July 16, 2023As for me, in justice I shall behold your face; I shall be filled with the vision of your glory.
Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread...
You have visited the land and watered it; greatly have you enriched it. God's watercourses are filled; you have prepared the grain. R. Thus have you prepared the land: drenching its furrows, breaking up...
Brothers and sisters: I consider that the sufferings of this present time are as nothing compared with the glory to be revealed for us. For creation awaits with eager expectation the revelation of the children of God; for creation was...
The shorter version ends at the asterisks. A reading from the holy Gospel according to Matthew. Glory to you, O Lord. O n that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered...
Today’s readings and gospel touch our senses. We can see the rain and snow falling, enriching the land. Women who have brought children into the world know the pains of childbirth, and if we have witnessed a baby being born,...