Catholic Daily Reading 25th July 2012

"2Co 4:7  But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency may be of the power of God and not of us.
2Co 4:8  In all things we suffer tribulation: but are not distressed. We are straitened: but are not destitute.
2Co 4:9  We suffer persecution: but are not forsaken. We are cast down: but we perish not.
2Co 4:10  Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.
2Co 4:11  For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake: that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
2Co 4:12  So then death worketh in us: but life in you.
2Co 4:13  But having the same spirit of faith, as it is written: I believed, for which cause I have spoken; we also believe. For which cause we speak also:
2Co 4:14  Knowing that he who raised up Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and place us with you.
2Co 4:15  For all things are for your sakes: that the grace, abounding through many, may abound in thanksgiving unto the glory of God."
2 Corinthians 4:7-15

"Psa 126:1  A gradual canticle. When the Lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men comforted.
Psa 126:2  Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy. Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great things for them.
Psa 126:3  The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
Psa 126:4  Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.
Psa 126:5  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
Psa 126:6  Going they went and wept, casting their seeds."
Psalm 126:1-6

"Mat 20:20  Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.
Mat 20:21  Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.
Mat 20:22  And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.
Mat 20:23  He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.
Mat 20:24  And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.
Mat 20:25  But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.
Mat 20:26  It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.
Mat 20:27  And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.
Mat 20:28  Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many."
Matthew 20:20-28