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The Passion of St. John the Baptist of Tuesday August 29, 2023

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August 29, 2023

(Cf. Psalm 119 [118]:46-47)
I spoke, O Lord, of your decrees before kings, and was not confounded; I pondered your commands and loved them greatly.

Texts of the day

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First reading

Reading (1 Thessalonians 2:1-8)

You yourselves know, brothers and sisters, that our reception among you was not without effect. Rather, after we had suffered and been insolently treated, as you know, in Philippi, we drew courage through our God to speak to you the...

Responsorial Psalm (Psalm 139:1-3, 4-6)

O LORD, you have probed me and you know me; you know when I sit and when I stand; you understand my thoughts from afar. My journeys and my rest you scrutinize, with all...

Gospel (Mark 6:17-29)

Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to...