Deacons. Five of the seven “men of good repute, full of the Spirit and wisdom” (Acts 6:3) chosen by the multitude of the disciples to assist the Apostles.

St. James Hilario Barbal Cosán, martyr (†1937). As a Christian Brother, he was a dedicated teacher until being arrested by the anti-Catholic authorities and executed by firing squad in Catalunia, Spain, during the Civil War.

St. Melchoir Garcia Sampedro, bishop and martyr (†1858). Dominican bishop, imprisoned and brutally killed in Nam Dinh, Vietnam, by order of Emperor Tu Ðuc.

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