Daily Mass and Readings
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Monday, August 4, 2025
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St. John Mary Vianney, Priest (Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Numbers 11:4-15
4Now the rabble that was among them had a strong craving; and the people of Israel also wept again, and said, “O that we had meat to eat!
5We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;
6but now our strength is dried up, and there is nothing at all but this manna to look at.”
7Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.
8The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and the taste of it was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.
9When the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.
10Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.
11Moses said to the LORD, “Why hast thou dealt ill with thy servant? And why have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou dost lay the burden of all this people upon me?
12Did I conceive all this people? Did I bring them forth, that thou shouldst say to me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries the sucking child,’ to the land which thou didst swear to give their fathers?
13Where am I to get meat to give to all this people? For they weep before me and say, ‘Give us meat, that we may eat.’
14I am not able to carry all this people alone, the burden is too heavy for me.
15If thou wilt deal thus with me, kill me at once, if I find favor in thy sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 81:12-17
11“But my people did not listen to my voice; Israel would have none of me.
12So I gave them over to their stubborn hearts, to follow their own counsels.
13O that my people would listen to me, that Israel would walk in my ways!
14I would soon subdue their enemies, and turn my hand against their foes.
15Those who hate the LORD would cringe toward him, and their fate would last for ever.
16I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”
Gospel
Matthew 14:13-21
13Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a lonely place apart. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns.
14As he went ashore he saw a great throng; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.
15When it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a lonely place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
16Jesus said, “They need not go away; you give them something to eat.”
17They said to him, “We have only five loaves here and two fish.”
18And he said, “Bring them here to me.”
19Then he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass; and taking the five loaves and the two fish he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.
20And they all ate and were satisfied. And they took up twelve baskets full of the broken pieces left over.
21And those who ate were about five thousand men, besides women and children.
First Reading
Ezekiel 3:17-21
17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me.
18If I say to the wicked, ‘You shall surely die,’ and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, in order to save his life, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.
19But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you will have saved your life.
20Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you have not warned him, he shall die for his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.
21Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he took warning; and you will have saved your life.”
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 117:1-2
1Praise the LORD, all nations! Extol him, all peoples!
2For great is his steadfast love toward us; and the faithfulness of the LORD endures for ever. Praise the LORD!
Gospel
Matthew 9:35--10:1
9
35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every infirmity.
36When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
38pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”
10
1And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every infirmity.
