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Catholic Lectionary

SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 2011 | MEMORIAL SAINT BERNARD, ABBOT AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH YEARS 1 & 2 From Saturday of the 20th Week in Ordinary Time First Reading Ruth 2:1–3, 8–11, 4:13–17 Response Psalm 128:4 Psalm Psalm 128:1b–5 Gospel Acclamation Matthew 23:9b, 10b Gospel Matthew 23:1–12 Catholic Lectionary (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009).

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