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First Reading

Jeremiah 31:1-7

1“At that time, says the LORD, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.”

2Thus says the LORD: “The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness; when Israel sought for rest,

3the LORD appeared to him from afar. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

4Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin Israel! Again you shall adorn yourself with timbrels, and shall go forth in the dance of the merrymakers.

5Again you shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samarʹia; the planters shall plant, and shall enjoy the fruit.

6For there shall be a day when watchmen will call in the hill country of Eʹphraim: ‘Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God.’ ”

7For thus says the LORD: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, ‘The LORD has saved his people, the remnant of Israel.’

Responsorial Psalm

Jeremiah 31:10-13

10“Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, and declare it in the coastlands afar off; say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.’

11For the LORD has ransomed Jacob, and has redeemed him from hands too strong for him.

12They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion, and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD, over the grain, the wine, and the oil, and over the young of the flock and the herd; their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall languish no more.

13Then shall the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old shall be merry. I will turn their mourning into joy, I will comfort them, and give them gladness for sorrow.

Gospel

Matthew 15:21-28

21And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon.

22And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, “Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon.”

23But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying after us.”

24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

25But she came and knelt before him, saying, “Lord, help me.”

26And he answered, “It is not fair to take the children’s bread and throw it to the dogs.”

27She said, “Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master’s table.”

28Then Jesus answered her, “O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed instantly.