Liturgical Readings for the week of August 6th, 2023

August 8, 2023

Sunday: The Transfiguration of the Lord

Dn 7:9-10, 13-14/2 Pt 1:16-19/Mt 17:1-9

“While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud cast a shadow over them, then from the cloud came a voice that said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased; listen to him.” When the disciples heard this, they fell prostrate and were very much afraid.  But Jesus came and touched them, saying, “Rise, and do not be afraid.”  And when the disciples raised their eyes, they saw no one else but Jesus alone.”

Matthew 17:5-8, NABRE

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Monday

Nm 11:4b-15/Mt 14:13-21

“Manna was like coriander seed and had the appearance of bdellium. When they had gone about and gathered it up, the people would grind it between millstones or pound it in a mortar, then cook it in a pot and make it into loaves, with a rich creamy taste. At night, when the dew fell upon the camp, the manna also fell.”

Numbers 11:7-9, NABRE

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Tuesday

Nm 12:1-13/Mt 14:22-36

Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him, and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”  After they got into the boat, the wind died down. Those who were in the boat did him homage, saying, “Truly, you are the Son of God.”

Matthew 14:31-33, NABRE

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Wednesday

Nm 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29a, 34-35/Mt 15:21-28

 Corresponding to the number of days you spent reconnoitering the land—forty days—you shall bear your punishment one year for each day: forty years. Thus you will realize what it means to oppose me.”

Numbers 14:34, NABRE

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Thursday

2 Cor 9:6-10/Jn 12:24-26

“Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also. Whoever serves me, the Father will honor.”

John 12:26, NRSVCE

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Friday

Dt 4:32-40/Mt 16:24-28

“For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: has anything so great as this ever happened or has its like ever been heard of?”

Deuteronomy 4:32, NRSVCE

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Saturday

Dt 6:4-13/Mt 17:14-20

“He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly I tell you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.””

Matthew 17:20, NRSVCE

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