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FOURTH OF AUGUST
MEMORIAL OF
SAINT JOHN VIANNEY
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ENTRANCE ANTIPHON
Your priests, O Lord, shall be clothed with justice;
your holy ones shall ring out their joy.
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COLLECT
Almighty and merciful God,
who made the Priest Saint John Vianney wonderful in his pastoral zeal,
grant, we pray, that through his intercession and example
we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ
and attain with them eternal glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ,
your Son,
who lives and reigns with you
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God,
for ever and ever.
R.) Amen.
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FIRST READING
EZEKIEL 3:16-21
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A READING FROM THE PROPHET EZEKIEL
(I HAVE APPOINTED YOU AS SENTRY TO THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL.)
The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows,
“Son of Man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel.
Whenever you hear a word from me, warn them in my Name.
If I say to a wicked man: you are to die, and you do not warn him;
if you do not speak and warn him to renounce his evil ways and so live, then he shall die for his sin,
but I hold you responsible for his death.
If, however, you do warn a wicked man and he does not renounce his wickedness and his evil ways,
then he shall die for his sin, but you yourself will have saved your life.
When the upright man renounces his integrity to do evil and I set a trap for him, he too shall die;
since you failed to warn him, he shall die for his sin and the integrity he practised will no longer be remembered;
but I will hold you responsible for his death.
If, however, you warn the upright man not to sin and he abstains from sinning, he shall live, thanks to your warning, and you too will have saved your life.”
The word of the Lord.
R.) Thanks be to God.
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