Today’s
Readings

First Reading

Hosea 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22

1. 16

   And it shall be in that day, saith the Lord, That she shall call me: My husband, and she shall call me no more Baali.

2. 17

   And I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and she shall no more remember their name.

3. 18

   And in that day I will make a covenant with them, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air, and with the creeping things of the earth: and I will destroy the bow, and the sword, and war out of the land: and I will make them sleep secure.

4. 21

   And it shall come to pass in that day: I will hear, saith the Lord, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth.

5. 22

   And the earth shall hear the core, and the wine, and the oil, and these shall hear Jezrahel.

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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

1. 2

   Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever; yea, for ever and ever.

2. 3

   Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised: and of his greatness there is no end.

3. 4

   Generation and generation shall praise thy works: and they shall declare thy power.

4. 5

   They shall speak of the magnificence of the glory of thy holiness: and shall tell thy wondrous works.

5. 6

   And they shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and shall declare thy greatness.

6. 7

   They shall publish the memory of the abundance of thy sweetness: and shall rejoice in thy justice.

7. 8

   The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.

8. 9

   The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.

Gospel

Matthew 9:18-26

1. 18

   And he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

2. 19

   And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.

3. 20

   And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

4. 21

   For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.

5. 22

   But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

6. 23

   And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,

7. 24

   He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

8. 25

   And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

9. 26

   And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain · 73 books. Psalm numbers follow the Roman lectionary.