CATHOLIC DAILY READING
Catholic Daily Reading Includes the complete readings – 1st Reading, Responsorial Psalm and the Gospel. This daily reading is published to help you live a life full of faith.
Daily Mass Reading for Today Saturday 5 Th August 2023.
Ordinary Weekday/ Optional Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary/
Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome
First Reading: Leviticus
25: 1, 8-17
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:
8 Thou
shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times
seven, which together make forty-nine years:
9
And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the
month, in the time of the expiation in all your land.
10 And
thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the
inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return
to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family:
11 Because
it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things
that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the
firstfruits of the vines,
12 Because
of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat
them.
13 In
the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions.
14 When
thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy
brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the
jubilee.
15 And
he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits.
16 The
more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the
less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall
sell to thee the time of the fruits.
17 Do
not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the
Lord your God.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms
67: 2-3, 5, 7-8
R. (4) O God, let all the nations praise you!
2 May
God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance
to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.
3 That
we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.
R. O
God, let all the nations praise you!
5 Let
the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and
directest the nations upon earth.
R. O
God, let all the nations praise you!
7 The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless
us,
8
May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.
R. O
God, let all the nations praise you!
Alleluia: Matthew 5: 10
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
10 Blessed
are they that suffer persecution for justice’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom
of heaven.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew
14: 1-12
1 At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
2 And
he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead,
and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him.
3 For
Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of
Herodias, his brother’s wife.
4 For
John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
5 And
having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed
him as a prophet.
6 But
on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased
Herod.
7 Whereupon
he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.
8 But
she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the
head of John the Baptist.
9 And
the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with
him at table, he commanded it to be given.
10 And
he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
11 And
his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought
it to her mother.
12 And
his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.
