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| "The Blind in the Ditch" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Jeremiah
30: 1 - 2, 12 - 15,
18 - 22
1
This is another word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh:
2
Yahweh, God of Israel says, "Write in a book all that I have
communicated to you,
12
Yahweh says, "Your wound is incurable, your injury is grievous.
13
There is no one to plead your cause. There is a remedy for an ulcer
but no healing for you!
14
All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you. For I
struck you as an enemy does, with a cruel punishment, because of your
great guilt and the wickedness of your sin.
15
Why cry out now that you are hurt? Is there no cure for your pain?
Because of your great crime and grievous sin I have done this to you.
18
Yahweh says, "I will restore my people into Jacob's tents and
have pity on his dwellings. The city will be rebuilt over its ruins
and the palace restored on its proper place.
19
From them will come songs of praise and the sound of merrymaking. I
will multiply them and they shall not be few. I will bestow honor on
them and they shall not be despised.
20
Their children will be as before and their community will be
established before me. I will ask their oppressors to account.
21
Their leader will be one of themselves, their ruler shall emerge from
their midst. I will bring him close to me for who would dare to
approach me?
22
You shall be my people and I shall be your God."
PSALM:
Psalms 102:
16 - 21, 29, 22 - 23
16
O Lord, the nations will revere your name, and the kings of the earth
your glory,
17
when the Lord will rebuild Zion and appear in all his splendor.
18
For he will answer the prayer of the needy and will not despise their
plea.
19
Let this be written for future ages, "the Lord will be praised
by a people he will form."
20
From his holy height in heaven, the Lord has looked on the earth
21
to hear the groaning of the prisoners, and free those condemned to
death.
29
Your servants' children will dwell secure; their posterity will
endure without fail.
22
Then the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion, and his praise in
Jerusalem,
23
when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship him
GOSPEL:
Matthew 14:
22 - 36 OR
Matthew 15:
1 - 2, 10 - 14
22
Immediately Jesus obliged his disciples to get into the boat and go
ahead of him to the other side, while he sent the crowd away.
23
And having sent the people away, he went up the mountain by himself
to pray. At nightfall, he was there alone.
24
Meanwhile, the boat was very far from land, dangerously rocked by the
waves for the wind was against it.
25
At daybreak, Jesus came to them walking on the lake.
26
When they saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, thinking
that it was a ghost. And they cried out in fear.
27
But at once Jesus said to them, "Courage! Don't be afraid. It's
me!"
28
Peter answered, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you
walking on the water."
29
Jesus said to him, "Come." And Peter got out of the boat,
walking on the water to go to Jesus.
30
But, in face of the strong wind, he was afraid and began to sink. So
he cried out, "Lord, save me!"
31
Jesus immediately stretched out his hand and took hold of him,
saying, "Man of little faith, why did you doubt?"
32
As they got into the boat, the wind dropped.
33
Then those in the boat bowed down before Jesus saying, "Truly,
you are the Son of God!"
34
They came ashore at Gennesareth.
35
The local people recognized Jesus and spread the news throughout the
region. So they brought all the sick to him,
36
begging him to let them touch just the fringe of his cloak. All who
touched it became perfectly well.
OR
1
Then some Pharisees and teachers of the Law who had come from
Jerusalem gathered around Jesus. And they said to him,
2
"Why don't your disciples follow the tradition of the elders? In
fact, they don't wash their hands before eating."
10
Jesus then called the people near him and said to them, "Listen
and understand:
11
what enters into the mouth does not make a person unclean, what
defiles one is what comes out of his mouth."
12
After a while the disciples gathered around Jesus and said, "Do
you know that the Pharisees were offended by what you said?"
13
Jesus answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father has not
planted shall be uprooted.
14
Pay no attention to them! They are blind leading the blind. When a
blind person leads another, the two will fall into a pit."
