Tuesday, August 05, 2025

DR Squared: Optional Memorial Of The Dedication Of The Basilica Of Saint Mary Major In Rome

First Reading:  Revelation 21:1-5a
And I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the first earth was gone, and the sea is now no more. And I John saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the tabernacle of God with men, and he will dwell with them. And they shall be his people; and God himself with them shall be their God. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall be no more, nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for the former things are passed away. And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new.
Responsorial Psalm:  Judith 15:10c; V. 13:23bc-24ab, 25bc
R.  (T)hou art the honour of our people: 

V.  Blessed art thou, O daughter, by the Lord the most high God,
     above all women upon the earth.
     Blessed be the Lord
     who made heaven and earth,

V.  (T)hy praise shall not depart out of the mouth of men
     who shall be mindful of the power of the Lord for ever,
Gospel Reading:  Luke 11:27-28
And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee, and the paps that gave thee suck. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God, and keep it.
The readings from the USCCB can be found here.

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