Tuesday, 4 August 2026 Tuesday, Eighteenth Week of Ordinary Time – Year II Memorial – St John Vianney, Priest Antiphons on p. 1920 and Readings on p. 1125 of the Daily Missal.

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon.Your priests, O Lord, shall be clothed with justice, your holy ones shall ring out their joy.First Reading: Jeremiah 30:1-2.12-15.18-22A reading from the Book of Jeremiah.The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: “Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you:‘For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable, and your wound is grievous.There is none to uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing for you.All your lovers have forgotten you; they care nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant.Why do you cry out over your hurt? Your pain is incurable. Because your guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you.’‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob, and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt upon its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be.Out of them shall come songs of thanksgiving, and the voices of those who make merry. I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will make them honoured, and they shall not be small.Their children shall be as they were of old, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all who oppress them. Their prince shall be one of themselves, their ruler shall come forth from their midst; I will make him draw near, and he shall approach me, for who would dare of himself to approach me? says the Lord. And you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 102:16-18.19-21.29 & 22-23 (R> 17)R/. The Lord shall build up Sion, he will appear in all his glory.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.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 children of your servants shall dwell untroubled,and their descendants established before you.May the name of the Lord be proclaimed in Sion,and his praise in Jerusalem,when peoples and kingdoms are gathered as oneto offer their worship to the Lord.R/. The Lord shall build up Sion, he will appear in all his glory.Alleluia, Alleluia.Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 15: 1-2, 10-14A reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew.At that time, Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, “Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat.” And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: not what goes into the mouth defiles a man, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.” Then the disciples came and said to him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this saying?” He answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. |Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”The Gospel of the Lord.Communion Antiphon.Blessed is the servant whom the Lord finds watching when he comes. Amen I say to you, he will put that servant in charge of all his property.