14 July. Saturday, Week 14 1st Reading: Isaiah (6:1-8) While praying in the temple, Isaiah is called to his great prophetic ministry In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him;…

1st Reading: Hosea (14:2-9) A call to repentance and renewal Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take words with you and return to the Lord; say to him, “Take away all guilt; accept that which is good, and we will offer the fruit of our…

1st Reading: Hosea (11:1-4, 8-9) In tender imagery, God declares motherly care for his beloved child, Israel When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. But the more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept sacrificing to the Baals, and offering incense to…

1st Reading: Proverbs (2:1-10) The value of wisdom, devotion and fear of the Lord, so exemplified in Saint Benedict My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your…

1st Reading: Hosea (8:4-7, 11-13) For their sins, they shall return to slavery in Egypt. But Hosea intercedes with God for them They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. Your calf is rejected, O Samaria….

1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…

1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…

1st Reading: Amos (9:11-15) David’s dynasty will be restored, and the land will be blessed On that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen, and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; in order that they may possess the remnant…

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1st Reading: Ephesians (2:19-21) The church is built on the foundation of the Apostles You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the…

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