Mass Readings for August 4, 2023

Leviticus 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37
Psalms 81:3-6,10-11
Matthew 13:54-58

Leviticus 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37
(1) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (4) “‘These are the set feasts of Yahweh, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their appointed season. (5) In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover. (6) On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. (7) In the first day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work. (8) But you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh seven days. In the seventh day is a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work.’” (9) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (10) “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: (11) and he shall wave the sheaf before Yahweh, to be accepted for you. On the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it. (15) “‘You shall count from the next day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven Sabbaths shall be completed: (16) even to the next day after the seventh Sabbath you shall count fifty days; and you shall offer a new meal offering to Yahweh. (27) “However on the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement: it shall be a holy convocation to you, and you shall afflict yourselves; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. (34) “Speak to the children of Israel, and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the feast of tents for seven days to Yahweh. (35) On the first day shall be a holy convocation: you shall do no regular work. (36) Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. On the eighth day shall be a holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no regular work. (37) “‘These are the appointed feasts of Yahweh, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering, and a meal offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, each on its own day—

Psalms 81:3-6,10-11
(3) Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. (4) For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. (5) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know. (6) “I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket. (10) I am Yahweh, your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. (11) But my people didn’t listen to my voice. Israel desired none of me.

Matthew 13:54-58
(54) Coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? (55) Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t his mother called Mary, and his brothers, James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? (56) Aren’t all of his sisters with us? Where then did this man get all of these things?” (57) They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.” (58) He didn’t do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.