July 30, 2017
I hope you have a nice day today too.
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Gospel: Matthew 13:44-52
44 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found, and hid. In his joy, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.
45 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a merchant seeking fine pearls,
46 who having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
47 "Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet, that was cast into the sea, and gathered some fish of every kind,
48 which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach. They sat down, and gathered the good into containers, but the bad they threw away.
49 So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will come and separate the wicked from amongst the righteous,
50 and will cast them into the furnace of fire. There will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
51 Jesus said to them, "Have you understood all these things?"
They answered him, "Yes, Lord."
52 He said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
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1 Kings 3:5, 7-12
5 But when Ahab was dead, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
7 He went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me against Moab to battle?"
He said, "I will go up. I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."
8 He said, "Which way shall we go up?"
He answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom."
9 So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom, and they marched for seven days along a circuitous route. There was no water for the army or for the animals that followed them.
10 The king of Israel said, "Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
11 But Jehoshaphat said, "Isn't there a prophet of the LORD here, that we may enquire of the LORD by him?"
One of the king of Israel's servants answered, "Elisha the son of Shaphat, who poured water on the hands of Elijah, is here."
12 Jehoshaphat said, "the LORD's word is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.
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Romans 8:28-30
28 We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
29 For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn amongst many brothers.‡
30 Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.
‡8:29: The word for "brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
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* The World English Bible
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◇ July 30, 2017 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/17_07_30.mp3
◇ Daily Readings July 30, 2017
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073017.cfm
◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2017-07-30
◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.3
◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=3&verse=
◇ The New American Bible, Revised Edition (NABRE)
http://www.usccb.org/bible/books-of-the-bible/index.cfm
◇ Douay-Rheims Bible
http://www.drbo.org/
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