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National Shrine of Our Lady of the Visitation of Guibang, Daang Maharlika, Guibang, Gamu (2026)

24/08/2026

August 25, 2026
TUESDAY of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of Saint Louis of France
Memorial of Saint Joseph Calasanz, priest

✝️ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
2 THESSALONIAN 2:1-3A, 14-17

A reading from the second letter of Saint Paul to the Tessalonians

We ask you, brothers and sisters, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our assembling with him, not to be shaken out of your minds suddenly, or to be alarmed either by a “spirit,” or by an oral statement, or by a letter allegedly from us to the effect that the day of the Lord is at hand. Let no one deceive you in any way.

To this end he has also called you through our Gospel
to possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.

May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting encouragement
and good hope through his grace, encourage your hearts and strengthen them in every good deed and word.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 96:10, 11-12, 13

:
THE LORD COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH.

Say among the nations: The LORD is king.
He has made the world firm, not to be moved;
he governs the peoples with equity.

:
THE LORD COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH.

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice;
let the sea and what fills it resound;
let the plains be joyful and all that is in them!
Then shall all the trees of the forest exult.

:
THE LORD COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH.

Before the LORD, for he comes;
for he comes to rule the earth.
He shall rule the world with justice
and the peoples with his constancy.

:
THE LORD COMES TO JUDGE THE EARTH.

🙏Alleluia
HEBREWS 4:12

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of God is living and effective,
able to discern reflections and thoughts of the heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️Gospel
MATTHEW 23:23-26

A reading from the Holy gospel according to Saint Matthew

Jesus said:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cu**in, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgment and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others. Blind guides, who strain out the gnat and swallow the camel!“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You cleanse the outside of cup and dish, but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence. Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup, so that the outside also may be clean.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

23/08/2026

August 24, 2026
MONDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle

✝ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
REVELATION 21:9b-14

A reading from the Book of Revelation

The angel spoke to me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." He took me in spirit to a great, high mountain and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God. It gleamed with the splendor of God.
Its radiance was like that of a precious stone, like jasper, clear as crystal. It had a massive, high wall, with twelve gates where twelve angels were stationed and on which names were inscribed, the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel. There were three gates facing east, three north, three south, and three west.
The wall of the city had twelve courses of stones as its foundation,
on which were inscribed the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 145:10-11, 12-13, 17-18

:
YOUR FRIENDS MAKE KNOWN, O LORD,
THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR KINGDOM.

Let all your works give you thanks, O LORD,
and let your faithful ones bless you.
Let them discourse of the glory of your Kingdom
and speak of your might.

:
YOUR FRIENDS MAKE KNOWN, O LORD,
THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR KINGDOM.

Making known to men your might
and the glorious splendor of your Kingdom.
Your Kingdom is a Kingdom for all ages,
and your dominion endures through all generations.

:
YOUR FRIENDS MAKE KNOWN, O LORD,
THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR KINGDOM.

The LORD is just in all his ways
and holy in all his works.
The LORD is near to all who call upon him,
to all who call upon him in truth.

:
YOUR FRIENDS MAKE KNOWN, O LORD,
THE GLORIOUS SPLENDOR OF YOUR KINGDOM.

🙏Alleluia
JOHN 1:49b

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Rabbi, you are the Son of God;
you are the King of Israel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝ Gospel
JOHN 1:45-51

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint John

Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth." But Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,
"Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him." Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree." Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God
ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

The Gospel of the Lord.

22/08/2026

August 23, 2026
Twenty-first SUNDAY in Ordinary Time

✝️MASS READINGS

🙏First Reading
ISAIAH 22:19-23

A Reading from the Book of Prophet Isaiah

Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace:
“I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your sash, and give over to him your authority. He shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. I will place the key of the House of David on Eliakim’s shoulder;
when he opens, no one shall shut when he shuts, no one shall open. I will fix him like a peg in a sure spot, to be a place of honor for his family.”

