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29 February 2024 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent Crypt of Worcester Cathedral (11th century) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJeremiah 17:5-10 ©A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in...

11 November 2023 Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop on Saturday of week 31 in Ordinary TimeSt. Martin of Tours, Louisville, Kentucky Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 16:3-9,16,22-27 ©The mystery kept secret for endless ages must be broadcast everywhereMy greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked death to save my life: I am not the only one to owe them a debt of gratitude, all the churches among the pagans do as well. My greetings also to the church...

10 November 2023 Saint Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor on Friday of week 31 in Ordinary Time Church of Saint Leo the Great, Lincroft, NJReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 15:14-21 ©My duty is to bring the Good News from God to the pagansMy brothers, I am quite certain that you are full of good intentions, perfectly well instructed and able to advise each other. The reason why I have written to you, and put some things rather strongly, is to refresh your memories, since...

9 March 2023Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Frances of Rome, Religious) Saint Frances of Rome Catholic Church, Azusa, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingJeremiah 17:5-10 ©A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing...

5th November 2022Memorial of St. Elizabeth, mother of St. John the Baptist St. John the Baptist Church, Newburgh, Kentucky, USA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingPhilippians 4:10-19 ©With the help of the One who gives me strength, there is nothing I cannot masterIt is a great joy to me, in the Lord, that at last you have shown some concern for me again; though of course you were concerned before, and only lacked an opportunity. I am not talking about shortage of money: I have learnt to manage on whatever I have, I know how to be poor and...

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...

September 25th 2022 Sunday of week 26 in ordinary time Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingAmos 6:1,4-7 ©Woe to those who live in luxuryThe almighty Lord says this:Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zionand to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria,those famous men of this first of nationsto whom the House of Israel goes as client.Lying on ivory bedsand sprawling on their divans,they dine on lambs from the flock,and stall-fattened veal;they bawl to the sound of the harp,they invent new instruments of music like David,they drink wine by the bowlful,and use the finest oil...

September 18th 2022 Sunday of week 25 in ordinary time Cathedral of St. John, Gdansk, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingAmos 8:4-7 ©I will never forget your deeds, you who trample on the needyListen to this, you who trample on the needyand try to suppress the poor people of the country,you who say, ‘When will New Moon be overso that we can sell our corn,and sabbath, so that we can market our wheat?Then by lowering the bushel, raising the shekel,by swindling and tampering with the scales,we can buy up the poor for money,and the needy for a pair of...

17 March 2022Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent optional commemoration of Saint Patrick, Bishop, Missionary St. Patrick's High Altar & Baldachino, New York Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingJeremiah 17:5-10 ©A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing on the man...

November 6th, 2021Feast of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist St. John the Baptist church, Beloit, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingRomans 16:3-9,16,22-27 ©The mystery kept secret for endless ages must be broadcast everywhereMy greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked death to save my life: I am not the only one to owe them a debt of gratitude, all the churches among the pagans do as well. My greetings also to the church that meets at their house. Greetings to my friend Epaenetus, the first of Asia’s gifts to Christ;...

November 5th, 2021Feast of St. Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist St. John the Baptist church, Longmont, Colorado Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingRomans 15:14-21 ©My duty is to bring the Good News from God to the pagansMy brothers, I am quite certain that you are full of good intentions, perfectly well instructed and able to advise each other. The reason why I have written to you, and put some things rather strongly, is to refresh your memories, since God has given me this special position. He has appointed me as a priest of Jesus Christ, and I am...

March 04 2021 Saint Casimir (Kazimierz) of Poland St Casimir Chapel, Vilnius Cathedral, Vilnius (Wilno), Lithuania By Juliux - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3254027 Lectionary 233Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingJeremiah 17:5-10 ©A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing on...

November 8 2020 Saturday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 PHIL 4:10-19 Brothers and sisters: I rejoice greatly in the Lord that now at last you revived your concern for me. You were, of course, concerned about me but lacked an opportunity. Not that I say this because of need, for I have learned, in whatever situation I find myself, to be self-sufficient. I know indeed how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed and...

November 6 2020 Thirty First Friday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 489 Reading 1 PHIL 3:17—4:1 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell you even in tears, conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ. Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things. But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we also await a...

November 8 2019 Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Rom 15:14-21 I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters,that you yourselves are full of goodness,filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another.But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you,because of the grace given me by Godto be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentilesin performing the priestly service of the Gospel of God,so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be acceptable,sanctified by the Holy Spirit.In Christ Jesus, then, I have reason to...

September 29 2019 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Am 6:1a, 4-7 Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs taken from the flock, and calves from the stall! Improvising to the music of the harp, like David, they devise their own accompaniment. They drink wine from bowls and anoint themselves with the best oils; yet they are not made ill by the collapse of Joseph! Therefore, now they shall be the first to go into exile, and their...

September 22 2019 Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Am 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! "When will the new moon be over," you ask, "that we may sell our grain, and the sabbath, that we may display the wheat? We will diminish the ephah, add to the shekel, and fix our scales for cheating! We will buy the lowly for silver, and the poor for a pair of sandals; even the refuse of the wheat we will sell!" The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob:...

March 21 2019 Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Reading 1 Jer 17:5-10 Thus says the LORD:Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,who seeks his strength in flesh,whose heart turns away from the LORD.He is like a barren bush in the desertthat enjoys no change of season,But stands in a lava waste,a salt and empty earth.Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,whose hope is the LORD.He is like a tree planted beside the watersthat stretches out its roots to the stream:It fears not the heat when it comes,its leaves stay green;In the year of...

November 10, 2018 Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Phil 4:10-19 Brothers and sisters:I rejoice greatly in the Lordthat now at last you revived your concern for me.You were, of course, concerned about me but lacked an opportunity.Not that I say this because of need,for I have learned, in whatever situation I find myself,to be self-sufficient.I know indeed how to live in humble circumstances;I know also how to live with abundance.In every circumstance and in all thingsI have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry,of living in...

March 1, 2018 Thursday of the Second Week of Lent Reading 1 Jer 17:5-10 Thus says the LORD:Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,who seeks his strength in flesh,whose heart turns away from the LORD.He is like a barren bush in the desertthat enjoys no change of season,But stands in a lava waste,a salt and empty earth.Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD,whose hope is the LORD.He is like a tree planted beside the watersthat stretches out its roots to the stream:It fears not the heat when it comes,its leaves stay green;In the year of...