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10 February 2024 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Scholastica Catholic Church, Erie, Colorado Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 12:26-32,13:33-34 ©The prophecy of the separation of IsraelJeroboam thought to himself, ‘As things are, the kingdom will revert to the House of David. If this people continues to go up to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, the people’s heart will turn back again to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will...

26 January 2024Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops on Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. Timothy Catholic Church, Los AngelesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing...

5 December 2023 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Saint Sabbas Lavra, Kidron Valley, the Holy Land Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 11:1-10 ©A shoot springs from the stock of JesseA shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,a scion thrusts from his roots:on him the spirit of the Lord rests,a spirit of wisdom and insight,a spirit of counsel and power,a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)He does not judge by appearances,he gives no verdict on hearsay,but judges the wretched with integrity,and with equity gives...

Wednesday 18 October 2023 Saint Luke, Evangelist FeastSaint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First reading2 Timothy 4:10-17 ©Only Luke is with meDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the...

10 October 2023 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St Paulinus, York, North Yorkshire Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJonah 3:1-10 ©The Ninevites repent, and God spares themThe word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as I told you to.’ Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. Jonah went on into the city, making a day’s journey. He preached...

9 October 2023 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Saint-Denis, ParisReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJonah 1:1-2:1,11 ©Jonah flees from his callThe word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and inform them that their wickedness has become known to me.’ Jonah decided to run away from the Lord, and to go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and went aboard, to go with them to Tarshish, to get away...

7 October 2023 Our Lady of the Rosary on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Basilica church of Santa Giustina, PaduaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingBaruch 4:5-12,27-29 ©Take courage, my children, call on GodTake courage, my people,constant reminder of Israel.You were sold to the nations,but not for extermination.You provoked God;and so were delivered to your enemies,since you had angered your creatorby offering sacrifices to demons, not to God.You had forgotten the eternal God who reared you.You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you,for when...

6 October 2023 Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Saint-Bruno, Bordeaux Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingBaruch 1:15-22 ©We have been disobedient to the Lord our GodIntegrity belongs to the Lord our God; to us the look of shame we wear today, to us, the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, to our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, as to our ancestors, because we have sinned in the sight of the Lord, have disobeyed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God telling us to follow the...

5 October 2023 Thursday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Chapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina, Krakow Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingNehemiah 8:1-12 ©All the people listened attentively to the Book of the LawWhen the seventh month came, all the people gathered as one man on the square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses which the Lord had prescribed for Israel. Accordingly Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, consisting of men, women,...

26 January 2023Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops on Thursday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Titus Catholic Church, Aliquippa, PA 15001 Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of...

29 November 2022Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Tomb of Saint Saturnin in Basilique Saint-Sernin in Toulouse: Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 11:1-10 ©A shoot springs from the stock of JesseA shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,a scion thrusts from his roots:on him the spirit of the Lord rests,a spirit of wisdom and insight,a spirit of counsel and power,a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)He does not judge by appearances,he gives no verdict on hearsay,but judges the wretched with integrity,and with equity gives a...

Tuesday 18 October 2022Saint Luke, Evangelist Feast Saint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).First reading2 Timothy 4:10-17 ©Only Luke is with meDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the coppersmith...

4 October 2022Saint Francis of Assisi on Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St. Francis of Assisi, Frisco, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGalatians 1:13-24 ©God called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in meYou must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions...

October 3rd 2022 Memorial of St. Theodore Guerin of Lafayette Indiana St Celestine Catholic Church at St. Mother Guerin Parish, Elmwood Park, IL 60707, United States Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGalatians 1:6-12 ©The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus ChristI am astonished at the promptness with which you have turned away from the one who called you and have decided to follow a different version of the Good News. Not that there can be more than one Good News; it is merely that some troublemakers among you want to change the Good...

1 October 2022Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Church in Porządzie, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 42:1-3,5-6,12-17 ©In dust and in ashes I repentThis was the answer Job gave to the Lord:I know that you are all-powerful: what you conceive, you can perform.I am the man who obscured your designs with my empty-headed words.I have been holding forth on matters I cannot understand, on marvels beyond me and...

30 September 2022Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Jerome Parish - Rogers Park - Chicago, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 38:1,12-21,40:3-5 ©The immeasurable greatness of GodFrom the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said:Have you ever in your life given orders to the morning or sent the dawn to its post,telling it to grasp the earth by its edges and shake the wicked out of it,when it changes the earth to sealing...

July 17th 2022 Sunday of the 16th week in ordinary time Our Lady of the Rosary, Boise, Idaho Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 18:1-10 ©'Next year your wife Sarah will have a son'The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said ‘I...

July 10th 2022 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Chad's Cathedral, Birmingham, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingDeuteronomy 30:10-14 ©The Law is not beyond your strength or beyond your reachMoses said to the people: ‘Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. ‘For this Law that I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven, so that...

3 July 2022 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, Claughton, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingIsaiah 66:10-14 ©Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a riverRejoice, Jerusalem,be glad for her, all you who love her!Rejoice, rejoice for her,all you who mourned her!That you may be suckled, filled,from her consoling breast,that you may savour with delighther glorious breasts.For thus says the Lord:Now towards her I send flowingpeace, like a river,and like a stream in spatethe glory of the nations.At her breast will her nurslings be carriedand fondled in her lap.Like a son comforted by his...

Monday 13 June 2022Saint Antony of Padua, Priest, Doctor St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 21:1-16 ©Ahab covets Naboth's vineyard and Jezebel has him killedNaboth of Jezreel had a vineyard close by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, and Ahab said to Naboth, ‘Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it adjoins my house; I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money.’...