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Saturday, July 18, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

Blessed Virgin Mary or Saint Camillus de Lellis, Priest or Saturday in the 14th week of Ordinary Time

Prayer Hours

About Today

Invitatory

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Office of Readings

Morning Prayer

Midmorning Prayer

Midday Prayer

Midafternoon Prayer

Evening Prayer I

Night Prayer I

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Mass Readings

Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

First Reading

Micah 2:1-5

Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance. Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am planning against this race an evil from which you shall not withdraw your necks; Nor shall you walk with head high, for it will be a time of evil. On that day a satire shall be sung over you, ...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 10:1-2, 3-4, 7-8, 14

Refrain: Do not forget the poor, O Lord!

Gospel

Matthew 12:14-21

The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realized this, he withdrew from that place. Many people followed him, and he cured them all, but he warned them not to make him known. This was to fulfill what had been spoken through Isaiah the prophet: Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved in whom I delight; I shall place my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not contend or cry out, nor will anyone hear his vo...

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