FIRST READING “Your sins have increased steadily: that is why I have inflicted this on you. Behold, I will restore the tents of Jacob” Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 30, 1-2.12-15.18-22

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02 August 2022, Tuesday 

18th week of general term 

MASS READINGS 📚 

FIRST READING 

“Your sins have increased steadily: that is why I have inflicted this on you. Behold, I will restore the tents of Jacob” 

Reading from the Book of the Prophet Jeremiah 30, 1-2.12-15.18-22 

Word of the Lord addressed to Jeremiah:

    Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel:

Write in a book all the words that I have spoken to you.

    Thus says the Lord:

Zion, incurable is your wound,

and deep is your wound.

    No one defends your cause so that your ulcer is cured;

no remedy to heal it.

    All your lovers have forgotten you,

none are looking for you.

Yes, like an enemy I have hurt you

– severe correction!

On the mass of your faults,

your sins have not ceased to increase.

    What are you crying about because of your injury?

Your pain is incurable.

On the mass of your faults,

your sins have continued to increase:

that is why I have inflicted this on you. 

    Thus says the Lord:

Behold, I will restore the tents of Jacob,

for his dwellings I will have compassion;

the city will be rebuilt on its ruins,

the citadel will be restored to its rightful place.

    Thanksgiving will spring from it

with cries of joy.

Far from diminishing his sons, I will multiply them;

far from lowering them, I will glorify them.

    They will be as before,

their community will stand before me,

for I will punish all its oppressors.

    Jacob will have one of his own as a master,

a leader who will come from him.

I will allow him to approach

and he will have access to me.

Who, indeed, has ever dared

approach me on his own?

– oracle of the Lord.

    You will be my people,

and I will be your God. 

            – Word of the Lord.