Reading 1, Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22

¹ The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, as follows,

² 'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this, "Write for yourself in a book all the words I have spoken to you.

¹² Yes, Yahweh says this: Your wound is incurable, your injury past healing.

¹³ There is no one to plead your cause; for an ulcer there are remedies, but for you no cure at all.

¹⁴ All your lovers have forgotten you, they look for you no more. Yes, I have struck you as an enemy strikes, with cruel punishment (because of your great guilt and countless sins).

¹⁵ Why cry out because of your wound? Your pain is incurable! Because of your great guilt and countless sins, I have treated you like this.

¹⁸ Yahweh says this: Look, I shall restore the tents of Jacob and take pity on his dwellings: the town will be rebuilt on its mound, the stronghold where it ought to stand.

¹⁹ From them will come thanksgiving and shouts of joy. I shall make them increase, they will not decrease; I shall make them honoured, no more to be humbled.

²⁰ Their sons will be as once they were, their community fixed firmly before me, and I shall punish all their oppressors.

²¹ Their prince will be one of their own, their ruler come from their own people, and I shall permit him to approach me freely; for who, otherwise, would be so bold as to approach me, Yahweh demands?

²² You will be my people and I shall be your God.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 102:16-18, 19-21, 29, 22-23

¹⁶ when Yahweh builds Zion anew, he will be seen in his glory;

¹⁷ he will turn to hear the prayer of the destitute, and will not treat their prayer with scorn.

¹⁸ This shall be put on record for a future generation, and a people yet to be born shall praise God:

¹⁹ Yahweh has leaned down from the heights of his sanctuary, has looked down from heaven to earth,

²⁰ to listen to the sighing of the captive, and set free those condemned to death,

²¹ to proclaim the name of Yahweh in Zion, his praise in Jerusalem;

²² nations will gather together, and kingdoms to worship Yahweh.

²³ In my journeying my strength has failed on the way;

Gospel, Matthew 14:22-36

²² And at once he made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side while he sent the crowds away.

²³ After sending the crowds away he went up into the hills by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone,

²⁴ while the boat, by now some furlongs from land, was hard pressed by rough waves, for there was a head-wind.

²⁵ In the fourth watch of the night he came towards them, walking on the sea,

²⁶ and when the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified. 'It is a ghost,' they said, and cried out in fear.

²⁷ But at once Jesus called out to them, saying, 'Courage! It's me! Don't be afraid.'

²⁸ It was Peter who answered. 'Lord,' he said, 'if it is you, tell me to come to you across the water.'

²⁹ Jesus said, 'Come.' Then Peter got out of the boat and started walking towards Jesus across the water,

³⁰ but then noticing the wind, he took fright and began to sink. 'Lord,' he cried, 'save me!'

³¹ Jesus put out his hand at once and held him. 'You have so little faith,' he said, 'why did you doubt?'

³² And as they got into the boat the wind dropped.

³³ The men in the boat bowed down before him and said, 'Truly, you are the Son of God.'

³⁴ Having made the crossing, they came to land at Gennesaret.

³⁵ When the local people recognised him they spread the news through the whole neighbourhood and took all that were sick to him,

³⁶ begging him just to let them touch the fringe of his cloak. And all those who touched it were saved.

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The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated "directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic." The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only "where the text admits to more than one interpretation." Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. "New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition", pg. v.

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