Saturday, July 31, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Leviticus 25:1, 8-17

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying:

⁸Thou shalt also number to thee seven weeks of years, that is to say, seven times seven, which together make forty-nine years: ⁹And thou shalt sound the trumpet in the seventh month, the tenth day of the month, in the time of the expiation in all your land. ¹⁰And thou shalt sanctify the fiftieth year, and shalt proclaim remission to all the inhabitants of thy land: for it is the year of jubilee. Every man shall return to his possession, and every one shall go back to his former family: ¹¹Because it is the jubilee and the fiftieth year. You shall not sow, nor reap the things that grow in the field of their own accord, neither shall you gather the firstfruits of the vines, ¹²Because of the sanctification of the jubilee: but as they grow you shall presently eat them. ¹³In the year of the jubilee all shall return to their possessions. ¹⁴When thou shalt sell any thing to thy neighbour, or shalt buy of him; grieve not thy brother: but thou shalt buy of him according to the number of years from the jubilee. ¹⁵And he shall sell to thee according to the computation of the fruits. ¹⁶The more years remain after the jubilee, the more shall the price increase: and the less time is counted, so much the less shall the purchase cost. For he shall sell to thee the time of the fruits. ¹⁷Do not afflict your countrymen, but let every one fear his God: because I am the Lord your God.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 66:2-3, 5, 7-8 (Psalm 67 at Mass)

²May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us. ³That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.

⁵Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

⁷The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us, ⁸May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 14:1-12

¹At the time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus. ²And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew forth themselves in him. ³For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother’s wife. ⁴For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her. ⁵And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet. ⁶But on Herod’s birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod. ⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him. ⁸But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist. ⁹And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to be given. ¹⁰And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother. ¹²And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus.