Daily Scriptures: August 5 – August 19, 2012

Sunday, Aug. 5   
18th Sunday in ordinary time
Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15
Ephesians 4:17, 20-24
John 6:24-35

Monday, Aug. 6
Transfiguration of the Lord
Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14
2 Peter 1:16-19
Mark 9:2-10

Tuesday, Aug. 7
St. Sixtus II, pope, and companions, martyrs; St. Cajetan, priest
Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22
Matthew 14:22-36

Wednesday, Aug. 8
St. Dominic, priest
Jeremiah 31:1-7
Matthew 15:21-28

Thursday, Aug. 9     
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, virgin and martyr
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Matthew 16:13-23

Friday, Aug. 10
St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr 
2 Corinthians 9:6-10
John 12:24-26

Saturday, Aug. 11
St. Clare, virgin 
Habakkuk 1:12-2:4
Matthew 17:14-20

Sunday, Aug. 12
19th Sunday in ordinary time
1 Kings 19:4-8
Ephesians 4:30-5:2
John 6:41-51

Monday, Aug. 13   
Sts. Pontian, pope, and Hippolytus, priest, martyrs
Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28c
Matthew 17:22-27

Tuesday, Aug. 14    
St. Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr
Ezekiel 2:8-3:4
Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14

Wednesday, Aug. 15   
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (holy day of obligation)
Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab
1 Corinthians 15:20-27
Luke 1:39-56

Thursday, Aug. 16
St. Stephen of Hungary
Ezekiel 12:1-12
Matthew 18:21-19:1

Friday, Aug. 17  
Ezekiel 16:1-15, 60, 63
Matthew 19:3-12

Saturday, Aug. 18    
Ezekiel 18:1-10, 13b, 30-32
Matthew 19:13-15

Sunday, Aug. 19   
20th Sunday in ordinary time
Proverbs 9:1-6
Ephesians 5:15-20
John 6:51-58