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- Daily Mass: A cautionary teaching about wealth. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-8369764.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-8369764.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25374" />Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com
Jesus offers a sobering teaching about the obstacle that riches can become, keeping us from the path that leads to eternal life.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 20th Week of the Year (#420)
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8 min - Daily Mass: An important teaching about possessions. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-15193736-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-15193736-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25368" />Photo by Artem Yellow on Pexels.com
Jesus meets a young man who is eager to gain eternal life, but walks away sad because he is hampered by his many possessions.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 20th Week of the Year (#419)
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8 min - Study, Pray, Serve: 21st Sunday of the YearPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pexels-photo-7245252.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/pexels-photo-7245252.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-16883" />Photo by Olga Lioncat on Pexels.com
Let’s explore some of the themes in the Mass readings for the 21st Sunday of the Year.
1st Reading – Isaiah 22:19-23
- Shebna, master of the palace, will be cast out of office.
- Eliakim, a servant of God, will be clothed with Shebna’s authority and given the key of the House of David to open and shut.
Psalm – 138:1-3,6,8
- “Lord, your love is eternal; do not forsake the work of your hands.”
- In the sight of the angels we give thanks and sing praise to God who endures forever.
2nd Reading – Romans 11:33-36
- God’s wisdom and knowledge are deep riches that cannot be repaid.
- God’s judgments are inscrutable; glory to God forever!
Gospel – Matthew 16:13-20
- Peter tells Jesus that he is “the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
- Jesus affirms that this insight is a gift from God, and he shows how Peter is the “rock” upon which the Lord will build the Church.
- Peter is entrusted with the authority of the keys to the kingdom of heaven to bind and loose in heaven and on earth.
Mass Readings – 21st Sunday of the Year (#121)
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11 min - 20th Sunday of the Year: Persistent and constant faith. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-6388366-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-6388366-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25361" />Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko on Pexels.com
A Canaanite woman persists and does not quit in her desire to ask Jesus to heal her daughter.
Mass Readings – 20th Sunday of the Year (#118)
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7 min - Daily Mass: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin MaryPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-31045697.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-31045697.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25353" />Photo by Ryan Thomas on Pexels.com
Mary’s Magnificat inspires us to proclaim God’s glory in all aspects of our lives.
Mass Readings – The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (#622)
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Our Lady of the Assumption, pray for us!
7 min - Daily Mass: The painful topic of divorce. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-17414574-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-17414574-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25347" />Photo by Safak Batura on Pexels.com
The Pharisees attempt to test Jesus with the painful question of divorce.
Mass Readings – Friday of the 19th Week of the Year (#417)
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St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us!
8 min - Daily Mass: The task of forgiveness. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-13116381.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-13116381.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25339" />Photo by Robert Simukonda on Pexels.com
Jesus responds to Peter’s question about forgiveness with a powerful parable and a crucial command.
Mass Readings – Thursday of the 19th Week of the Year (#416)
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St. Pontian & St. Hippolytus, pray for us!
9 min - Daily Mass: Spiritual wisdom for our relationships. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-32303588.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-32303588.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25333" />Photo by lange x on Pexels.com
Jesus offers rich spiritual insight into different dynamics of our human relationships, helping us to heal when there is a problem and grow together in God’s grace.
Mass Readings – Wednesday of the 19th Week of the Year (#415)
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St. Jane Frances de Chantal, pray for us!
7 min - Daily Mass: An insight about the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-12578398-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-12578398-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25327" />Photo by Cloud Sailor Studios on Pexels.com
Jesus teaches the disciples about how a person becomes great in the kingdom of heaven.
Mass Readings – Tuesday of the 19th Week of the Year (#414)
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St. Clare, pray for us!
7 min - Daily Mass: The parable of a grain of wheat. Catholic InspirationPexels.com" data-large-file="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-38668935-edited.jpeg?w=490" src="https://studyprayserve.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/pexels-photo-38668935-edited.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-25320" />Photo by Pranto Khan on Pexels.com
Jesus offers a parable about a grain of wheat to illustrate the journey of death to new life that we find in the Paschal Mystery of Christ.
Mass Readings – Monday of the 19th Week of the Year (#618)
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St. Lawrence, pray for us!
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