14/08/2019
August 14, 2019
Wednesday of Week 19; St. Maximilian Kolbe
FIRST READING
Deuteronomy 34:1–12
Moses went up from the plains of Moab to
Mount Nebo, the headland of Pisgah which
faces Jericho, and the LORD showed him all
the land— Gilead, and as far as Dan, all
Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
all the land of Judah as far as the Western
Sea, the Negeb, the circuit of the Jordan with
the lowlands at Jericho, city of palms, and as
far as Zoar. The LORD then said to him, "This
is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac,
and Jacob that I would give to their
descendants. I have let you feast your eyes
upon it, but you shall not cross over." So
there, in the land of Moab, Moses, the
servant of the LORD, died as the LORD had
said; and he was buried in the ravine
opposite Beth–peor in the land of Moab, but
to this day no one knows the place of his
burial. Moses was one hundred and twenty
years old when he died, yet his eyes were
undimmed and his vigor unabated. For
thirty days the children of Israel wept for
Moses in the plains of Moab, till they had
completed the period of grief and mourning
for Moses.
Now Joshua, son of Nun, was filled with the
spirit of wisdom, since Moses had laid his
hands upon him; and so the children of
Israel gave him their obedience, thus
carrying out the LORD's command to Moses.
Since then no prophet has arisen in Israel
like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to
face. He had no equal in all the signs and
wonders the LORD sent him to perform in
the land of Egypt against Pharaoh and all his
servants and against all his land, and for the
might and the terrifying power that Moses
exhibited in the sight of all Israel.
RESPONSORIAL PSALM
Psalm 66:1–3a, 5 and 8, 16–17
R. (see 20a and 10b) Blessed be God who
filled my soul with fire!
Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; sing
praise to the glory of his name; proclaim his
glorious praise. Say to God: "How
tremendous are your deeds!"
R. Blessed be God who filled my soul with
fire!
Come and see the works of God, his
tremendous deeds among the children of
Adam. Bless our God, you peoples; loudly
sound his praise.
R. Blessed be God who filled my soul with
fire!
Hear now, all you who fear God, while I
declare what he has done for me. When I
appealed to him in words, praise was on the
tip of my tongue.
R. Blessed be God who filled my soul with
fire!
ALLELUIA
2 Corinthians 5:19
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
God was reconciling the world to himself in
Christ, and entrusting to us the message of
reconciliation.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
GOSPEL
Matthew 18:15–20
Jesus said to his disciples:
"If your brother sins against you, go and tell
him his fault between you and him alone. If
he listens to you, you have won over your
brother. If he does not listen, take one or
two others along with you, so that every fact
may be established on the testimony of two
or three witnesses. If he refuses to listen to
them, tell the Church. If he refuses to listen
even to the Church, then treat him as you
would a Gentile or a tax collector. Amen, I
say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall
be bound in heaven, and whatever you
loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you
agree on earth about anything for which
they are to pray, it shall be granted to them
by my heavenly Father. For where two or
three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them.