Saturday, December 5, 2026

Douay-Rheims: Isaias 30:19-21, 23-26

¹⁹For the people of Sion shall dwell in Jerusalem: weeping thou shalt not weep, he will surely have pity on thee: at the voice of thy cry, as soon as he shall hear, he will answer thee. ²⁰And the Lord will give you spare bread, and short water: and will not cause thy teacher to flee away from thee any more, and thy eyes shall see thy teacher. ²¹And thy ears shall hear the word of one admonishing thee behind thy back: This is the way, walk ye in it: and go not aside neither to the right hand, nor to the left.

²³And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession: ²⁴And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor. ²⁵And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall. ²⁶And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 146:1-6 (Psalm 147 at Mass)

¹Praise ye the Lord, because psalm is good: to our God be joyful and comely praise. ²The Lord buildeth up Jerusalem: he will gather together the dispersed of Israel. ³Who healeth the broken of heart, and bindeth up their bruises. ⁴Who telleth the number of the stars: and calleth them all by their names. ⁵Great is our Lord, and great is his power: and of his wisdom there is no number. ⁶The Lord lifteth up the meek, and bringeth the wicked down even to the ground.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 9:35-38; 10:1, 5-8

^9:35And Jesus went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity. ³⁶And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd. ³⁷Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few. ³⁸Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth labourers into his harvest.

^10:1And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the Gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not. ⁶But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.