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SUMMARY:Skema
DESCRIPTION:Biblical Readings for Office and Mass\n18th Week in Ordinary Time\n\n\nMass Readings: Sunday (A)\, Weekdays (II)\nAugust 2 – 8\, 2026\n\n\n\nSun\n2\nMon\n3\nTue\n4\nWed\n5\nThu\n6\nFri\n7\nSat\n8\n\n\nOffice\n18th Sunday\nWeekday\nSt John Vianney\nWeekday\nTransfiguration of the Lord\nSt Cajetan\nSt Dominic\n\n\nVigils\n1 Mac 4:26-61\n1 Mac 5:1-23\n1 Mac 5:24-44\n1 Mac 5:45-68\n2 Cor 3:7-4:6\n1 Mac 6:1-17\n1 Mac 6:18-41\n\n\nLauds\nJoel 1:1-8\nJoel 1:9-12\nJoel 1:13-20\nJoel 2:1-6\nSir 48:1-11\nJoel 2:7-11\nJoel 2:12-17\n\n\nMass\n112\n407\n408\n409\n614\n411\n412\n\n\n1st\nIsa 55:1-3\nJer 28:1-17\nJer 30:1-2\, 12-15\, 18-22\nJer 31:1-7\nDan 7:9-10\, 13-14\nNah 2:1\, 3; 3:1-3\, 6-7\nHab 1:12-2:4\n\n\n2nd\nRom 8:35\, 37-39\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGospel\nMatt 14:13-21\nMatt 14:22-36\nMatt 15:1-2\, 10-14\nMatt 15:21-28\nMatt 17:1-9\nMatt 16:24-28\nMatt 17:14-20\n\n\nVespers\n2 Timothy 1:1-8\n2 Tim 1:9-18\n2 Tim 2:1-7\n2 Tim 2:8-13\n1 Jn 5:9-12\n2 Tim 2:14-19\n2 Tim 2:20-26
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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading - 18th Sunday
DESCRIPTION:A reading from \nST EPHREM THE SYRIAN \n◊◊◊ \nOur Lord in a desert place changed a few loaves into many\, and at Cana \nturned water into wine. Thus before the time came to give men and women his \nown body and blood to feed on\, he accustomed their palates to his bread and \nwine\, giving them a taste of transitory bread and wine to teach them to delight in \nhis life-giving body and blood. He gave them things of little value for nothing to \nmake them understand that his supreme gift would be given yet more freely. He \ngave them for nothing what they would have bought from him\, what in fact they \nwanted to buy to teach them that he asked them for no payment. When it was \nnot permitted them to give him the price of bread and wine\, which they could \nhave done\, they certainly could not pay him for his body and blood. \nMoreover\, as well as giving freely he lovingly cajoled us\, offering us these \nsmall things without charge to attract us and cause us to go and receive \nsomething greater and beyond all price. He awakened our desire by things \npleasing to the palate in order to draw us to that which gives life to the soul. He \ngave a sweet taste to the wine he created to show how great is the treasure \nhidden in his life-giving blood. \nConsider how his creative power penetrates everything. Our Lord took a \nlittle bread\, and in the twinkling of an eye multiplied it. Work that would take us \nten months to accomplish he did with his ten fingers in a moment. His hands \nwere as earth beneath the bread and his voice was as thunder above it. The \nmovement of his lips acted as dew\, the breath of his mouth as sunlight\, and in a \nbrief moment he accomplished what normally takes much time. Thus the \nshortage was forgotten\, many loaves came from few as in the first blessing: Be \nfruitful and multiply and fill the earth. \nThe Lord also showed to those to whom he gave his precepts the power of \nhis holy word\, and how swiftly he would reward those who accepted it. \nNevertheless\, he did not increase the number of loaves as much as he could have \ndone\, but only enough to satisfy those who were to eat them. His power was not \nthe measure of his miracle\, but the people’s hunger. Had his miracle been \nmeasured by his power it would have been a victory beyond all measure. \nMeasured by the hunger of thousands\, there was a surplus of twelve baskets full. \nHumans who practice any craft always fall short of their customer’s desires – \nthey are unable to meet their requirements; but what God does goes beyond \nanyone’s desire. The Lord said: Gather up what remains so that nothing is \nwasted because he wanted to be sure they would not think they had seen a \nvision. When the fragments had been kept for a day or two they would believe \nthat the Lord had really done this\, and they had not just imagined it.
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