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 138:1-2, 2-3, 6, 8

:
LORD, YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL;
DO NOT FORSAKE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS.

I will give thanks to you, O LORD, with all my heart,
For you have heard the words of my mouth;
In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise;
I will worship at your holy temple.

:
LORD, YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL;
DO NOT FORSAKE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS.

I will give thanks to your name,
Because of your kindness and your truth:
When I called, you answered me;
You built up strength within me.

:
LORD, YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL;
DO NOT FORSAKE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS.

The LORD is exalted, yet the lowly he sees,
And the proud he knows from afar.
Your kindness, O LORD, endures forever;
Forsake not the work of your hands.

:
LORD, YOUR LOVE IS ETERNAL;
DO NOT FORSAKE THE WORK OF YOUR HANDS.

🙏Second Reading
ROMANS 11:33-36

A Reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How inscrutable are his judgments and how unsearchable his ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord or who has been his counselor? Or who has given the

Lord anything that he may be repaid? For from him and through him and for him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

🙏Alleluia
MATTHEW 16:18

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
You are Peter and upon this rock I will build my Church
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️Gospel
MATTHEW 16:13-20

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” Then he strictly ordered his disciples to tell no one that he was the Christ.

The Gospel of the Lord.

22/08/2026

𝗟𝗜𝗩𝗘 | 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗡𝗔 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗔 | 𝟮𝟯 𝗔𝗚𝗢𝗦𝗧𝗢 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 |𝗗𝗔𝗟𝗔𝗪𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗨’𝗧 𝗜𝗦𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗚𝗢 𝗦𝗔 𝗞𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗪𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗣𝗔𝗡𝗔𝗛𝗢𝗡
𝗥𝗲𝘃. 𝗙𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰 𝗚𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗬. 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗯

𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 #𝗰𝗼𝗽𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰

21/08/2026

August 22, 2026
SATURDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

✝️ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
EZEKIEL 43:1-7AB

A reading from the book of Prophet Ezekiel

The angel led me to the gate which faces the east, and there I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. I heard a sound like the roaring of many waters, and the earth shone with his glory. The vision was like that which I had seen when he came to destroy the city, and like that which I had seen by the river Chebar. I fell prone as the glory of the LORD entered the temple by way of the gate which faces the east, but spirit lifted me up and brought me to the inner court. And I saw that the temple was filled with the glory of the LORD. Then I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man stood beside me. The voice said to me: Son of man, this is where my throne shall be, this is where I will set the soles of my feet; here I will dwell among the children of Israel forever.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 85:9AB AND 10, 11-12, 13-14

:
THE GLORY OF THE LORD
WILL DWELL IN OUR LAND.

I will hear what God proclaims;
the LORD–for he proclaims peace.
Near indeed is his salvation to those who fear him,
glory dwelling in our land.

:
THE GLORY OF THE LORD
WILL DWELL IN OUR LAND.

Kindness and truth shall meet;
justice and peace shall kiss.
Truth shall spring out of the earth,
and justice shall look down from heaven.

:
THE GLORY OF THE LORD
WILL DWELL IN OUR LAND.

The LORD himself will give his benefits;
our land shall yield its increase.
Justice shall walk before him,
and salvation, along the way of his steps.

:
THE GLORY OF THE LORD
WILL DWELL IN OUR LAND.

🙏Alleluia
MATTHEW 23:9B, 10B

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
You have but one Father in heaven;
you have but one master, the Christ.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️Gospel
MATTHEW 23:1-12

A reading from the Holy gospel according to Saint Matthew

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,
“The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice. They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry and lay them on people’s shoulders,
but they will not lift a finger to move them. All their works are performed to be seen. They widen their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels. They love places of honor at banquets, seats of honor in synagogues, greetings in marketplaces, and the salutation ‘Rabbi.’ As for you, do not be called ‘Rabbi.’ You have but one teacher, and you are all brothers. Call no one on earth your father; you have but one Father in heaven. Do not be called ‘Master’; you have but one master, the Christ. The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

