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Wednesday, August 19, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

Saint John Eudes, Priest or Wednesday in the 19th week of Ordinary Time

Prayer Hours

Invitatory

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Office of Readings

Morning Prayer

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Midmorning Prayer

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Midday Prayer

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Midafternoon Prayer

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Evening Prayer

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Night Prayer

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Mass Readings

Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

First Reading

Ezekiel 34:1-11

The word of the Lord came to me: Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, in these words prophesy to them to the shepherds: Thus says the Lord GOD: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been pasturing themselves! Should not shepherds, rather, pasture sheep? You have fed off their milk, worn their wool, and slaughtered the fatlings, but the sheep you have not pastured. You did not strengthen the weak nor heal the sick nor bind up the injured. You did not bring back the strayed nor ...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6

Refrain: The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.

Gospel

Matthew 20:1-16

Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with them for the usual daily wage, he sent them into his vineyard. Going out about nine o'clock, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace, and he said to them, 'You too go into my vineyard, and I will give you what is just.' So they went off. And he went out again around noon, and around three o'clock, and did likewise. Going out about fi...

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