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The Canaanite Woman Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry  [ Wikipedia ] Readings (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)    Readings (English Standard Version, Catholic Edition: England & Wales, Scotland, India) In England & Wales and in Scotland the Solemnity of the Assumption is celebrated this Sunday. The link above is to the readings for the Assumption . Readings (New American Bible: Philippines, USA)   Gospel Matthew 15:21-28 (Jerusalem Bible) Jesus left Gennesaret and withdrew to the region of Tyre and Sidon. Then out came a Canaanite woman from that district and started shouting, ‘Sir, Son of David, take pity on me. My daughter is tormented by a devil.’ But he answered her not a word. And his disciples went and pleaded with him. ‘Give her what she wants,’ they said ‘because she is shouting after us.’ He said in reply, ‘I was sent only to the lost sheep of the House of Israel.’ But the woman had come up and was kneeling at his feet. ‘Lord,’ s...