21/08/2026

August 21, 2026
FRIDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope

✝️ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
EZEKIEL 37:1-14

A reading from the book of Prophet Ezekiel

The hand of the LORD came upon me, and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain,
which was now filled with bones. He made me walk among the bones in every direction so that I saw how many they were on the surface of the plain. How dry they were! He asked me: Son of man, can these bones come to life? I answered, “Lord GOD, you alone know that.” Then he said to me: Prophesy over these bones, and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones: See! I will bring spirit into you, that you may come to life. I will put sinews upon you, make flesh grow over you, cover you with skin, and put spirit in you so that you may come to life and know that I am the LORD. I prophesied as I had been told, and even as I was prophesying I heard a noise; it was a rattling as the bones came together, bone joining bone. I saw the sinews and the flesh come upon them, and the skin cover them, but there was no spirit in them. Then the LORD said to me: Prophesy to the spirit, prophesy, son of man, and say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord GOD From the four winds come, O spirit,
and breathe into these slain that they may come to life. I prophesied as he told me, and the spirit came into them;
they came alive and stood upright, a vast army. Then he said to me: Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. They have been saying, “Our bones are dried up, our hope is lost, and we are cut off.” Therefore, prophesy and say to them: Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel. Then you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and have you rise from them, O my people! I will put my spirit in you that you may live, and I will settle you upon your land; thus you shall know that I am the LORD. I have promised, and I will do it, says the LORD.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9

:
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD;
HIS LOVE IS EVERLASTING.

Let the redeemed of the LORD say,
those whom he has redeemed from the hand of the foe
And gathered from the lands,
from the east and the west, from the north and the south.

:
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD;
HIS LOVE IS EVERLASTING.

They went astray in the desert wilderness;
the way to an inhabited city they did not find.
Hungry and thirsty,
their life was wasting away within them.

:
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD;
HIS LOVE IS EVERLASTING.

They cried to the LORD in their distress;
from their straits he rescued them.
And he led them by a direct way
to reach an inhabited city.

:
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD;
HIS LOVE IS EVERLASTING.

Let them give thanks to the LORD for his mercy
and his wondrous deeds to the children of men,
Because he satisfied the longing soul
and filled the hungry soul with good things.

:
GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD;
HIS LOVE IS EVERLASTING.

🙏Alleluia
PSALMS 25:4B, 5A

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Teach me your paths, my God,
guide me in your truth.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️Gospel
MATTHEW 22:34-40

A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together, and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?” He said to him,
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

20/08/2026

August 20, 2026
THURSDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

✝️ MASS READING

🙏 First Reading
EZEKIEL 36:23-28

Thus says the LORD:
I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,
when in their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I will give you a new heart and place a new spirit within you, taking from your bodies your stony hearts and giving you natural hearts. I will put my spirit within you and make you live by my statutes, careful to observe my decrees. You shall live in the land I gave your ancestors; you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19

:
I WILL POUR CLEAN WATER ON YOU
AND WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SINS.

A clean heart create for me, O God,
and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
Cast me not out from your presence,
and your Holy Spirit take not from me.

:
I WILL POUR CLEAN WATER ON YOU
AND WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SINS.

Give me back the joy of your salvation,
and a willing spirit sustain in me.
I will teach transgressors your ways,
and sinners shall return to you.

:
I WILL POUR CLEAN WATER ON YOU
AND WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SINS.

For you are not pleased with sacrifices;
should I offer a burnt offering, you would not accept it.
My sacrifice, O God, is a contrite spirit;
a heart contrite and humbled, O God, you will not spurn.

:
I WILL POUR CLEAN WATER ON YOU
AND WASH AWAY ALL YOUR SINS.

