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28 June 2023Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeSt. Irenaeus Catholic Church, Rochester Hills, MIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 15:1-12,17-18 ©Count the stars: such shall be your descendantsIt happened that the word of the Lord was spoken to Abram in a vision, ‘Have no fear, Abram, I am your shield; your reward will be very great.’ ‘My Lord,’ Abram replied ‘what do you intend to give me? I go childless…’. Then Abram said, ‘See, you have given me no...

26 May 2023Saint Philip Neri, Priest on Friday of the 7th week of Eastertide St. Philip Neri Church, Linthicum Heights, Maryland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 25:13-21 ©'I ordered Paul to be remanded until I could send him to Caesar'King Agrippa and Bernice arrived in Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. Their visit lasted several days, and Festus put Paul’s case before the king. ‘There is a man here’ he said ‘whom Felix left behind in custody, and while I was in Jerusalem the...

25 May 2023Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide St Bede the Venerable Catholic Church, Montgomery, AL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 22:30,23:6-11 ©'You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome'Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and stood him in front of them. Now Paul was well aware that one section was made up of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, so...

24 May 2023 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide altar in honour of Blessed Hermann Joseph in the Roman Premonstratensian College, Kall, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 20:28-38 ©I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I know quite well that when I...

23 May 2023Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide Shrine of Saint William of Perth, Rochester, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 20:17-27 ©I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purposeFrom Miletus Paul sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus. When they arrived he addressed these words to them: ‘You know what my way of life has been ever since the first day I set foot among you in Asia, how I have served the Lord in all humility, with all the sorrows and trials that came to me through the...

12th November 2022St. Josaphat, Martyr St. Josaphat Catholic Church in Detroit, Michigan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading3 John 5-8 ©It is our duty to welcome missionaries and contribute our share to their workMy friend, you have done faithful work in looking after these brothers, even though they were complete strangers to you. They are a proof to the whole Church of your charity and it would be a very good thing if you could help them on their journey in a way that God would approve....

16 September 2022Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Friday of week 24 in Ordinary Time The Catholic Community of Sts. James, Cornelius & Cyprian St. Mason, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 15:12-20 ©If Christ has not been raised, your belief is uselessNow if Christ raised from the dead is what has been preached, how can some of you be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead? If there is no resurrection of the dead, Christ himself cannot have been...

20 August 2022Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Saint Bernard Cistercian church interior. Holy Cross side altar (1737) Eger, Hungary. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 43:1-7 ©The vision of the coming of the glory of the Lord to the TempleThe angel took me to the gate, the one facing east. I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with it, like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with...

28 June 2022Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Saint Irenaeus Church Montreal, Quebec Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingAmos 3:1-8,4:11-12 ©It is for all your sins that I mean to punish youListen, sons of Israel, to this oracle the Lord speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.Do two men take the...

2 June 2022Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide Marcellinus and Peter church, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 22:30,23:6-11 ©'You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome'Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and stood him in front of them. Now Paul was well aware that one section was made up of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, so he called out in the...

1 June 2022 Saint Justin, Martyr on Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide St. Justin the Martyr Parish, Toms River, N.J. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 20:28-38 ©I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own...

26 May 2022 Thursday before Ascension Sunday; Saint Philip Neri, Priest The altar of St. Philip Neri, London Oratory Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 18:1-8 ©Paul lodged with them and worked, and held debates in the synagoguesPaul left Athens and went to Corinth, where he met a Jew called Aquila whose family came from Pontus. He and his wife Priscilla had recently left Italy because an edict of Claudius had expelled all the Jews from Rome. Paul went to visit them, and when he found they...

November 12, 2021 Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Saint Josaphat Catholic Church (Detroit, MI) high altar, with the Black Madonna, Sts. Aloysius & Anthony Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 13:1-9 ©How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind,...

August 20th , 2021Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church Kandahar, Afghanistan (Dec. 23, 2001) -- U.S. navy chaplain commander Joseph Scordo of Pleasantville, NY, performs Catholic Mass for U.S. military personnel at a forward operating base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRuth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 ©Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by NaomiIn the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons –...

May 26 , 2021Wedesday of the 8th week of Ordinary time; Memorial of St. Philip Neri sanctuary at St. Philip Neri Church in Linthicum Heights, Maryland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingEcclesiasticus 36:1-2,5-7,13-19 ©Lord, let the nations acknowledge youHave mercy on us, Master, Lord of all, and look on us, cast the fear of yourself over every nation.Let them acknowledge you, just as we have acknowledged that there is no God but you, Lord.Send new portents, do fresh wonders, win glory for your hand and your right arm.Gather together all the tribes of Jacob, restore them their inheritance as...

May 20, 2021 Thursday of the 7th week of Eastertide San Bernardino de Siena, Xochimilco, Mexico Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 22:30,23:6-11 ©'You have borne witness in Jerusalem: now you must do the same in Rome'Since the tribune wanted to know what precise charge the Jews were bringing, he freed Paul and gave orders for a meeting of the chief priests and the entire Sanhedrin; then he brought Paul down and stood him in front of them. Now Paul was well aware that one section was made up of Sadducees and the other of Pharisees, so he called out...

May 19, 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide St. Dunstan's Church Fredericton, NB Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 20:28-38 ©I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves will invade you and will have no...

May 19, 2021 Wednesday of the 7th week of Eastertide St. Dunstan's Church Fredericton, NB Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 20:28-38 ©I commend you to God and to the word of his grace, and its powerPaul addressed these words to the elders of the church of Ephesus: ‘Be on your guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you the overseers, to feed the Church of God which he bought with his own blood. I know quite well that when I have gone fierce wolves will invade you and will have no...

May 18, 2021Tuesday of the 7th week of Eastertide, Memorial of Saint John I, Pope and Martyr The Sanctuary of St. Andrew Bobola, Warsaw, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 20:17-27 ©I have without faltering put before you the whole of God's purposeFrom Miletus Paul sent for the elders of the church of Ephesus. When they arrived he addressed these words to them: ‘You know what my way of life has been ever since the first day I set foot among you in Asia, how I have served the Lord in all humility, with all the sorrows and...

May 16, 2021 7th Sunday of Easter Saint Brendan’s Cathedral, Clonfert Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.In some dioceses the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated today. If this applies to you, please reconfigure Universalis to use the appropriate local calendar.First readingActs 1:15-17,20-26 ©'Let someone else take his office'One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the fate of Judas, who offered himself as a guide to the men...