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15 February 2024 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Saint Claude la Colombière chapel in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDeuteronomy 30:15-20 ©I set before you today life or death, blessing or curseMoses said to the people: ‘See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I enjoin on you today, if you love the Lord your God and follow his ways, if you keep his commandments, his laws, his customs, you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you...

5 February 2024 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Church, Saint Louis, MOReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 8:1-7,9-13 ©The Ark of the Covenant is brought into the TempleSolomon called the elders of Israel together in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the Citadel of David, which is Zion. All the men of Israel assembled round King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, at the time of...

4 October 2023 Saint Francis of Assisi on Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time The monastery church of St. Francis of Assisi, Piran, Slovenia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNehemiah 2:1-8 ©'Give me leave to go to the city of my ancestors and rebuild it'In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, the wine being my concern, I took up the wine and offered it to the king. Now I had never been downcast before. So the king said, ‘Why...

3 October 2023 Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Ewaldi, Aplerbeck, Dortmund ( Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingZechariah 8:20-23 ©Many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of HostsThe Lord of Hosts says this: ‘There will be other peoples yet, and citizens of great cities. And the inhabitants of one city will go to the next and say, “Come, let us go and entreat the favour of the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts; I am going myself.” And many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of...

30 September 2023 Saint Jerome, Priest, Doctor on Saturday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Jerome Church in Walbridge, OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 2:5-9,14-15 ©'I will be the glory of Jerusalem'Raising my eyes, I saw a vision. It was this: there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. I asked him, ‘Where are you going?’ He said, ‘To measure Jerusalem, to find out her breadth and her length.’ And then, while the angel who was talking to me stood...

28 September 2023 Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time Minor Basilica and National Shrine of Saint Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Manila Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHaggai 1:1-8 ©'Rebuild the House'In the second year of King Darius, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the Lord was addressed through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, high commissioner of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, as follows, ‘The Lord of Hosts says this, “This people says: The time has not yet come to rebuild the Temple of the...

27 September 2023 Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest on Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Vincent de Paul Church, Kansas City, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzra 9:5-9 ©'God has not forgotten us in our slavery'At the evening sacrifice I, Ezra, came out of my stupor and falling on my knees, with my garment and cloak torn, I stretched out my hands to the Lord my God, and said: ‘My God, I am ashamed, I blush to lift my face to you,...

20 September 2023 Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time Roman Catholic shrine built to honor first Korean saint, Bocaue, the Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Timothy 3:14-16 ©The mystery of our religion is very deepAt the moment of writing to you, I am hoping that I may be with you soon; but in case I should be delayed, I wanted you to know how people ought to behave...

8 August 2023Saint Dominic, Priest on Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary TimeSaint Dominic's Catholic Church San FranciscoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNumbers 12:1-13 ©'How have you dared to speak against my servant Moses?'Miriam, and Aaron too, spoke against Moses in connexion with the Cushite woman he had taken. (For he had married a Cushite woman.) They said, ‘Has the Lord spoken to Moses only? Has he not spoken to us too?’ The Lord heard this. Now Moses was the most humble of men, the humblest...

23 February 2023Thursday after Ash Wednesday St. Polycarp Church, Smyrna Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingDeuteronomy 30:15-20 ©I set before you today life or death, blessing or curseMoses said to the people: ‘See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I enjoin on you today, if you love the Lord your God and follow his ways, if you keep his commandments, his laws, his customs, you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you...

28 September 2022Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St Vladimir Ukrainian Catholic Church of Scranton, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingJob 9:1-13,14-16 ©How can man be in the right against God?Job spoke to his friends:Indeed, I know it is as you say: how can man be in the right against God?If any were so rash as to challenge him for reasons, one in a thousand would be more than they could answer.His heart is wise, and his strength is great: who then can successfully defy him?He moves the mountains, though they do not know it; he...

27 September 2022 Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest on Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, Los Angeles Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 3:1-3,11-17,20-23 ©Why did I not perish on the day I was born?Job broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. This is what he said:May the day perish when I was born, and the night that told of a boy conceived.Why did I not die new-born, not perish as I left the womb?Why...

26 September 2022Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingJob 1:6-22 ©The Lord gave, the Lord has taken back: blessed be the name of the LordOne day the Sons of God came to attend on the Lord, and among them was Satan. So the Lord said to Satan, ‘Where have you been?’ ‘Round the earth,’ he answered ‘roaming about.’ So the Lord asked him, ‘Did you notice my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth: a sound and honest man who fears...

September 24th 2022 Saturday of week 25 in ordinary time St. Ignatius of Loyola Church, Zwierczyn, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiastes 11:9-12:8 ©Remember your creator in the days of your youthRejoice in your youth, you who are young;let your heart give you joy in your young days.Follow the promptings of your heartand the desires of your eyes.But this you must know: for all these things God will bring you to judgement.Cast worry from your heart,shield your flesh from pain.Yet youth, the age of dark hair, is vanity. And remember your creator in the days of your youth, before...

23 September 2022Saint Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio) on Friday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. George Ukrainian Catholic Church, New York City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiastes 3:1-11 ©There is a time for every occupation under heavenThere is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven:A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted.A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time...

22 September 2022Thursday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Emmeram's Basilica (Regensburg) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEcclesiastes 1:2-11 ©Nothing is new and all is vanityVanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For all his toil, his toil under the sun, what does man gain by it? A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes the wind, then turns to the north; it turns and turns again; back then...

20 September 2022Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs on Tuesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church, Baltimore Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingProverbs 21:1-6,10-13 ©On wickedness and virtueLike flowing water is the heart of the king in the hand of the Lord, who turns it where he pleases.A man’s conduct may strike him as upright, the Lord, however, weighs the heart.To act virtuously and with justice is more pleasing to the...

8 August 2022 Saint Dominic, Priest on Monday of week 19 in Ordinary TimeSt. Dominic's Catholic Church, San Francisco Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 1:2-5,24-28 ©Ezekiel's vision of the glory of the LordOn the fifth of the month – it was the fifth year of exile for King Jehoiachin – the word of the Lord was addressed to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldaeans, on the bank of the river Chebar. There the hand of the Lord came on...

August 6th 2022 The Transfiguration of the Lord Church of the Transfiguration, Lviv, Ukraine By Alex Zelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1291124Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White 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 readingDaniel 7:9-10,13-14 ©His robe was white as snowAs I watched:Thrones were set in placeand one of great age took his seat.His robe was white as snow,the hair of his head...

June 26th 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Holy Ghost Cathedral, Mombasa, Kenya Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Kings 19:16,19-21 ©Elisha leaves the plough to follow ElijahThe Lord said to Elijah, ‘Go, you are to anoint Elisha son of Shaphat, of Abel Meholah, as prophet to succeed you.’ Leaving there, Elijah came on Elisha son of Shaphat as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. Elisha left his oxen and ran after Elijah. ‘Let me kiss my father and mother,...