🙏Alleluia
PSALMS 95:8

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️ Gospel
MATTHEW 22:1-14

A reading from the Holy gospel according to Saint Matthew

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’ Some ignored the invitation and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them. The king was enraged and sent his troops, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then the king said to his servants, ‘The feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy to come. Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and invite to the feast whomever you find.’ The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike, and the hall was filled with guests. But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment. He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence. Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’ Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

18/08/2026

August 19, 2026
Memorial of Saint Ezekiel Moreno, Priest
WEDNESDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

✝️ MASS READINGS

🙏First Reading
EZEKIEL 34:1-11

A Reading from the Book of Prophet Ezekiel

The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, in these words prophesy to them to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been pasturing themselves!
Should not shepherds, rather, pasture sheep? You have fed off their milk, worn their wool, and slaughtered the fatlings,
but the sheep you have not pastured. You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the strayed nor seek the lost, but you lorded it over them harshly and brutally. So they were scattered for the lack of a shepherd, and became food for all the wild beasts. My sheep were scattered and wandered over all the mountains and high hills; my sheep were scattered over the whole earth,
with no one to look after them or to search for them.

Therefore, shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: As I live, says the Lord GOD, because my sheep have been given over to pillage, and because my sheep have become food for every wild beast, for lack of a shepherd; because my shepherds did not look after my sheep, but pastured themselves and did not pasture my sheep; because of this, shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: Thus says the Lord GOD: I swear I am coming against these shepherds. I will claim my sheep from them
and put a stop to their shepherding my sheep so that they may no longer pasture themselves. I will save my sheep, that they may no longer be food for their mouths.

For thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 23:1-3A, 3B-4, 5, 6

:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
THERE IS NOTHING I SHALL WANT.

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In verdant pastures he gives me repose;
Beside restful waters he leads me;
He refreshes my soul.

:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
THERE IS NOTHING I SHALL WANT.

He guides me in right paths
For his name’s sake.
Even though I walk in the dark valley
I fear no evil; for you are at my side
With your rod and your staff
That give me courage.

:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
THERE IS NOTHING I SHALL WANT.

You spread the table before me
In the sight of my foes;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup overflows.

:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
THERE IS NOTHING I SHALL WANT.

Only goodness and kindness will follow me
All the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the LORD
For years to come.

:
THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD;
THERE IS NOTHING I SHALL WANT.

🙏Alleluia
HEBREW 4:12

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
The word of God is living and effective,
able to discern the reflections and thoughts of the heart.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️Gospel
MATTHEW 20:1-16

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew

Jesus told his disciples this parable:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard.
Going out about nine o’clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.’ So they went off.
And he went out again around noon, and around three o’clock, and did likewise. Going out about five o’clock, he found others standing around, and said to them, ‘Why do you stand here idle all day?’ They answered, ‘Because no one has hired us.’
He said to them, ‘You too go into my vineyard.’ When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Summon the laborers and give them their pay, beginning with the last and ending with the first.’ When those who had started about five o’clock came, each received the usual daily wage.
So when the first came, they thought that they would receive more, but each of them also got the usual wage. And on receiving it they grumbled against the landowner, saying,
‘These last ones worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who bore the day’s burden and the heat.’
He said to one of them in reply, ‘My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?’ Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”

The Gospel of the Lord.

16/08/2026

August 17, 2026
MONDAY of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

✝️ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
EZEKIEL 24:15-23

A Reading from the Book of Prophet Ezekiel

The word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, by a sudden blow I am taking away from you the delight of your eyes, but do not mourn or weep or shed any tears. Groan in silence, make no lament for the dead, bind on your turban, put your sandals on your feet, do not cover your beard, and do not eat the customary bread. That evening my wife died, and the next morning I did as I had been commanded. Then the people asked me, “Will you not tell us what all these things that you are doing mean for us?” I therefore spoke to the people that morning, saying to them: Thus the word of the LORD came to me: Say to the house of Israel:
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will now desecrate my sanctuary, the stronghold of your pride, the delight of your eyes, the desire of your soul. The sons and daughters you left behind shall fall by the sword. Ezekiel shall be a sign for you: all that he did you shall do when it happens. Thus you shall know that I am the LORD. You shall do as I have done, not covering your beards nor eating the customary bread. Your turbans shall remain on your heads, your sandals on your feet. You shall not mourn or weep, but you shall rot away because of your sins and groan one to another.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏 Responsorial Psalm
DEUTERONOMY 32:18-19, 20, 21

:
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH.

