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 August, 2006  

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Sunday, August 13, 2006
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary time
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
1 Kings 19:4-8
Psalm 34:2-9
Ephesians 4:30  -- 5:2
John 6:41-51

There is no more evident sign that anyone is a saint and of the number of the elect, than to see him leading a good life and at the same time a prey to desolation, suffering, and trials.

-- St Aloysius Gonzaga

Monday, August 14, 2006
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest, Martyr (Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
1 John 3:13-18
Psalm 116:10-13, 16-17
John 15:12-17

What prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?

-- St. John Chrysostom

Tuesday, August 15, 2006
The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Solemnity)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Second Reading:
Gospel:
Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10
Psalm 45:10-12, 16
1 Corinthians 15:20-27
Luke 1:39-56

Hold firmly that our faith is identical with the ancients. Deny this, and you dissolve the unity of the Church.

-- St. Thomas Aquinas

Wednesday, August 16, 2006
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22
Psalm 113:1-6
Matthew 18:15-20

If God had drawn the world from pre-existent matter, what would be so extraordinary in that? A human artisan makes from a given material whatever he wants, while God shows his power by starting from nothing to make all he wants.

-- St. Theophilus of Antioch, Ad Autolycum

Thursday, August 17, 2006
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezekiel 12:1-2
Psalm 78:56-59, 61-62
Matthew 18:21  --  19:1

Christ conquers, He reigns, He commands. May He defend His people from all evil.

-- Pope Sixtus V

Friday, August 18, 2006
Feria
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63 or Ezekiel 16:59-63
Isaiah 12:2-6
Matthew 19:3-12

Every moment comes to us pregnant with a command from God, only to pass on and plunge into eternity, there to remain forever what we have made of it.

-- St. Francis de Sales

Saturday, August 19, 2006
St. Louis, Bishop (Optional Memorial)
First Reading:
Psalm:
Gospel:
Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13, 30-32
Psalm 51:12-15, 18-19
Matthew 19:13-15

Prayer should be accomplished by grace and not by artifice.

-- St Jane Frances de Chantal