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Thursday 7 August 2025

Thursday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time

Weekday · Ordinary Time 1962: St. Cajetan, Class III, with the commemoration of St. Donatus

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Ordinary Form · Missal of Paul VI

Thursday of the eighteenth week of Ordinary Time

Weekday · Ordinary Time · Weekday Year I · Psalter Week 2

Optional memorials: Saint Sixtus II, Pope, and Companions, Martyrs; Saint Cajetan, Priest

First ReadingNumbers 20:1-13

From the Book of Numbers

1The children of Israel,even the whole congregation,came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month.The people stayed in Kadesh.Miriam died there, and was buried there.2There was no water for the congregation;and they assembled themselves together against Moses and against Aaron.3The people quarreled with Moses,and spoke, saying,“We wish that we had diedwhen our brothers died before the Lord!4Why have you brought the Lord’s assembly into this wilderness,that we should die there,we and our animals?5Why have you made us to come up out of Egypt,to bring us in to this evil place?It is no place of seed,or of figs, or of vines,or of pomegranates;neither is there any water to drink.”

6Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting,and fell on their faces.The Lord’s glory appeared to them.7The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,8“Take the rod, and assemble the congregation,you, and Aaron your brother,and speak to the rock before their eyes,that it pour out its water.You shall bring water to them out of the rock;so you shall give the congregationand their livestock drink.”

9Moses took the rod from before the Lord,as he commanded him.10Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock,and he said to them,“Hear now, you rebels!Shall we bring water out of this rock for you?”11Moses lifted up his hand,and struck the rock with his rod twice,and water came out abundantly.The congregation and their livestock drank.

12The Lord said to Moses and Aaron,“Because you didn’t believe in me,to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel,therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the landwhich I have given them.”

13These are the waters of Meribah;because the children of Israel strove with the Lord,and he was sanctified in them.

Responsorial PsalmPsalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9

1Oh come, let’s sing to the Lord.Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving.Let’s extol him with songs!

6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down.Let’s kneel before the Lord, our Maker,7for he is our God.We are the people of his pasture,and the sheep in his care.Today, oh that you would hear his voice!

8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah,as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,9when your fathers tempted me,tested me, and saw my work.

GospelMatthew 16:13-23

From the Gospel according to Matthew

13Now when Jesus came into the parts of Caesarea Philippi,he asked his disciples,saying, “Who do men say that I,the Son of Man, am?”

14They said, “Some say John the Baptizer,some, Elijah, and others,Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

15He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

16Simon Peter answered,“You are the Christ,the Son of the living God.”

17Jesus answered him,“Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah,for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you,but my Father who is in heaven.18I also tell you that you are Peter,and on this rock I will build my assembly,and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.19I will give to you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven,and whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven;and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven.”20Then he commanded the disciplesthat they should tell no one that he was Jesus the Christ.

21From that time, Jesus began to show his disciplesthat he must go to Jerusalemand suffer many things from the elders,chief priests, and scribes,and be killed, and the third day be raised up.

22Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him,saying, “Far be it from you, Lord!This will never be done to you.”

23But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan!You are a stumbling block to me,for you are not setting your mind on the things of God,but on the things of men.”

1962 Missal · Missale Romanum

St. Cajetan

Class III · white · Feria V after VIII Sunday after Pentecost

Commemoration: St. Donatus

IntroitIntroitus

Ps 36:30-31

Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua ejus loquétur judícium: lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus. (Allelúja, allelúja.)

Ps 36:1

Noli æmulári in malignántibus: neque zeláveris faciéntes iniquitátem.

Glória Patri…

Os justi meditábitur sapiéntiam, et lingua ejus loquétur judícium: lex Dei ejus in corde ipsíus. (Allelúja, allelúja.)

Ps 36:30-31

The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart. (Alléluia, alléluia.)

Ps 36:1

Be not vexed over evildoers, nor jealous of those who do wrong.

Glory Be to the Father…

The mouth of the just man tells of wisdom, and his tongue utters what is right. The law of his God is in his heart. (Alléluia, alléluia.)

