Thursday, Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time - St Maximillian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr

Send us Fan MailThursday, 14 August 2025Thursday, Nineteenth week in Ordinary Time St Maximillian Kolbe, Priest and MartyrAntiphons on page 1716 and readings on page 1156 of the Daily MissalFirst Reading: Joshua 3:7-10a.11.13-17In those days: The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. And you shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, ‘When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.’” And Joshua said to the Israelites, “Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.” And Joshua said, “Hereby, you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites.  Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is to pass over before you into the Jordan.And when the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan shall be stopped from flowing, and the waters coming down from above shall stand in one heap”.So when the people sit out from there tents, to pass over the Jordan with the priest sparing the ark of the covenant before the people, and when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan, and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were dipped in the brink of the water (the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest), the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off,at Adam, the city that is besides Zarethan, and those fowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over opposite Jericho. And while all Israel were passing over on dry ground,the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 114:1-2.3-4.5-6R/. AlleluiaWhen Israel came forth from Egypt,the house of Jacob from a foreign people,Judah became his temple,Israel became his domain.The sea beheld them and fled;the Jordan turned back on its course.The mountains leapt like rams,and the hills like yearling sheep.Why was it, sea, that you fled;that you turned back, Jordan, on your course?O mountains, that you leapt like rams;O hills, like yearling sheep?R/. AlleluiaGospel: Matthew 18:21-19:1At that time: Peter came up and said to Jesus, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me,and I forgive him?As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but, seventy times seven. “Therefore, the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his servants. When he began the reckoning, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents; and as he could not pay, his lord ordered him to be sold, with his wife and children and all that he had,and payment to be made. So the servant fell on his knees, imploring him, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you everything.’ And out of pity for him, the lord of that servant released him and forgave him the debt. But that same servant, as he went out, came upon one