Reading
Jeremiah 31: 1- 7
31:1 “In that time, says the Lord, I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.”
31:2 Thus says the Lord: “The people who had remained after the sword, found grace in the desert. Israel will go to his rest.”
31:3 The Lord appeared to me from a distance: “And I have loved you in perpetual charity. Therefore, showing pity, I have drawn you.
31:4 And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.
31:5 Still shall you plant vineyards on the mountains of Samaria. The planters will plant, and they will not gather the vintage until the time arrives.
31:6 For there will be a day on which the guardians on mount Ephraim will cry out: ‘Arise! And let us ascend on Zion to the Lord our God!’ ”
31:7 For thus says the Lord: “Exult in the joy of Jacob, and neigh before the head of the Gentiles. Shout, and sing, and say: ‘O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel!’
Gospel
Matthew 15: 21- 28
15:21 And departing from there, Jesus withdrew into the areas of Tyre and Sidon.
15:22 And behold, a woman of Canaan, going out from those parts, cried out, saying to him: “Take pity on me, Lord, Son of David. My daughter is badly afflicted by a demon.”
15:23 He did not say a word to her. And his disciples, drawing near, petitioned him, saying: “Dismiss her, for she is crying out after us.”
15:24 And responding, he said, “I was not sent except to the sheep who have fallen away from the house of Israel.”
15:25 But she approached and adored him, saying, “Lord, help me.”
15:26 And responding, he said, “It is not good to take the bread of the children and cast it to the dogs.”
15:27 But she said, “Yes, Lord, but the young dogs also eat from the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.”
15:28 Then Jesus, responding, said to her: “O woman, great is your faith. Let it be done for you just as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour.