Catholic Daily Reading 13th August 2012

"Eze 1:2  On the fifth day of the month, the same was the fifth year of the captivity of king Joachin,
Eze 1:3  The word of the Lord came to Ezechiel the priest the son of Buzi in the land of the Chaldeans, by the river Chobar:

and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
Eze 1:4  And I saw, and behold a whirlwind came out of the north: and a great cloud, and a fire infolding it, and brightness

was about it: and out of the midst thereof, that is, out of the midst of the fire, as it were the resemblance of amber:
Eze 1:5  And in the midst thereof the likeness of four living creatures: and this was their appearance: there was the

likeness of a man in them.
Eze 1:24  And I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of many waters, as it were the voice of the most high God:

when they walked, it was like the voice of a multitude, like the noise of an army, and when they stood, their wings were let

down.
Eze 1:25  For when a voice came from above the firmament, that was over their heads, they stood, and let down their wings.
Eze 1:26  And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of the sapphire

stone, and upon the likeness of the throne, was the likeness of the appearance of a man above upon it.
Eze 1:27  And I saw as it were the resemblance of amber as the appearance of fire within it round about: from his loins and

upward, and from his loins downward, I saw as it were the resemblance of fire shining round about.
Eze 1:28  As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness

round about."
Ezekiel 1:2-5,24-28

"Psa 148:1  Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places.
Psa 148:2  Praise ye him, all his angels, praise ye him, all his hosts.
Psa 148:11  Kings of the earth and all people: princes and all judges of the earth:
Psa 148:12  Young men and maidens: let the old with the younger, praise the name of the Lord:
Psa 148:13  For his name alone is exalted.
Psa 148:14  The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints

to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia."
Psalm 148:1-2,11-14

"Mat 17:22 And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man shall be betrayed into the

hands of men:
Mat 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again. And they were troubled exceedingly.
Mat 17:24 And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him:

Doth not your master pay the didrachma?
Mat 17:25 He said: Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying: What is thy opinion,

Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom, of their own children, or of strangers?
Mat 17:26 And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free.
Mat 17:27 But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first

come up, take: and when thou hast opened it's mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and

thee."
Matthew 17:22-27