You were unmindful of the Rock that begot you.
You forgot the God who gave you birth.
When the LORD saw this, he was filled with loathing
And anger toward his sons and daughters.

:
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH.

“I will hide my face from them,” he said,
“And see what will then become of them.
What a fickle race they are,
Sons with no loyalty in them!”

:
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH.

“Since they have provoked me with their ‘no-god’
And angered me with their vain idols,
I will provoke them with a ‘no-people’;
With a foolish nation I will anger them.”

:
YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN GOD WHO GAVE YOU BIRTH.

🙏 Alleluia
MATTHEW 5:3

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed are the poor in spirit;
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝️ Gospel
MATTHEW 19:16-22

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew

“Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments.” He asked him, “Which ones?” And Jesus replied, “You shall not kill; you shall not commit adultery; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother; and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” The young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
When the young man heard this statement, he went
away sad, for he had many possessions.

The Gospel of the Lord.

15/08/2026

August 16, 2026
Twentieth SUNDAY in Ordinary Time

✝ MASS READINGS

🙏 First Reading
ISAIAH 56:1, 6-7

A reading from the Book of Prophet Isaiah

Thus says the LORD:
Observe what is right, do what is just;
for my salvation is about to come,
my justice, about to be revealed.

The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
ministering to him,
loving the name of the LORD,
and becoming his servants—
all who keep the sabbath free from profanation
and hold to my covenant,
them I will bring to my holy mountain
and make joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and sacrifices
will be acceptable on my altar,
for my house shall be called
a house of prayer for all peoples.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Responsorial Psalm
PSALMS 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8

:
O GOD, LET ALL THE NATIONS PRAISE YOU!

May God have pity on us and bless us;
may he let his face shine upon us.
So may your way be known upon earth;
among all nations, your salvation.

:
O GOD, LET ALL THE NATIONS PRAISE YOU!

May the nations be glad and exult
because you rule the peoples in equity;
the nations on the earth you guide.

:
O GOD, LET ALL THE NATIONS PRAISE YOU!

May the peoples praise you, O God;
may all the peoples praise you!
May God bless us,
and may all the ends of the earth fear him!

:
O GOD, LET ALL THE NATIONS PRAISE YOU!

🙏 Second Reading
ROMANS 11:13-15, 29-32

A reading from the letter of Saint Paul to the Romans

Brothers and sisters:
I am speaking to you Gentiles.
Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles,
I glory in my ministry in order to make my race jealous
and thus save some of them.
For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world,
what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?

For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable.
Just as you once disobeyed God
but have now received mercy because of their disobedience,
so they have now disobeyed in order that,
by virtue of the mercy shown to you,
they too may now receive mercy.
For God delivered all to disobedience,
that he might have mercy upon all.

The Word of the Lord.

🙏Alleluia
MATTHEW 4:23

R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Jesus proclaimed the Gospel of the kingdom
and cured every disease among the people.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

✝ Gospel
MATTHEW 15:21-28

At that time, Jesus withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon.
And behold, a Canaanite woman of that district came and called out,
"Have pity on me, Lord, Son of David!
My daughter is tormented by a demon."
But Jesus did not say a word in answer to her.
Jesus' disciples came and asked him,
"Send her away, for she keeps calling out after us."
He said in reply,
"I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
But the woman came and did Jesus homage, saying, "Lord, help me."
He said in reply,
"It is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs."
She said, "Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps
that fall from the table of their masters."
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
"O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish."
And the woman's daughter was healed from that hour.

The Gospel of the Lord.

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