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23 April 2024 Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide Basilica of Saint Adalbert, Grand Rapids, MichiganReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 11:19-26 ©They started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord JesusThose who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News of the Lord Jesus to them as well. The Lord helped...

22 April 2024 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide Painting of the church of San Caio in Rome by Achille Pinelli in the early 1800sNow demolishedReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 11:1-18 ©God can grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to lifeThe apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the pagans too had accepted the word of God, and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the Jews criticised him and said, ‘So you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating with them, have you?’ Peter in reply gave them the details point by...

21 April 2024 4th Sunday of EasterSt Anselm's Catholic Church, part of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Pembury, Kent, UKReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 4:8-12 ©The name of Jesus Christ is the only name in which we can be savedFilled with the Holy Spirit, Peter said: ‘Rulers of the people, and elders! If you are questioning us today about an act of kindness to a cripple, and asking us how he was healed, then I am glad to tell you all, and would indeed be glad to tell the whole people of...

22 March 2024 Friday of the 5th week of LentChurch of Saint Demetrius, Ukrainian Catholic, Belfield, ND Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13 ©He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble, mastered,confounded by their failure;everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs.But you, O...

7 December 2023 Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor on Thursday of the 1st week of Advent Saint Ambrose Catholic Parish, Brunswick, Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 26:1-6 ©Open the gates; let the upright nation come inThat day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah:We have a strong city;to guard us he has setwall and rampart about us.Open the gates! Let the upright nation come in,she, the faithful onewhose mind is steadfast, who keeps the peace,because she trusts in you.Trust in the Lord...

4 November 2023 Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Saturday of week 30 in Ordinary Time Saint Charles Borromeo Church, Pittsfield MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 11:1-2,11-12,25-29 ©The Jews have not fallen for everLet me put a question: is it possible that God has rejected his people? Of course not. I, an Israelite, descended from Abraham through the tribe of Benjamin, could never agree that God had rejected his people, the people he chose specially long ago. Do you remember what scripture says of...

5 June 2023Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Monday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSt. Boniface Church, High altar, Elmont, L. I., N. YReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingTobit 1:3,2:1-8 ©Tobit defies the law by burying the deadI, Tobit, have walked in paths of truth and in good works all the days of my life. I have given much in alms to my brothers and fellow countrymen, exiled like me to Nineveh in the country of Assyria. At our feast of Pentecost (the feast of Weeks) there...

2 May 2023Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Athanasius Churh, Evanston, Illinois Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 11:19-26 ©They started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord JesusThose who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming...

1 May 2023 Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide Saint James the Less Church (Columbus, Ohio) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 11:1-18 ©God can grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to lifeThe apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the pagans too had accepted the word of God, and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the Jews criticised him and said, ‘So you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating with them, have you?’ Peter in reply gave them the details point by point: ‘One day, when I was in the town of...

30 April 2023 4th Sunday of Easter St. Pius V Catholic Church, Saint Louis Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 2:14,36-41 ©'God has made him both Lord and Christ'On the day of Pentecost Peter stood up with the Eleven and addressed the crowd in a loud voice: ‘The whole House of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.’ Hearing this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the apostles, ‘What must we do, brothers?’ ‘You must repent,’ Peter answered ‘and every one of you...

31 March 2023Friday of the 5th week of Lent Armenian Cathedral of the Assumption of the All-Holy Virgin, Lviv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13 ©He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble, mastered,confounded by their failure;everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be...

7 December 2022Saint Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent St. Ambrose Catholic Church, Latham, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 40:25-31 ©The Lord strengthens the powerless‘To whom could you liken meand who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look.Who made these starsif not he who drills them like an army,calling each one by name?So mighty is his power, so great his strength,that not one fails to answer.How can you say, Jacob,how can you insist, Israel,‘My...

4 November 2022 2Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop on Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time St. Charles Borromeo Church, Houston, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingPhilippians 3:17-4:1 ©Our homeland is in heaven, and from heaven comes Christ to transfigure usMy brothers, be united in following my rule of life. Take as your models everybody who is already doing this and study them as you used to study us. I have told you often, and I repeat it today with tears, there are many who are...

10 May 2022Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Damien of Molokai Parish, Pontiac MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 11:19-26 ©They started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord JesusThose who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News of the Lord Jesus to them as well. The Lord helped them, and a...

9 May 2022Monday of the 4th week of Eastertide Side altar, with St George Preca photo The Church of the Assumption, Qrendi, Malta Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 11:1-18 ©God can grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to lifeThe apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the pagans too had accepted the word of God, and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the Jews criticised him and said, ‘So you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating with them, have you?’ Peter in reply gave them the details point by point: ‘One day, when I was...

May 8th 2022 Sunday of the fourth week of Eastertide Don Bosco's Matunga, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingActs 13:14,43-52 ©'We must turn to the pagans'Paul and Barnabas carried on from Perga till they reached Antioch in Pisidia. Here they went to synagogue on the Sabbath and took their seats. When the meeting broke up many Jews and devout converts joined Paul and Barnabas, and in their talks with them Paul and Barnabas urged them to remain faithful to the grace God had given them. The next sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word...

8 April 2022Friday of the 5th week of Lent St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Church, Kyiv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingJeremiah 20:10-13 ©He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble, mastered,confounded by their failure;everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs.But you, O Lord of Hosts,...

November 4th, 2021St. Charles Borromeo High Altar, Apotheosis of Saint Charles Borromeo, by Alberto Camesina, Rektoratskirche St. Karl Borromäus,Church of St. Charles Borromeo, Vienna, AustriaBy Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93742567 By Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=93742649Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 14:7-12 ©Each of us must give an account of himself to GodThe life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or dead we...

April 27, 2021Tuesday of the 4th week of Eastertide Church of the Holy Cross, Dhaka, Bangladesh Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 11:19-26 ©They started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Lord JesusThose who had escaped during the persecution that happened because of Stephen travelled as far as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, but they usually proclaimed the message only to Jews. Some of them, however, who came from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch where they started preaching to the Greeks, proclaiming the Good News of the Lord Jesus to them as well. The Lord helped them, and...

April 26, 2021Monday of the 4th Week of Eastertide High Altar in Seville Cathedral, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 11:1-18 ©God can grant even the pagans the repentance that leads to lifeThe apostles and the brothers in Judaea heard that the pagans too had accepted the word of God, and when Peter came up to Jerusalem the Jews criticised him and said, ‘So you have been visiting the uncircumcised and eating with them, have you?’ Peter in reply gave them the details point by point: ‘One day, when I was in the town of Jaffa,’ he began ‘I fell...