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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n22nd Week in Ordinary Time\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (II)\nAugust 30 – September5\, 2026\n\n\n\nSun\n30\nMon\n31\nTue\n1\nWed\n2\nThu\n3\nFri\n4\nSat\n5\n\n\nOffice\n22nd Sunday\nWeekday\nWeekday\nWeekday\nSt Gregory the Great\nWeekday\nMemorial of the BVM\n\n\nVigils\n1 Mac 12:1-23\n1 Mac 12:24-38\n1 Mac 12:39-53\n1 Mac 13:1-30\n1 Mac 13:31-53\n1 Mac 14:1-15\n1 Mac 14:16-35\n\n\nLauds\nMic 4:1-5\nMic 4:6-8\nMic 4:9-14\nMic 5:1-5\nMic 5:6-8\nMic 5:9-14\nMic 6:1-8\n\n\nMass\n124\n431\n432\n433\n434\n435\n436\n\n\n1st\nJer 20:7-9\n1 Cor 2:1-5\n1 Cor 2:10b-16\n1 Cor 3:1-9\n1 Cor 3:18-23\n1 Cor 4:1-5\n1 Cor 4:6b-15\n\n\n2nd\nRom 12:1-2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMatt 16:21-27\nLuke 4:16-30\nLuke 4:31-37\nLuke 4:38-44\nLuke 5:1-11\nLuke 5:33-39\nLuke 6:1-5\n\n\nVespers\nJas 1:19-27\nJas 2:1-13\nJas 2:14-17\nJas 2:18-26\nJas 3:1-5a\nJas 3:5b-12\nJas 3:13-18
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 22nd Sunday
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST AUGUSTINE \n◊◊◊ \nOur Lord’s command seems hard and heavy\, that anyone who wishes to \nfollow him must renounce himself. But no command is hard and heavy when it \ncomes from one who helps to carry it out. That other saying of his is true: My \nyoke is easy and my burden is light. Whatever is hard in his commands is made \neasy by love. \nWe know what great things love can accomplish\, even though it is often \nbase and sensual. We know what hardships people have endured\, what \nintolerable indignities they have borne to attain the object of their love. What \nwe love indicates what sort of people we are\, and therefore making a decision \nabout this should be our one concern in choosing a way of life. Why be surprised \nif people who set their hearts on Christ and want to follow him renounce \nthemselves out of love? If we lose ourselves through self-love we must surely \nfind ourselves through self-renunciation. \nWho would not wish to follow Christ to supreme happiness\, perfect peace\, \nand lasting security? We shall do well to follow him there\, but we need to know \nthe way. The Lord Jesus had not yet risen from the dead when he gave this \ninvitation. His passion was still before him; he had still to endure the cross\, to \nface outrages\, reproaches\, scourging; to be pierced by thorns\, wounded\, \ninsulted\, taunted and put to death. The road seems rough\, you draw back\, you \ndo not want to follow Christ. Follow him just the same. The road we made for \nourselves is rough\, but Christ has leveled it by passing over it himself. \nWho does not desire to be exalted? Everyone enjoys a high position. But \nself-abasement is the step that leads to it. Why take strides that are too big for \nyou – do you want to fall instead of going up? Begin with this step and you will \nfind yourself climbing. The two disciples who said: Lord\, command that one of \nus shall sit at your right hand in your kingdom and the other at your left had \nno wish to think about this step of self-abasement. They wanted to reach the top \nwithout noticing the step that led there. The Lord showed them the step\, \nhowever\, by his reply: Can you drink the cup that I am to drink? You who aim \nat the highest exaltation\, can you drink the cup of humiliation? He did not \nsimply give the general command: Let him renounce himself and follow me but \nadded: Let him take up his cross and follow me. \nWhat does it mean to take up one’s cross? It means bearing whatever is \nunpleasant – that is following me. Once you begin to follow me by conforming \nyour life to my commandments\, you will find many to contradict you\, forbid \nyou\, or dissuade you\, and some of these will be people who call themselves \nfollowers of Christ. Therefore if you meet with threats\, flattery\, or opposition\, \nlet this be your cross; pick it up and carry it – do not collapse under it. These \nwords of our Lord are like an exhortation to endure martyrdom. If you are \npersecuted you ought\, surely\, to make light of any suffering for the sake of \nChrist.
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