Wednesday, December 2, 2026

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 25:6-10

⁶And the Lord of hosts shall make unto all people in this mountain, a feast of fat things, a feast of wine, of fat things full of marrow, of wine purified from the lees. ⁷And he shall destroy in this mountain the face of the bond with which all people were tied, and the web that he began over all nations. ⁸He shall cast death down headlong for ever: and the Lord God shall wipe away tears from every face, and the reproach of his people he shall take away from off the whole earth: for the Lord hath spoken it. ⁹And they shall say in that day: Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord, we have patiently waited for him, we shall rejoice and be joyfull in his salvation. ¹⁰For the hand of the Lord shall rest in this mountain: and Moab shall be trodden down under him, as straw is broken in pieces with the wain.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 22:1-6 (Psalm 23 at Mass)

¹The Lord ruleth me: and I shall want nothing. ²He hath set me in a place of pasture. He hath brought me up, on the water of refreshment: ³He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name’s sake. ⁴For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me. ⁵Thou hast prepared a table before me against them that afflict me. Thou hast anointed my head with oil; and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it! ⁶And thy mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord unto length of days.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 15:29-37

²⁹And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea of Galilee. And going up into a mountain, he sat there. ³⁰And there came to him great multitudes, having with them the dumb, the blind, the lame, the maimed, and many others: and they cast them down at his feet, and he healed them: ³¹So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame walk, and the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel. ³²And Jesus called together his disciples, and said: I have compassion on the multitudes, because they continue with me now three days, and have not what to eat, and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. ³³And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude? ³⁴And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said: Seven, and a few little fishes. ³⁵And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground. ³⁶And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the people. ³⁷And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.