A Reading from the Book of Revelation
Rev 21:5-7 Text source: Douay-Rheims Bible Download Ambo to get today’s readings in a different English Bible translation.
And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write, for these words are most faithful and true. And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega; the beginning and the end. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the water of life, freely. He that shall overcome shall possess these things, and I will be his God; and he shall be my son.
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8 Text source: Douay-Rheims Bible Download Ambo to get today’s readings in a different English Bible translation.
If it had not been that the Lord was with us, When men rose up against us, perhaps they had swallowed us up alive. When their fury was enkindled against us,
perhaps the waters had swallowed us up. Our soul hath passed through a torrent: perhaps our soul had passed through a water insupportable.
Our soul hath been delivered as a sparrow out of the snare of the fowlers. The snare is broken, and we are delivered. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Matt 10:28-33 Text source: Douay-Rheims Bible Download Ambo to get today’s readings in a different English Bible translation.
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows. Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven. But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.
