Feast of Saint Thomas, ApostleJohn 20:24-29Jesus came, although the doors were locked,and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands,and bring your hand and put it into my side,and do not be unbelieving, but believe."Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me?Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."

Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 9:1-8"But that you may know that the Son of Manhas authority on earth to forgive sins"–he then said to the paralytic,"Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."He rose and went home.When the crowds saw this they were struck with aweand glorified God who had given such authority to men.

Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 8:28-34 When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God?Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.The demons pleaded with him,“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”

Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 8:23-27They came and woke him, saying,“Lord, save us!  We are perishing!”He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,and there was great calm.

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, ApostlesMatthew 16:13-19"And so I say to you, you are Peter,and upon this rock I will build my Church,and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”

Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 8:1-4When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said,“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,“I will do it.  Be made clean.”

Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 7:21-29“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on themwill be like a wise man who built his house on rock.The rain fell, the floods came,and the winds blew and buffeted the house.But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.And everyone who listens to these words of minebut does not act on themwill be like a fool who built his house on sand.The rain fell, the floods came,and the winds blew and buffeted the house.And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”

Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the BaptistLuke 1:57-66, 80All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,“What, then, will this child be?”For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.The child grew and became strong in spirit,and he was in the desert until the dayof his manifestation to Israel.

Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 7:6, 12-14Jesus said to his disciples:“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you."

Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary TimeMatthew 7:1-5Jesus said to his disciples:“Stop judging, that you may not be judged.For as you judge, so will you be judged,and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"