The Catholic Community Forum

July 23 through August 20, 2000

Sunday, July 23
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalms 23:1-6; Ephesians 2:13-18; Mark 6:30-34

Monday, July 24
Micah 6:1-4,6-8; Psalms 50:5-6,8-9,16-17,21,23; Matthew 12:38-42

Tuesday, July 25
Feast: Saint James, apostle
2 Corinthians 4:7-15; Psalms 126:1-6; Matthew 20:20-28

Wednesday, July 26
Obligatory Memorial: Saints Joachim and Ann, parents of Mary
Jeremiah 1:1,4-10; Psalms 71:1-6,15,17; Matthew 13:1-9

Thursday, July 27
Jeremiah 2:1-3,7-8,12-13; Psalms 36:6-11; Matthew 13:10-17

Friday, July 28
Jeremiah 3:14-17; (Responsorial) Jeremiah 31:10-13; Matthew 13:18-23

Saturday, July 29
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Martha
Jeremiah 7:1-11; Psalms 84:3-6,8,11; John 11:19-27 or Luke 10:38-42

Sunday, July 30
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 4:42-44; Psalms 145:10-11,15-16,17-18; Ephesians 4:1-6 ; John 6:1-15

Monday, July 31
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Ignatius of Loyola, priest
Jeremiah 13:1-11; (Responsorial) Daniel 32:18-21; Matthew 13:31-35

Tuesday, August 1
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Alphonsus Liguori, bishop and doctor
Jeremiah 14:17-22; Psalms 79:8-9,11,13; Matthew 13:36-43

Wednesday, August 2
Optional Memorial: Saint Eusebius of Vercelli, bishop
Jeremiah 15:10,16-21; Psalms 59:2-4,10-11,17-18; Matthew 13:44-46

Thursday, August 3
Jeremiah 18:1-6; Psalms 146:1-6; Matthew 13:47-53

Friday, August 4
Obligatory Memorial: Saint John Vianney, priest
Jeremiah 26:1-9; Psalms 69:5,8-10,14; Matthew 13:54-58

Saturday, August 5
Optional Memorial: Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome
Jeremiah 26:11-16,24; Psalms 69:15-16,20-21; Matthew 14:1-12

Sunday, August 6
Feast: Transfiguration of the Lord
Daniel 7:9-10,13-14; Psalms 97:1-2,5-6,9 ; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mark 9:2-10

Monday, August 7
Optional Memorial: Saint Sixtus II, pope and martyr, and companions, martyrs
Jeremiah 28:1-17; Psalms 119:29,43,79-80,95,102; Matthew 14:13-21

Tuesday, August 8
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Dominic, priest
Jeremiah 30:1-2,12-15,18-22; Psalms 102:16-23,29; Matthew 14:22-36

Wednesday, August 9
Jeremiah 31:1-7; (Responsorial) Jeremiah 31:10-13; Matthew 15:21-28

Thursday, August 10
Feast: Saint Lawrence, deacon and martyr
2 Corinthians 9:6-10; Psalms 112:1-2,5-9; John 12:24-26

Friday, August 11
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Clare, virgin
Nahum 2:1,3,3:1-3,6-7; (Responsorial) Deuteronomy 32:35-36,39-41; Matthew 16:24-28

Saturday, August 12
Optional Memorial: Blessed Virgin Mary
Hebrews 1:12-2:4; Psalms 9:8-13; Matthew 17:14-20

Sunday, August 13
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalms 34:2-9; Ephesians 4:30-5:2; John 6:41-51

Monday, August 14
Obligatory Memorial: Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, priest and martyr
Ezekiel 1:2-5,24-28c; Psalms 148:1-2,11-14; Matthew 17:22-27

(Assumption Vigil)
1 Chronicles 15:3-4,15-16;16:1-2; Psalms 132:6-7,9-10,13-14; 1 Corinthians 15:54b-57; Luke 11:27-28

Tuesday, August 15
Solemnity: Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven
Revelation 11:19a;12:1-6a,10ab; Psalms 45:10bc,11-12ab,16; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56

Wednesday, August 16
Optional Memorial: Saint Stephen of Hungary
Ezekiel 9:1-7;10:18-22; Psalms 113:1-6; Matthew 18:15-20

Thursday, August 17
Ezekiel 12:1-12; Psalms 78:56-59,61-62; Matthew 18:21-19:1

Friday, August 18
Ezekiel 16:1-15,60,63 or Ezekiel 16:59-63; (Responsorial) Is 12:2-6; Matthew 19:3-12

Saturday, August 19
Optional Memorial: Saint John Eudes, priest
Ezekiel 18:1-10,13b,30-32; Psalms 51:12-15,18-19; Matthew 19:13-15

Sunday, August 20
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Proverbs 9:1-6; Psalms 34:2-7; Ephesians 5:15-20; John 6:51-58