August 1st, 2005, Memorial of St. Alphonsus Ligori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church.

A reading from the Book of Leviticus.

The Lord said to Moses,

These are the festivals of the Lord which you shall celebrate at their proper time with a sacred assembly.

The Passover of the Lord falls on the 14th day of the first month, at the evening twilight.

The 15th day of this month is the Lord's Feast of Unleavened Bread.

For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

On the first of these days you shall hold a sacred assembly and do no sort of work.

On each of the seven days you shall offer an oblation to the Lord. Then on the seventh day you

shall again hold a sacred assembly and do no sort of work. The Lord said to Moses, speak to the

children of Israel and tell them, when you come into

the land which I am giving you and reap your harvest, you shall bring a sheaf of the

first fruits of your harvest to the priest, who shall wave the sheaf before the Lord,

that it may be acceptable for you.

On the day after the Sabbath, the priest shall do this. Beginning with the day after the Sabbath, the day on which you bring the wave-offering

sheaf, you shall count seven full weeks, and then on the day after the seventh week,

the fiftieth day, you shall present the new serial offering to the Lord.

The tenth of this seventh month is the day of atonement, when you shall hold

a sacred assembly and mortify yourselves and offer an oblation to the Lord. The 15th day of this

seventh month is the Lord's Feast of Booths, which shall continue for seven days. On the first day

there shall be a sacred assembly and you shall do no sort of work.

For seven days you shall offer an oblation to the Lord, and on the eighth day you shall again

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