Readings for the week ending Sunday, August 1st, 2010

Principal festivals

• Sunday, August 1, 2010: Tenth Sunday After Pentecost
  
• First Reading: Ecclesiastes 1:2, 12-14; 2:18-23
• Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 49:1-11(NRSV: Psalm 49:1-12)
• Second Reading: Colossians 3:1-11
• Gospel: Luke 12:13-21

Commemorations

• July 28th: Johann Sebastian Bach, 1750; Heinrich Schuetz, 1672; George Frederick Handel, 1759; musicians
  Learn more about J.S. Bach here, Heinrich Schuetz here, and more about George Friedrich Handel here.
• July 29th: Mary, Martha and Lazarus of Bethany
  
• July 29th: Olaf, King of Norway, martyr, 1030
  Learn more about his life here.