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August 16, 2003Saturday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Saturday 35 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IJos 24:14-29 Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel at Shechem,and addressed them, saying: "Fear the LORD and serve him completely and sincerely.Cast out the gods your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt,and serve the LORD.If it does not please you to serve the LORD,decide today whom you will serve,the gods your fathers served beyond the Riveror the gods of the Amorites in whose country you are dwelling.As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD."...

December 26, 2002Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr Psalm: Thursday Week 2 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Families Schools Adults Reading IActs 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power,was working great wonders and signs among the people.Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen,Cyrenians, and Alexandrians,and people from Cilicia and Asia,came forward and debated with Stephen,but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which he spoke. When they heard this, they were infuriated,and they ground their teeth at him.But he, filled with the Holy Spirit,looked up intently to heavenand saw the glory of God and Jesus...

August 16, 2002Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday Week 36 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IEz 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63 The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations.Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem:By origin and birth you are of the land of Canaan;your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.As for your birth, the day you were born your navel cord was not cut;you were neither washed with water nor anointed,nor were you rubbed with salt, nor swathed in swaddling clothes.No one...