Wednesday, 26 August 2026 Wednesday, 21st Week in Ordinary Time, Year II Antiphons on page 1192 and Readings on page 1204 of the Daily Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance Antiphon:Turn your ear, O Lord, and answer me; save the servant who trusts in you, my God. Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry to you all the day long.First Reading: 2 Thessalonians 3:6-10, 16-18A reading from the Second Letter of Saint Paul to the ThessaloniansWe command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from any brother who is living in idleness and not in accord with the tradition that you received from us. For you yourselves know how you ought to imitate us; we were not idle when we were with you, we did not eat any one’s bread without paying, but with toil and labour we worked night and day, that we might not burden any of you. It was not because we have not that right, but to give you in our conduct an example to imitate. For even when we were with you, we gave you this command: If any one will not work, let him not eat. Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times in all ways. The Lord be with you all.I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. This is the mark in every letter of mine; it is the way I write. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.The Word of the LordResponsorial psalm: Psalm 128: 1-2, 4-5 (R. 1a) R./ Blessed are all who fear the Lord.Blessed are all who fear the Lord,and walk in his ways!By the labour of your hands you shall eat.You will be blessed and prosper.Indeed thus shall be blessedthe man who fear the Lord.May the Lord bless you from Sion.May you see Jerusalem prosperall the days of your life!R./ Blessed are all who fear the Lord.Alleluia, alleluia.Whoever keeps Christ’s word, in him truly love for God is perfected.Alleluia.Gospel: Matthew 23:27-32A reading from the Holy Gospel according to MatthewAt that time: Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like whitewashed tombs, which outwardly appear beautiful, but within they are full of dead men’s bones and all uncleanness. So you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, saying, ‘If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’ Thus you witness against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. Fill up, then, the measure of your ancestors.”The Gospel of the LordCommunion Antiphon:The earth is replete with the fruits of your work, O Lord; you bring forth bread from the earth, and wine to cheer the heart.