{"id":2,"date":"2026-06-22T16:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T16:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:03:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:03:13","slug":"daily-readings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/daily-readings\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Readings"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.daily-readings-wrapper h4.daily-readings-reading-heading {color: ;}<\/style><script> \n                        let DR_CONFIGS = {\n                            \"rite\": \"AM\",\n                            \"timeZone\": \"+3 hours\",\n                            \"targetDate\": \"20260731\",\n                            \"firstLecture\": \"First Reading\",\n                            \"psalm\": \"Psalm\",\n                            \"secondLecture\": \"Second Reading\",\n                            \"gospel\": \"Gospel\",\n                            \"noReadings\": \"No readings available\",\"hideFirstLecture\": false,\"hidePsalm\": false,\"hideSecondLecture\": false,\"hideGospel\": false}<\/script><div class=\"daily-readings-wrapper\"><br>\n                        <p class=\"daily-readings-datepicker\">\n                            <span>Select date<\/span>\n                            <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"datepicker\">\n                        <\/p><div id=\"direction-wrapper\" dir=\"ltr\" ><h3 class=\"daily-readings-date\">Friday of the Seventeenth week in Ordinary Time<\/h3><div id=\"epistleReading\" class=\"reading-wrapper\"><\/div><div id=\"firstReading\" class=\"reading-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"daily-readings-reading-heading\">Book of Jeremiah <font dir=\"ltr\">26,1-9.<\/font><\/h4><div class=\"daily-readings-reading\">In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, this message came from the LORD:<br \/>\nThus says the LORD: Stand in the court of the house of the LORD and speak to the people of all the cities of Judah who come to worship in the house of the LORD; whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing.<br \/>\nPerhaps they will listen and turn back, each from his evil way, so that I may repent of the evil I have planned to inflict upon them for their evil deeds.<br \/>\nSay to them: Thus says the LORD: If you disobey me, not living according to the law I placed before you<br \/>\nand not listening to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I send you constantly though you do not obey them,<br \/>\nI will treat this house like Shiloh, and make this the city which all the nations of the earth shall refer to when cursing another.<br \/>\nNow the priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speak these words in the house of the LORD.<br \/>\nWhen Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD bade him speak to all the people, the priests and prophets laid hold of him, crying, &quot;You must be put to death!<br \/>\nWhy do you prophesy in the name of the LORD: &#039;This house shall be like Shiloh,&#039; and &#039;This city shall be desolate and deserted&#039;?&quot; And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.\n<br \/><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"psalmReading\" class=\"reading-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"daily-readings-reading-heading\">Psalms <font dir=\"ltr\">69(68),5.8-10.14.<\/font><\/h4><div class=\"daily-readings-reading\">Those outnumber the hairs of my head <br \/>\r\nwho hate me without cause. <br \/>\r\nToo many for my strength <br \/>\r\nare they who wrongfully are my enemies. <br \/>\r\nMust I restore what I did not steal?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSince for your sake I bear insult, <br \/>\r\nand shame covers my face.<br \/>\nI have become an outcast to my brothers, <br \/>\r\na stranger to my mother&#039;s sons,<br \/>\nbecause zeal for your house consumes me, <br \/>\r\nand the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nBut I pray to you, O LORD, <br \/>\r\nfor the time of your favor, O God! <br \/>\r\nIn your great kindness answer me <br \/>\r\nwith your constant help.\n<br \/><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div><div id=\"secondReading\" class=\"reading-wrapper\"><\/div><div id=\"gospelReading\" class=\"reading-wrapper\"><h4 class=\"daily-readings-reading-heading\">Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew <font dir=\"ltr\">13,54-58.<\/font><\/h4><div class=\"daily-readings-reading\">Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, &quot;Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?<br \/>\nIs he not the carpenter&#039;s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?<br \/>\nAre not his sisters all with us? Where did this man get all this?&quot;<br \/>\nAnd they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, &quot;A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house.&quot;<br \/>\nAnd he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith.\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/>Copyright \u00a9 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, USCCB\n<br \/>To receive the Gospel every morning in your mailbox, subscribe here: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailygospel.org\/AM\/gospel\">dailygospel.org<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stmaryscatholicchurchongatarongai.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}