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Thursday, August 20, 2026

Liturgy of the Hours

Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

Prayer Hours

About Today

Invitatory

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Office of Readings - Memorial

Morning Prayer - Memorial

Midmorning Prayer

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Midday Prayer

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Midafternoon Prayer

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Evening Prayer - Memorial

Night Prayer

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Mass Readings

Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church

First Reading

Ezekiel 36:23-28

Thus says the LORD: I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it. Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD, when in their sight I prove my holiness through you. For I will take you away from among the nations, gather you from all the foreign lands, and bring you back to your own land. I will sprinkle clean water upon you to cleanse you from all your impurities, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. I wi...

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 51:12-13, 14-15, 18-19

Refrain: I will pour clean water on you and wash away all your sins.

Gospel

Matthew 22:1-14

Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying, “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast, but they refused to come. A second time he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell those invited: “Behold, I have prepared my banquet, my calves and fattened cattle are killed, and everything is ready; come to the feast.”’ Some ignored the invitation a...

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