Catholic Daily Reading 1st August 2012

"Jer 15:10  Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not

lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.
Jer 15:16  Thy words were found, and I did eat them, and thy word was to me a joy and gladness of my heart: for thy name is

called upon me, O Lord God of hosts.
Jer 15:17  I sat not in the assembly of jesters, nor did I make a boast of the presence of thy hand: I sat alone, because

thou hast filled me with threats.
Jer 15:18  Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the

falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.
Jer 15:19  Therefore thus saith the Lord: If thou wilt be converted, I will convert thee, and thou shalt stand before my

face; and thou wilt separate the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: they shall be turned to thee, and thou

shalt not be turned to them.
Jer 15:20  And I will make thee to this people as a strong wall of brass: and they shall fight against thee, and shall not

prevail: for I am with thee to save thee, and to deliver thee, saith the Lord.
Jer 15:21  And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the mighty."
Jeremiah 15:10,16-21

"Psa 59:2 Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; and defend me from them that rise up against me.
Psa 59:3 Deliver me from them that work iniquity, and save me from bloody men.
Psa 59:4 For behold they have caught my soul: the mighty have rushed in upon me:
Psa 59:10 I will keep my strength to thee: for thou art my protector:
Psa 59:11 My God, his mercy shall prevent me.
Psa 59:17 But I will sing thy strength: and will extol thy mercy in the morning. For thou art become my support, and

my refuge, in the day of my trouble.
Psa 59:18 Unto thee, O my helper, will I sing, for thou art God my defence: my God my mercy."
Psalm 59:2-4,10-11,17,18

"Mat 13:44  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in a field. Which a man having found, hid it, and for joy

thereof goeth, and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.
Mat 13:45  Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good pearls.
Mat 13:46  Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and sold all that he had, and bought it."
Matthew 13:44-46