7.23.2018

 Today's Bible story *

July 23, 2018

I hope you have a nice day today too.

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Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

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Gospel : Matthew 12:38-42

38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you."

39 But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgement with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgement with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

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Micah 6:1-4, 6-8

1 Listen now to what the LORD says:
"Arise, plead your case before the mountains,
and let the hills hear what you have to say.

2 Hear, you mountains, the LORD's controversy,
and you enduring foundations of the earth;
for the LORD has a controversy with his people,
and he will contend with Israel.

3 My people, what have I done to you?
How have I burdened you?
Answer me!

4 For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,
and redeemed you out of the house of bondage.
I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.

6 How shall I come before the LORD,
and bow myself before the exalted God?
Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,
with calves a year old?

7 Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams?
With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?
Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?
The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?

8 He has shown you, O man, what is good.
What does the LORD require of you, but to act justly,
to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

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* The World English Bible
http://ebible.org/web/

◇ July 23, 2018 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/18_07_23.mp3

◇ Daily Readings July 23, 2018
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072318.cfm

◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2018-07-23

◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.12

◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=12&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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