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Thursday, July 16, 2020
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Optional Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19
7The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of the righteous.
8In the path of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; thy memorial name is the desire of our soul.
9My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
12O LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us, thou hast wrought for us all our works.
16O LORD, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
17Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O LORD;
18we were with child, we writhed, we have as it were brought forth wind. We have wrought no deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
19Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 102:13-21
12But thou, O LORD, art enthroned for ever; thy name endures to all generations.
13Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.
14For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.
15The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory.
16For the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
17he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise their supplication.
18Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet unborn may praise the LORD:
19that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked at the earth,
20to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were doomed to die;
Gospel
Matthew 11:28-30
28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
First Reading
Zechariah 2:14-17
10Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion; for lo, I come and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the LORD.
11And many nations shall join themselves to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people; and I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you.
12And the LORD will inherit Judah as his portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem."
13Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.
Responsorial Psalm
Luke 1:46-55
46And Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord,
47and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
48for he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden. For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed;
49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
50And his mercy is on those who fear him from generation to generation.
51He has shown strength with his arm, he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts,
52he has put down the mighty from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree;
53he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent empty away.
54He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy,
55as he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his posterity for ever."
Gospel
Matthew 12:46-50
46While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him.
48But he replied to the man who told him, "Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?"
49And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers!
50For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother."
