Daily readings: August 8 - August 14

Scripture readings for the Ordinary and Extraordinary Forms

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Divine Office Week III

Ordinary Form

Monday, August 9: St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin, Martyr, patron of Europe
Ez 1:2-5, 24-28c; Ps 148; Mt 17:22-27
Tuesday, August 10: St Lawrence, Deacon, Martyr
2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112; Jn 12:24-26
Wednesday, August 11: St Clare, Virgin, Ez 9:1-7; 10:18-22; Ps 113; Mt 18:15-20
Thursday, August 12: Weekday in Ordinary Time or St Jane Frances de Chantal
Ez 12:1-12; Ps 78; Mt 18:21–19:1
Friday, August 13: Weekday in Ordinary Time or Ss Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
Ez 16:1-15, 60, 63 or Ez 16:59-63 Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Mt 19:3-12
Saturday, August 14: St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest, Martyr
Ez 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32; Ps 51;
Mt 19:13-15

Extraordinary Form

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