Catholic Daily Reading 4th August 2012

"Jer 26:11  And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for

this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
Jer 26:12  Then Jeremias spoke to all the princes, and to all the people, saying: The Lord sent me to prophesy concerning

this house, and concerning this city all the words that you have heard.
Jer 26:13  Now therefore amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will

repent him of the evil that he hath spoken against you.
Jer 26:14  But as for me, behold I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes:
Jer 26:15  But know ye, and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves,

and against this city, and the inhabitants thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me to you, to speak all these words in your

hearing.
Jer 26:16  Then the princes, and all the people said to the priests, and to the prophets: There is no judgment of death for

this man: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God.
Jer 26:24  So the hand of Ahicam the son of Saphan was with Jeremias, that he should not be delivered into the hands of the

people, to put him to death.2
Jeremiah 26:11-16,24

"Psa 69:15 Draw me out of the mire, that I may not stick fast: deliver me from them that hate me, and out of the deep

waters.
Psa 69:16 Let not the tempest of water drown me, nor the deep water swallow me up: and let not the pit shut her

mouth upon me.
Psa 69:30 But I am poor and sorrowful: thy salvation, O God, hath set me up.
Psa 69:31 I will praise the name of God with a canticle: and I will magnify him with praise.
Psa 69:33 Let the poor see and rejoice: seek ye God, and your soul shall live.
Psa 69:34 For the Lord hath heard the poor: and hath not despised his prisoners."
Psalm 69:15-16,30-31,33-34

"Mat 14:1  At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
Mat 14:2  And he said to his servants: This is John the Baptist: he is risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works shew

forth themselves in him.
Mat 14:3  For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
Mat 14:4  For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Mat 14:5  And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people: because they esteemed him as a prophet.
Mat 14:6  But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them: and pleased Herod.
Mat 14:7  Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she would ask of him.
Mat 14:8  But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
Mat 14:9  And the king was struck sad: yet because of his oath, and for them that sat with him at table, he commanded it to

be given.
Mat 14:10  And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
Mat 14:11  And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the damsel, and she brought it to her mother.
Mat 14:12  And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came and told Jesus. "
Matthew 14:1-12