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 Sunday 13Th August 2023.
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
First Reading: First Kings
19: 9a, 11-13a
9a At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elias has come thither, he abode in a
cave.
11 Then
the Lord said to him: Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the Lord: and
behold the Lord passeth, and a great and strong wind before the Lord over
throwing the mountains, and breaking the rocks in pieces: the Lord is not in
the wind, and after the wind an earthquake: the Lord is not in the earthquake.
12
And after the earthquake a fire: the Lord is not in the fire, and after the
fire a whistling of a gentle air.
13a And
when Elias heard it, he covered his face with his mantle, and coming forth
stood in the entering in of the cave.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms
85: 9, 10, 11-12, 13-14
R. (8) Lord, let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
9 I
will hear what the Lord God will speak in me: for he will speak peace unto his
people.
10 Surely
his salvation is near to them that fear him: that glory may dwell in our land.
R. Lord,
let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
11 Mercy
and truth have met each other: justice and peace have kissed.
12 Truth
is sprung out of the earth: and justice hath looked down from heaven.
R. Lord,
let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
13 For
the Lord will give goodness: and our earth shall yield her fruit.
14 Justice
shall walk before him: and shall set his steps in the way.
R. Lord,
let us see your kindness, and grant us your salvation.
Second Reading: Romans
9: 1-5
1 I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness
in the Holy Ghost:
2 That
I have great sadness, and continual sorrow in my heart.
3 For I wished myself to be an anathema from Christ, for my
brethren, who are my kinsmen according to the flesh,
4
Who are Israelites, to whom belongeth the adoption as of children, and the
glory, and the testament, and the giving of the law, and the service of God,
and the promises:
5 Whose
are the fathers, and of whom is Christ, according to the flesh, who is over all
things, God blessed for ever. Amen.
Alleluia: Psalms 130: 5
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
5 I
wait for the Lord; my soul waits for his word.
R.
Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel: Matthew
14: 22-33
22 And forthwith Jesus obliged his disciples to go up into the boat, and
to go before him over the water, till he dismissed the people.
23 And
having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone to pray. And when
it was evening, he was there alone.
24 But
the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves: for the wind was
contrary.
25 And
in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking upon the sea.
26 And
they seeing him walk upon the sea, were troubled, saying: It is an apparition. And
they cried out for fear.
27 And
immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it is I, fear ye
not.
28 And
Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the
waters.
29 And
he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat, walked upon the water to
come to Jesus.
30 But
seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to sink, he cried out,
saying: Lord, save me.
31 And
immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him, and said to him:
O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
32 And
when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.
33 And
they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying: Indeed thou art the Son
of God.
