Mass Readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading – Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10: The princes accused Jeremiah of demoralizing the people and threw him into a muddy cistern.

Mass Readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading – Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23: The Teacher declares everything meaningless. Working hard only to leave the results to someone else