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17 February 2024 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (optional commemoration of The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order) Seven Holy Founders, St. Louis, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 58:9-14 ©You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like...

11 December 2023 Monday of the 2nd week of Advent Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, TallinnReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 35:1-10 ©The return of the redeemed through the desertLet the wilderness and the dry-lands exult,let the wasteland rejoice and bloom,let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil,let it rejoice and sing for joy.The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;they shall see the glory of the Lord,the splendour of our God.Strengthen all weary hands,steady all trembling kneesand say to all faint hearts,‘Courage! Do not be afraid.‘Look, your God is coming,vengeance is coming,the...

7 September 2023 Thursday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Relics of St Clodoald, St Clodoald Church, Parc Saint Cloud, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingColossians 1:9-14 ©God has taken us out of the power of darknessEver since the day we heard about you, we have never failed to pray for you, and what we ask God is that through perfect wisdom and spiritual understanding you should reach the fullest knowledge of his will. So you will be able to lead the kind of life which the Lord expects of you, a life acceptable to him in...

25 February 2023Saturday after Ash Wednesday Altar in the chapel of Saint Tarasios, Venice Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 58:9-14 ©You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like a watered garden,like a spring of waterwhose waters never run...

5 December 20222Monday of the 2nd week of Advent San Saba Church, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 35:1-10 ©The return of the redeemed through the desertLet the wilderness and the dry-lands exult,let the wasteland rejoice and bloom,let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil,let it rejoice and sing for joy.The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;they shall see the glory of the Lord,the splendour of our God.Strengthen all weary hands,steady all trembling kneesand say to all faint hearts,‘Courage! Do not be afraid.‘Look, your God is coming,vengeance is coming,the retribution of...

2 September 2022Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Saint Justus of Lyon Lyon, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:1-5 ©The Lord alone is our judgePeople must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at...

1 September 2022 Thursday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St Giles' Catholic Church, Cheadle, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 3:18-23 ©The wisdom of the world is foolishness to GodMake no mistake about it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to God. As scripture says: The Lord knows wise men’s thoughts: he knows how useless they are; or again: God is...

March 5th 2022 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Catholic Cathedral Immaculate Conception of the Most Holy Virgin Mary, Moscow, Russia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 58:9-14 ©You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like a watered garden,like a spring of...

February 6th, 2022 Memorial to the martyrs of Japan - St. Paul Miki, St. Peter Sukejiro, , St. Cosmas Takeya and companions St. Jean-Baptiste Cathedral, Lyons, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 6:1-2,3-8 ©'Here I am: send me'In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord of Hosts seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings. And they cried out to one another in this way,‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts.His glory fills the whole earth.’The foundations of the threshold shook with the voice...

December 6th, 2021 Mikołajki / Feast of St. Nicholas St. Nicholas Church, Kościół Mikołaja, Lubliniec, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet First readingIsaiah 35:1-10 ©The return of the redeemed through the desertLet the wilderness and the dry-lands exult,let the wasteland rejoice and bloom,let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil,let it rejoice and sing for joy.The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;they shall see the glory of the Lord,the splendour of our God.Strengthen all weary hands,steady all trembling kneesand say to all faint hearts,‘Courage! Do not be afraid.‘Look, your God is coming,vengeance is coming,the...

September 3rd , 2021Memorial of St. Anthony Ishida, Japanese martyr and St. Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (Nagasaki) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:15-20 ©All things were created through Christ and for ChristChrist Jesus is the image of the unseen Godand the first-born of all creation,for in him were createdall things in heaven and on earth:everything visible and everything invisible,Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –all things were created through him and for him.Before anything was...

February 20 2021 OSt. Mary's Catholic Church, Boise, Idaho Lectionary 222Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingIsaiah 58:9-14 ©You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like a watered garden,like a spring of waterwhose waters never run dry.You will rebuild the ancient ruins,build...

January 08 2021 Friday after Epiphany St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tehran, Iran . Lectionary 216Readings if at local parish, Epiphany celebrated on Sunday the 3rdFirst reading1 John 4:7-10 ©Let us love one another, since love comes from GodMy dear people,let us love one anothersince love comes from Godand everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,because God is love.God’s love for us was revealedwhen God sent into the world his only Sonso that we could have life through him;this is the love I mean:not our love for God,but God’s love...

December 7 2020 Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Basilica of St Ambrose, Milan Lectionary 181Reading 1 IS 35:1-10The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here...

September 4 2020 Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Twenty-second Friday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 435 Reading 1 1 COR 4:1-5 Brothers and sisters:Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christand stewards of the mysteries of God. Now it is of course required of stewardsthat they be found trustworthy.It does not concern me in the leastthat I be judged by you or any human tribunal;I do not even pass judgment on myself;I am not conscious of anything against me,but I do not thereby stand acquitted;the one who judges me is the Lord.Therefore, do not make any judgment...

September 3, 2020 Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 1 COR 3:18-23 Brothers and sisters: Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you considers himself wise in this age, let him become a fool, so as to become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in the eyes of God, for it is written:God catches the wise in their own ruses, and again:The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. So let no one boast about human beings, for everything belongs to you, Paul or...

February 29 2020 Saturday after Ash Wednesday Reading 1 Is 58:9b-14 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted; Then light shall rise for you in the darkness, and the gloom shall become for you like midday; Then the LORD will guide you always and give you plenty even on the parched land. He will renew your strength, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring whose water never fails. The ancient ruins shall be rebuilt...

January 10 2020 Friday after Epiphany Reading 1 1 Jn 5:5-13 Beloved: Who indeed is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?This is the one who came through water and Blood, Jesus Christ, not by water alone, but by water and Blood. The Spirit is the one who testifies, and the Spirit is truth. So there are three who testify, the Spirit, the water, and the Blood, and the three are of one accord. If we accept human testimony, the testimony of God is surely greater. Now the testimony...

September 6 2019 Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Col 1:15-20 Brothers and sisters:Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn of all creation.For in him were created all things in heaven and on earth,the visible and the invisible,whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers;all things were created through him and for him.He is before all things,and in him all things hold together.He is the head of the Body, the Church.He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead,that in all things he himself might be preeminent.For in him all the fullness...

September 5 2019 Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Col 1:9-14 Brothers and sisters:From the day we heard about you, we do not cease praying for youand asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God's willthrough all spiritual wisdom and understandingto walk in a manner worthy of the Lord,so as to be fully pleasing, in every good work bearing fruitand growing in the knowledge of God,strengthened with every power, in accord with his glorious might,for all endurance and patience,with joy giving thanks to the Father, who has made you fit to sharein...