Divine Office Week IV
Ordinary Form
Monday, August 16: Weekday in
Ordinary Time or St Stephen of Hungary
Ez 24:15-23; Deut 32:18-19, 20, 21;
Mt 19:16-22
Tuesday, August 17: Weekday in Ordinary Time
Ez 28:1-10; Deut 32:26-36; Mt 19:23-30
Wednesday, August 18: Weekday in Ordinary Time
Ez 34:1-11; Ps 23; Mt 20:1-16
Thursday, August 19: Weekday in
Ordinary Time or St John Eudes, priest
Ez 36:23-28; Ps 51; Mt 22:1-14
Friday, August 20: St Bernard, abbot, Doctor of the Church
Ez 37:1-14; Ps 107; Mt 22:34-40
Saturday, August 21: St Pius X, pope
Ez 43:1-7ab; Ps 85; Mt 23:1-12
Extraordinary Form
Sunday, August 15: The Assumption
Judith 13:22-25; Luke 1:41-50
Monday, August 16: St Joachim, father of Our Lady, confessor
Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11; Matthew 1:1-16
Tuesday, August 17: St Hyacinth,
confessor
Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11; Luke 12:35-40
Wednesday, August 18: Feria
(Readings of Twelfth Sunday after
Pentecost repeated)
2 Corinthians 3:4-9; Luke 10:23-37
Thursday, August 19: St John Eudes, confessor
Ecclesiasticus 31:8-11; Luke 12:35-40
Friday, August 20: St Bernard, abbot
and confessor
Ecclesiasticus 39:6-14; Matthew 5:13-19
Saturday, August 21: St Jane Frances Frémiot de Chantal, widow
Proverbs 31:10-31; Matthew 13:44-52




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