8.01.2018

 Today's Bible story *

August 1, 2018

I hope you have a nice day today too.

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Saint Alphonsus Liguouri, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Gospel : Matthew 13:44-46

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.

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Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21

10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife
and a man of contention to the whole earth!
I have not lent, neither have men lent to me;
yet everyone of them curses me.

16 Your words were found,
and I ate them.
Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart,
for I am called by your name, the LORD, God of Armies.

17 I didn't sit in the assembly of those who make merry, nor rejoiced;
I sat alone because of your hand;
for you have filled me with indignation.

18 Why is my pain perpetual,
and my wound incurable,
which refuses to be healed?
Will you indeed be to me as a deceitful brook,
like waters that fail?

19 Therefore the LORD says,
"If you return, then I will bring you again,
that you may stand before me;
and if you take out the precious from the vile,
you shall be as my mouth.
They shall return to you,
but you shall not return to them.

20 I will make you to this people a fortified bronze wall;
and they shall fight against you,
but they shall not prevail against you;
for I am with you to save you
and to deliver you," says the LORD.

21 "I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked,
and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible."

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

◇ August 1, 2018 Daily Mass Reading
http://ccc.usccb.org/cccradio/NABPodcasts/18_08_01.mp3

◇ Daily Readings August 1, 2018
http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080118.cfm

◇ Liturgical Calendar
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/calendarday.php?date=2018-08-01

◇ Zondervan King James Audio Bible
http://www.biblegateway.com/audio/dramatized/kjv/Matt.8

◇ King James Version Bible Online
http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/book.php?book=Matthew&chapter=8&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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