DAILY MASS READING - THURSDAY JULY 28,2016

Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time 

Liturgical Colour: Green.

Readings at Mass

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Entrance Antiphon
Cf. Ps 67: 6-7, 36

God is in his holy place,

God who unites those who dwell in his house;

he himself gives might and strength to his people.

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Collect

O God, protector of those who hope in you,

without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,

bestow in abundance your mercy upon us

and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide,

we may use the good things that pass

in such a way as to hold fast even now

to those that ever endure.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,

who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

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First reading	Jeremiah 18:1-6

The word that was addressed to Jeremiah by the Lord, ‘Get up and make your way down to the potter’s house; there I shall let you hear what I have to say.’ So I went down to the potter’s house; and there he was, working at the wheel. And whenever the vessel he was making came out wrong, as happens with the clay handled by potters, he would start afresh and work it into another vessel, as potters do. Then this word of the Lord was addressed to me, ‘House of Israel, can not I do to you what this potter does? – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so you are in mine, House of Israel.’

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Responsorial Psalm	Psalm 145:2-6

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God.

or

Alleluia!

My soul, give praise to the Lord.

  I will praise the Lord all my days,

  make music to my God while I live.

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God.

or

Alleluia!

Put no trust in princes,

  In mortal men in whom there is no help.

Take their breath, they return to clay

  and their plans that day come to nothing.

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God.

or

Alleluia!

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God,

  whose hope is in the Lord his God,

who alone made heaven and earth,

  the seas and all they contain.

He is happy who is helped by Jacob’s God.

or

Alleluia!

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Gospel Acclamation	Jn15:15

Alleluia, alleluia!

I call you friends, says the Lord,

because I have made known to you

everything I have learnt from my Father.

Alleluia!

Or	cf.Ac16:14

Alleluia, alleluia!

Open our heart, O Lord,

to accept the words of your Son.

Alleluia!

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Gospel
Matthew 13:47-53

Jesus said to the crowds, ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea that brings in a haul of all kinds. When it is full, the fishermen haul it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in a basket and throw away those that are no use. This is how it will be at the end of time: the angels will appear and separate the wicked from the just to throw them into the blazing furnace where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

  ‘Have you understood all this?’ They said, ‘Yes.’ And he said to them, ‘Well then, every scribe who becomes a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who brings out from his storeroom things both new and old.’

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Prayer over the Offerings

Accept, O Lord, we pray, the offerings

which we bring from the abundance of your gifts,

that through the powerful working of your grace

these most sacred mysteries may sanctify our present way of life

and lead us to eternal gladness.

Through Christ our Lord.

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Communion Antiphon	Ps 102: 2

Bless the Lord, O my soul,

and never forget all his benefits.

Or	Mt 5: 7-8

Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy.

Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God.

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Prayer after Communion

We have consumed, O Lord, this divine Sacrament,

the perpetual memorial of the Passion of your Son;

grant, we pray, that this gift,

which he himself gave us with love beyond all telling,

may profit us for salvation.

Through Christ our Lord.