August 4, 2023 — Friday, Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time — Odd Year — The word of the Lord remains forever; this is the word that has been proclaimed to you — Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew (Mt 13: 54-58)

Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue.
They were astonished and said,

“Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds?
Is he not the carpenter’s son?
Is not his mother named Mary
and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?
Are not his sisters all with us?
Where did this man get all this?”

And they took offense at him.
But Jesus said to them,

“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”

And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.