Daily Mass Readings For Saturday, August 9, 2025
Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 :
Deuteronomy 6:4-13
Alleluia :
See 2 Timothy 1:10
Gospel :
Matthew 17:14-20
Liturgical vestments: Green
Saturday, August 9, 2025: Readings & Responsorial Psalm & Gospel
Each day, the Mass readings invite us into a deeper encounter with God. Through Scripture, we hear His voice speaking to our hearts, guiding us, comforting us, and calling us to a life of holiness. The Word of God is not just a story from the past; it is alive, relevant, and transformative.
Every reading is an opportunity for grace. Some days, the words challenge us to grow; other days, they console us in our struggles. But always, they nourish our souls, strengthening our faith and drawing us closer to Christ.
Let us open our hearts to the Word of God daily. May we not just hear it but live it, allowing it to shape our actions and deepen our love for Him. Lord, speak to us today, and help us to follow You more faithfully. Amen.
Reading 1
Deuteronomy 6:4-13
Moses said to the people:
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!
Therefore, you shall love the LORD, your God,
with all your heart,
and with all your soul,
and with all your strength.
Take to heart these words which I enjoin on you today.
Drill them into your children.
Speak of them at home and abroad, whether you are busy or at rest.
Bind them at your wrist as a sign
and let them be as a pendant on your forehead.
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
"When the LORD, your God, brings you into the land which he swore
to your fathers: Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
that he would give you,
a land with fine, large cities that you did not build,
with houses full of goods of all sorts that you did not garner,
with cisterns that you did not dig,
with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant;
and when, therefore, you eat your fill,
take care not to forget the LORD,
who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery.
The LORD, your God, shall you fear;
him shall you serve, and by his name shall you swear."
Alleluia
See 2 Timothy 1:10
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Our Savior Jesus Christ has destroyed death
and brought life to light through the Gospel.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said,
"Lord, have pity on my son, who is a lunatic and suffers severely;
often he falls into fire, and often into water.
I brought him to your disciples, but they could not cure him."
Jesus said in reply,
"O faithless and perverse generation, how long will I be with you?
How long will I endure you?
Bring the boy here to me."
Jesus rebuked him and the demon came out of him,
and from that hour the boy was cured.
Then the disciples approached Jesus in private and said,
"Why could we not drive it out?"
He said to them, "Because of your little faith.
Amen, I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you will say to this mountain,
'Move from here to there,' and it will move.
Nothing will be impossible for you."
Reflection
“With the faithful trust in God’s word, we shall be well able to command a great mountain of tribulation to void from the place where it stood in our heart; whereas with a very feeble faith and a faint, we shall be scant able to remove a little hillock.” (Saint Thomas More)
“Each one of us in our own daily lives can testify to Christ by the power of God, the power of faith. And how do we draw from this strength? We draw it from God in prayer. Prayer is the breath of faith.” (Francis)
“Now, however, ‘we walk by faith, not by sight’ (2 Cor 5:7) (…). Faith can be put to the test. The world we live in often seems very far from the one promised us by faith (...).” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 164)
Saint of the Day
This brilliant German-Jewish philosopher became a Carmelite nun who embraced the “knowledge of the Cross.” A co-patron of Europe whose feast is celebrated on August 9, she offered her life and her martyrdom at Auschwitz for the sake of the suffering Jewish people and for the peace of the world.
Read all...
View all...
Saint of the Day - View more