Catholic Daily Reading 16th August 2012

"Eze 12:1  And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
Eze 12:2  Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a provoking house: who have eyes to see, and see not: and ears to hear,

and hear not: for they are a provoking house.
Eze 12:3  Thou, therefore, O son of man, prepare thee all necessaries for removing, and remove by day into their sight: and

thou shalt remove out of thy place to another place in their sight, if so be they will regard it: for they are a provoking

house.
Eze 12:4  And thou shalt bring forth thy furniture as the furniture of one that is removing by day in their sight: and thou

shalt go forth in the evening in their presence, as one goeth forth that removeth his dwelling.
Eze 12:5  Dig thee a way through the wall before their eyes: and thou shalt go forth through it.
Eze 12:6  In their sight thou shalt be carried out upon men's shoulders, thou shalt be carried out in the dark: thou shalt

cover thy face, and shalt not see the ground: for I have set thee for a sign of things to come to the house of Israel.
Eze 12:7  I did therefore as he had commanded me: I brought forth my goods by day, as the goods of one that removeth: and in

the evening I digged through the wall with my hand, and I went forth in the dark, and was carried on men's shoulders in their

sight.
Eze 12:8  And the word of the Lord came to me in the morning, saying:
Eze 12:9  Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the provoking house, said to thee: What art thou doing?
Eze 12:10  Say to them: Thus saith the Lord God: This burden concerneth my prince that is in Jerusalem, and all the house of

Israel, that are among them.
Eze 12:11  Say: I am a sign of things to come to you: as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall be removed from

their dwellings, and go into captivity.
Eze 12:12  And the prince that is in the midst of them, shall be carried on shoulders, he shall go forth in the dark: they

shall dig through the wall to bring him out: his face shall be covered, that he may not see the ground with his eyes. "
Ezekiel 12:1-12

"Psa 78:56  Yet they tempted, and provoked the most high God: and they kept not his testimonies.
Psa 78:57  And they turned away, and kept not the covenant: even like their fathers they were turned aside as a crooked bow.
Psa 78:58  They provoked him to anger on their hills: and moved him to jealousy with their graven things.
Psa 78:59  God heard, and despised them, and he reduced Israel exceedingly as it were to nothing.
Psa 78:61  And he delivered their strength into captivity: and their beauty into the hands of the enemy.
Psa 78:62  And he shut up his people under the sword: and he despised his inheritance."
Psalm 78:56-59,61-62

"Mat 18:21  Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till

seven times?
Mat 18:22  Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.
Mat 18:23  Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would take an account of his servants.
Mat 18:24  And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
Mat 18:25  And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and

all that he had, and payment to be made.
Mat 18:26  But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Mat 18:27  And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.
Mat 18:28  But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred pence: and laying

hold of him, he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.
Mat 18:29  And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
Mat 18:30  And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid the debt.
Mat 18:31  Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that

was done.
Mat 18:32  Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou

besoughtest me:
Mat 18:33  Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had compassion on thee?
Mat 18:34  And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he paid all the debt.
Mat 18:35  So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.
Mat 19:1  And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea,

beyond Jordan."
Matthew 18:21-19:1