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3 June 2023Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary TimeSaints Charles Lwanga parish, Detroit, MIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiasticus 51:17-27 ©Glory be to him who has given me wisdomI will thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last I will continue to seek her.From her blossoming...

Friday 2 June 2023Friday of week 8 in Ordinary TimeChurch of Saint Erasmus of Formia in Barwałd Dolny, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingEcclesiasticus 44:1,9-13 ©Let us praise illustrious menLet us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.Some have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed,they are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.But here is a list of generous men whose good works have not been forgotten.In their descendants there remains a rich inheritance born of them.Their descendants stand by the covenants and, thanks...

May 29 , 2021 Saturday of the 8th week of Ordinary time; Memorial of the blessed virgin Mary Good Samaritan Catholic Church, Ellijay, Georgia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 51:17-27 ©Glory be to him who has given me wisdomI will thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last I will continue to seek her.From her blossoming to the ripening of her grape my heart has taken...

May 28 , 2021 Friday of the 8th week of Ordinary time; Memorial of bl. Thomas Ford St. Aloysius Catholic Church, Oxford, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 44:1,9-13 ©Let us praise illustrious menLet us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.Some have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed,they are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.But here is a list of generous men whose good works have not been forgotten.In their descendants there remains a rich inheritance born of them.Their descendants stand by...

June 2, 2018 Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jude 17, 20b-25 Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehandby the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.Build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit.Keep yourselves in the love of Godand wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christthat leads to eternal life.On those who waver, have mercy; save others by snatching them out of the fire;on others have mercy with fear,abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh. To the one who is able to keep you from stumblingand to...

June 1, 2018 Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr Reading 1 1 Pt 4:7-13 Beloved:The end of all things is at hand.Therefore be serious and sober-mindedso that you will be able to pray.Above all, let your love for one another be intense,because love covers a multitude of sins.Be hospitable to one another without complaining.As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one anotheras good stewards of God's varied grace.Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God;whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies,so that in all things God may be glorified through...

May 28, 2016 Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jude 17, 20b-25 Beloved, remember the words spoken beforehandby the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.Build yourselves up in your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit.Keep yourselves in the love of Godand wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christthat leads to eternal life.On those who waver, have mercy; save others by snatching them out of the fire;on others have mercy with fear,abhorring even the outer garment stained by the flesh. To the one who is able to keep you from stumblingand to...

May 27, 2016 Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Pt 4:7-13 Beloved:The end of all things is at hand.Therefore be serious and sober-mindedso that you will be able to pray.Above all, let your love for one another be intense,because love covers a multitude of sins.Be hospitable to one another without complaining.As each one has received a gift, use it to serve one anotheras good stewards of God’s varied grace.Whoever preaches, let it be with the words of God;whoever serves, let it be with the strength that God supplies,so that in all things God may...

May 30, 2015Saturday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Sir 51:12 cd-20 I thank the LORD and I praise him;I bless the name of the LORD.When I was young and innocent,I sought wisdom openly in my prayerI prayed for her before the temple,and I will seek her until the end,and she flourished as a grape soon ripe.My heart delighted in her,My feet kept to the level pathbecause from earliest youth I was familiar with her.In the short time I paid heed,I met with great instruction.Since in this way I have profited,I will give my teacher...

May 29, 2015Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time    Reading 1 Sir 44:1, 9-13 Now will I praise those godly men,our ancestors, each in his own time.But of others there is no memory,for when they ceased, they ceased.And they are as though they had not lived,they and their children after them.Yet these also were godly menwhose virtues have not been forgotten;Their wealth remains in their families,their heritage with their descendants;Through God’s covenant with them their family endures,their posterity, for their sake. And for all time their progeny will endure,their glory will never be blotted out. Responsorial Psalm...

March 29, 2015Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion    At the Procession with Palms - Gospel Mk 11:1-10 When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem,to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the village opposite you,and immediately on entering it, you will find a colt tethered on which no one has ever sat.Untie it and bring it here.If anyone should say to you,‘Why are you doing this?’ reply,‘The Master has need of itand will send it back here at once.’”So they went off and found...

Scout Snipers Break in New Rifles Ft. A.P. Hill, VA. - Scout Snipers from the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Bn., 2nd Marine Regiment, fired their new rifles for the first time on a range here today. The BLT Marines will use the new MK-11 semi-automatic sniper rifle simultaneously alongside the bolt-action M40A3, a descendent of the Vietnam-era M40. The rifle resembles an M-16 on first glance, and Sgt. Gerald V. Gavin, Scout Sniper Platoon commander, said the resemblance can benefit operations on today's urban battlefields. Gavin said the distinct look of the M40A3 makes identifying a...