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11 April 2024 Saint Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr on Thursday of the 2nd week of Eastertide St. Stanislaus Basilica Chicopee MAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 5:27-33 ©We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy SpiritWhen the officials had brought the apostles in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the...

10 April 2024 Wednesday of the 2nd week of EastertideSacred Heart Province Launching of the 250th Birth Anniversary of St. Magdalene di Canossa, Cagayan de Oro, PhilippinesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 5:17-26 ©The men you imprisoned are in the Temple, preaching to the peopleThe high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy, they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol. But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out, ‘Go and stand in the...

9 April 2024 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Retable of the Cathedral of Toledo Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 4:32-37 ©The whole group of believers was united, heart and soulThe whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all given great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned land...

10 March 2024 4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday) Shrine of St John Ogilvie, in St Aloysius', the main Jesuit church in Glasgow.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Rose or Violet. Year: B(II).First reading2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23 ©God's wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his peopleAll the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling the Temple that the Lord had consecrated for himself in Jerusalem. The Lord, the God of their ancestors, tirelessly sent them messenger after messenger, since he wished to spare...

Thursday 14 September 2023 The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast Eben-Maurach on Achensee, Tyrol, Austria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.(This rule is not followed in the United States, so two separate readings are shown here).First readingNumbers 21:4-9 ©If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedOn the way through the wilderness the people lost patience. They spoke against God and...

Sunday 4 June 2023The Most Holy Trinity SolemnityAltar in Holy Trinity Church in Kochłowice, district of Ruda Śląska (Poland)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 34:4-6,8-9 ©'Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion'With the two tablets of stone in his hands, Moses went up the mountain of Sinai in the early morning as the Lord had commanded him. And the Lord descended in the form of a cloud, and Moses stood with him there. He called on the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, ‘Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion, slow...

20 April 2023Thursday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Church of St. Agnes, Montepulciano, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 5:27-33 ©We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy SpiritWhen the officials had brought the apostles in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience to...

19 April 2023Wednesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Roman Catholic Church of the Assumption (Dormition) of the Holy Virgin, Odesa, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 5:17-26 ©The men you imprisoned are in the Temple, preaching to the peopleThe high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy, they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol. But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out, ‘Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people...

18 April 2023Tuesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Cathedral Church of St. Alexander, Kyiv Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 4:32-37 ©The whole group of believers was united, heart and soulThe whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all given great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned land or houses...

17 April 2023Monday of the 2nd week of Eastertide St. Anthony, Korets, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 4:23-31 ©They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldlyAs soon as Peter and John were released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard it they lifted up their voice to God all together. ‘Master,’ they prayed ‘it is you who made heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them; you it is who said through...

Wednesday 14 September 2022The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Feast Cathedral Of The Holy Cross Boston, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.(This rule is not followed in the United States, so two separate readings are shown here).First readingNumbers 21:4-9 ©If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedOn the way through the wilderness the people lost patience. They spoke against God and...

28 April 2022Thursday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Consecration of Roman Catholic Chapel of Saint Mary of CzęstochowaJanuary 15, 2016 Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 5:27-33 ©We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy SpiritWhen the officials had brought the apostles in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the...

27 April 2022Wednesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide S. Anthony Church, Korets, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 5:17-26 ©The men you imprisoned are in the Temple, preaching to the peopleThe high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy, they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol. But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out, ‘Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new Life.’ They did as they were...

April 26th 2022 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Newark, New Jersey Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingActs 4:32-37 ©The whole group of believers was united, heart and soulThe whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all given great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned...

September 14th , 2021The Exaltation of the Holy Cross Holy Cross Church, Kurla, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.First readingNumbers 21:4-9 ©If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedOn the way through the wilderness the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this wilderness? For there is...

April 15, 2021Thursday of the Second Week of EastertideSt. nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church, Anchorage, Alaska Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 5:27-33 ©We are witnesses to all this, we and the Holy SpiritWhen the officials had brought the apostles in to face the Sanhedrin, the high priest demanded an explanation. ‘We gave you a formal warning’ he said ‘not to preach in this name, and what have you done? You have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and seem determined to fix the guilt of this man’s death on us.’ In reply Peter and the apostles said, ‘Obedience...

April 14, 2021Wednesday of the Second Week of EastertideCatholic Church​ Of Saint Nicodemus, Gereja Katolik Santo Nikodemus, Banten, Indonesia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 5:17-26 ©The men you imprisoned are in the Temple, preaching to the peopleThe high priest intervened with all his supporters from the party of the Sadducees. Prompted by jealousy, they arrested the apostles and had them put in the common gaol. But at night the angel of the Lord opened the prison gates and said as he led them out, ‘Go and stand in the Temple, and tell the people all about this new...

April 13, 2021Tuesday of the Second Week of Eastertide. Memorial of St. Martin I, PopeSt. Martin's church, Wrocław, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 4:32-37 ©The whole group of believers was united, heart and soulThe whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they were all given great respect. None of their members was ever in want, as all those who owned...

April 12, 2021Monday of the Second Week of EastertideHoly Rosary Church, Paia, Maui, Hawaii Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingActs 4:23-31 ©They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to proclaim the word of God boldlyAs soon as Peter and John were released they went to the community and told them everything the chief priests and elders had said to them. When they heard it they lifted up their voice to God all together. ‘Master,’ they prayed ‘it is you who made heaven and earth and sea, and everything in them; you it is who said through...

March 14 20214th Sunday of Lent (Laetare Sunday)Stiftskirche St. Servatius, Quedlinburg The relics of St. Henry the Fowler and St. Matilda of Ringelheim are resting hereLiturgical Colour: Rose or Violet.First reading2 Chronicles 36:14-16,19-23 ©God's wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his peopleAll the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling the Temple that the Lord had consecrated for himself in Jerusalem. The Lord, the God of their ancestors, tirelessly sent them messenger after messenger, since he wished to spare his...