Sunday: Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Acts 12:1-11/2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18/Mt 16:13-19
“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”
2 Timothy 4:7-8, NRSVCE
Monday
Gn 18:16-33/Mt 8:18-22
“And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.” But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.”
Matthew 8:20-22, NRSVCE
Tuesday
Gn 19:15-29/Mt 8:23-27
“So it was that, when God destroyed the cities of the Plain, God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in which Lot had settled.”
Genesis 19:29, NRSVCE
Wednesday
Gn 21:5, 8-20a/Mt 8:28-34
“When he came to the other side, to the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs coming out of the tombs met him. They were so fierce that no one could pass that way. Suddenly they shouted, “What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before the time?” ”
Matthew 8:28-29, NRSVCE
Thursday
Eph 2:19-22/Jn 20:24-29
“So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God”
Ephesians 2:19, NABRE
Friday
Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67/Mt 9:9-13
“He heard this and said, “Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.”
Matthew 9:12, NABRE
Saturday
Gn 27:1-5, 15-29/Mt 9:14-17
“May God give to you
of the dew of the heavens
And of the fertility of the earth
abundance of grain and wine.
May peoples serve you,
and nations bow down to you;
Be master of your brothers,
and may your mother’s sons bow down to you.
Cursed be those who curse you,
and blessed be those who bless you.””
Genesis 27:28-29, NABRE
