Mass Readings for August 2, 2023

Sirach 24:1-4,16,22-24
Psalms 34:5,7,9-10,18-19
Galatians 4:3-7
Luke 1:26-33

Sirach 24:1-4,16,22-24
(1) Wisdom will praise herself, And will glory in the midst of her people. (2) In the congregation of the Most High will she open her mouth, And glory in the presence of his power. (3) I came forth from the mouth of the Most High, And covered the earth as a mist. (4) I lived in high places, And my throne is in the pillar of the cloud. (16) As the terebinth I stretched out my branches; And my branches are branches of glory and grace. (22) He that obeys me will not be ashamed; And those who work in me will not do amiss. (23) All these things are the book of the covenant of the Most High God, Even the law which Moses commanded us for a heritage to the assemblies of Jacob. (24)

Psalms 34:5,7,9-10,18-19
(5) They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. (7) Yahweh’s angel encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them. (9) Oh fear Yahweh, you his saints, for there is no lack with those who fear him. (10) The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing. (18) Yahweh is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves those who have a crushed spirit. (19) Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.

Galatians 4:3-7
(3) So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental principles of the world. (4) But when the fullness of the time came, God sent out his Son, born to a woman, born under the law, (5) that he might redeem those who were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of children. (6) And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!” (7) So you are no longer a bondservant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.

Luke 1:26-33
(26) Now in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, (27) to a virgin pledged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. (28) Having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!” (29) But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be. (30) The angel said to her, “Don’t be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. (31) Behold, you will conceive in your womb, and give birth to a son, and will call his name ‘Jesus.’ (32) He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David, (33) and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever. There will be no end to his Kingdom.”