Thursday 16 July 2026 (other days)
Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary Time
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Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).
| First reading |
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| Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 |
‘You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!’
The path of the righteous is level;
you make level the way of the righteous.
In the path of your judgements,
O Lord, we wait for you;
your name and remembrance
are the desire of our soul.
My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgements are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
O Lord, you will ordain peace for us,
for you have indeed done for us all our works.
O Lord, in distress they sought you;
they poured out a whispered prayer
when your discipline was upon them.
Like a pregnant woman
who writhes and cries out in her pangs
when she is near to giving birth,
so were we because of you, O Lord;
we were pregnant, we writhed,
but we have given birth to wind.
We have accomplished no deliverance in the earth,
and the inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise.
You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!
For your dew is a dew of light,
and the earth will give birth to the dead.
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 102(101):13-14ab, 15. 16-18. 19-21. ℟20b |
The Lord looked down from heaven to the earth.
You, O Lord, are enthroned for ever,
and your renown is from age to age.
You will arise and take pity on Sion,
for this is the time to have mercy.
Behold, your servants love her very stones,
are moved to pity for her dust.
The Lord looked down from heaven to the earth.
The nations shall fear the name of the Lord,
and all the earth’s kings your glory.
When the Lord shall build up Sion,
he will appear in all his glory.
Then he will turn to the prayers of the helpless;
he will not despise their prayers.
The Lord looked down from heaven to the earth.
Let this be written for ages to come,
that a people yet unborn may praise the Lord;
The Lord looked down from his holy place on high,
looked down from heaven to the earth,
to hear the groans of the prisoners,
and free those condemned to die.
The Lord looked down from heaven to the earth.
| Gospel Acclamation | Matthew 11:28 |
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Alleluia, alleluia.
Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, says the Lord,
and I will give you rest.
Alleluia.
| Gospel |
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| Matthew 11:28-30 |
‘Come to me, all who labour.’
At that time: Jesus declared, ‘Come to me, all who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.’
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