CollectOratio

Deus, qui beáto Cajetáno Confessóri tuo apostólicam vivéndi formam imitári tribuísti: da nobis, ejus intercessióne et exémplo, in te semper confídere et sola cæléstia desideráre.

Per Dominum…

O God, Who bestowed upon St. Cajetan, Your Confessor, the grace to follow the apostolic way of life; grant us by his intercession and example ever to trust in You and to long only for the things of heaven.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration CollectCommemoratio Oratio

Commemoratio S. Donati, Episcopi et Martyris

Deus, tuórum glória sacerdótum: præsta, quǽsumus, ut sancti Martyris tui et Epíscopi Donáti, cujus festa gérimus, sentiámus auxílium.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Donatus

O God, the glory of Your priests, grant, we beseech You, that we may enjoy the help of Your holy Martyr and Bishop, Donatus, whose feast we are keeping.

Through our Lord…

EpistleLectio

Léctio libri Sapiéntiæ

Eccli 31:8-11

Beátus vir, qui invéntus est sine mácula, et qui post aurum non ábiit, nec sperávit in pecúnia et thesáuris. Quis est hic, et laudábimus eum? fecit enim mirabília in vita sua. Qui probátus est in illo, et perféctus est, erit illi glória ætérna: qui potuit tránsgredi, et non est transgréssus: fácere mala, et non fecit: ídeo stabilíta sunt bona illíus in Dómino, et eleemósynas illíus enarrábit omnis ecclésia sanctórum.

Lesson from the book of Ecclesiasticus

Sir 31:8-11

Happy the man found without fault, who turns not aside after gain, nor puts his trust in money nor in treasures! Who is he, that we may praise him? For he has done wonders in his life. He has been tested by gold and come off safe, and this remains his glory forever; he could have sinned but did not, could have done evil but would not, so that his possessions are secure in the Lord, and the assembly of the Saints shall recount his alms.

GradualGraduale

Ps 91:13; 91:14

Justus ut palma florébit: sicut cedrus Líbani multiplicábitur in domo Dómini.

Ps 91:3

Ad annuntiándum mane misericórdiam tuam, et veritátem tuam per noctem. Allelúja, allelúja

Ja 1:12

Beátus vir, qui suffert tentatiónem: quóniam, cum probátus fúerit, accípiet corónam vitæ. Allelúja.

Ps 91:13; 91:14

The just man shall flourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow in the house of the Lord.

Ps 91:3

℣.To proclaim Your kindness at dawn and Your faithfulness throughout the night. Alleluia, alleluia.

Jas 1:12

℣.Blessed is the man who endures temptation; for when he has been tried, he will receive the crown of life. Alleluia.

GospelEvangelium

Sequéntia ☩ sancti Evangélii secúndum Matthǽum

Matt 6:24-33

In illo témpore: Dixit Jesus discípulis suis: Nemo potest duóbus dóminis servíre: aut enim unum ódio habébit, et álterum díliget: aut unum sustinébit, et álterum contémnet. ¶ Non potéstis Deo servíre et mammónæ. Ideo dico vobis, ne sollíciti sitis ánimæ vestræ, quid manducétis, neque córpori vestro, quid induámini. Nonne ánima plus est quam esca: et corpus plus quam vestiméntum? Respícite volatília cœli, quóniam non serunt neque metunt neque cóngregant in hórrea: et Pater vester cœléstis pascit illa. Nonne vos magis pluris estis illis? Quis autem vestrum cógitans potest adjícere ad statúram suam cúbitum unum? Et de vestiménto quid sollíciti estis? Consideráte lília agri, quómodo crescunt: non labórant neque nent. Dico autem vobis, quóniam nec Sálomon in omni glória sua coopértus est sicut unum ex istis. Si autem fænum agri, quod hódie est et cras in clíbanum míttitur, Deus sic vestit: quanto magis vos módicæ fídei? Nolíte ergo sollíciti esse, dicéntes: Quid manducábimus aut quid bibémus aut quo operiémur? Hæc enim ómnia gentes inquírunt. Scit enim Pater vester, quia his ómnibus indigétis. Quǽrite ergo primum regnum Dei et justítiam ejus: et hæc ómnia adjiciéntur vobis.

Continuation ☩ of the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

Matt 6:24-33

At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: No man serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will stand by the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, what you shall eat; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life a greater thing than the food, and the body than the clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are not you of much more value than they? But which of you by being anxious about it can add to his stature a single cubit? And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider how the lilies of the field grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed like one of those. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which flourishes today but tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more you, O you of little faith! Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or, ‘What shall we drink?’ or, ‘What are we to put on?’ - for after all these things the Gentiles seek; - for your Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be given you besides.

OffertoryOffertorium

Ps 88:25

Véritas mea et misericórdia mea cum ipso: et in nómine meo exaltábitur cornu ejus. (Allelúja.)

Ps 88:25

My faithfulness and My kindness shall be with him, and through My name shall his horn be exalted. (Alleluia.)

SecretSecreta

Præsta nobis, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut nostræ humilitátis oblátio et pro tuórum tibi grata sit honóre Sanctórum, et nos córpore páriter et mente puríficet.

Per Dominum…

Grant us, we beseech You, almighty God, that the offering of our lowliness may be pleasing to You in honor of Your Saints and may purify us in both body and mind.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration SecretCommemoratio Secreta

Commemoratio S. Donati, Episcopi et Martyris

Præsta, quǽsumus, Dómine: ut sancti Martyris tu iet Episcopi Donati intercessióne, quem ad laudem nóminis tui dicátis munéribus honorámus, piæ nobis fructus devotiónis accréscat.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Donatus

Grant, we beseech You, O Lord, through the intercession of Your holy Martyr and Bishop, Donatus, whom we honor with gifts consecrated to the praise of Your name, that the fruit of devout prayer may increase in us.

Through our Lord…

PrefacePrefatio

Communis

Vere dignum et justum est, æquum et salutáre, nos tibi semper et ubíque grátias ágere: Dómine sancte, Pater omnípotens, ætérne Deus: per Christum, Dóminum nostrum. Per quem majestátem tuam laudant Angeli, adórant Dominatiónes, tremunt Potestátes. Cæli cælorúmque Virtútes ac beáta Séraphim sócia exsultatióne concélebrant. Cum quibus et nostras voces ut admítti jubeas, deprecámur, súpplici confessione dicéntes:

Common

It is truly meet and just, and profitable unto salvation, that we should at all times, and in all places, give thanks to Thee, O Holy Lord, Father Almighty, eternal God, through Christ, our Lord. Through whom the Angels praise Thy Majesty, the Dominions adore it, the Powers are in awe. Which the heavens and the hosts of heaven together with the blessed Seraphim joyfully do magnify. And do Thou command that it be permitted us to join with them in confessing Thee, while we say with lowly praise:

CommunionCommunio

Matt 24:46-47

Beátus servus, quem, cum vénerit dóminus, invénerit vigilántem: amen, dico vobis, super ómnia bona sua constítuet eum. (Allelúja.)

Matt 24:46-47

Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, shall find watching. Amen I say to you, he will set him over all his goods. (Alleluia.)

PostcommunionPostcommunio

Quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut, qui cœléstia aliménta percépimus, intercedénte beáto Caietáno Confessóre tuo, per hæc contra ómnia advérsa muniámur.

Per Dominum…

We pray You, almighty God, that we who have received heavenly nourishment may thereby, through the intercession of blessed Caietáno, Your Confessor, be sustained against all harm and danger.

Through our Lord…

Commemoration PostcommunionCommemoratio Postcommunio

Commemoratio S. Donati, Episcopi et Martyris

Omnípotens et miséricors Deus, qui nos sacramentórum tuórum et partícipes éfficis et minístros: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, intercedénte beáto Donáto Mártyre tuo atque Pontífice, ejúsdem proficiámus et fídei consórtio et digno servítio.

Per Dominum…

Commemoration St. Donatus

Almighty and merciful God, Who make us both the partakers and the ministers of Your sacraments, grant, we beseech You, that by the intercession of St. Donatus, Your Martyr and Bishop, we may progress in our fellowship with him by faith and worthy service.

Through our Lord…

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