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1 June 2023Saint Justin, Martyr on Thursday of week 8 in Ordinary TimeSt. Justin Martyr, Unionville, OntarioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiasticus 42:15-26 ©The work of the Lord is full of his gloryI will remind you of the works of the Lord, and tell of what I have seen.By the words of the Lord his works come into being and all creation obeys his will.As the sun in shining looks on all things, so the work of the Lord is full of his glory.The Lord has...

30 May 2023Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Saint Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Powell, OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingEcclesiasticus 35:2-15 ©Give to the Most High as he has given to youA man multiplies offerings by keeping the Law; he offers communion sacrifices by following the commandments.By showing gratitude he makes an offering of fine flour, by giving alms he offers a sacrifice of praise.Withdraw from wickedness and the Lord will be pleased, withdraw from injustice and you make atonement.Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord’s presence; for all these things are due under the commandment.A...

1 March 2022 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Wilmington, Delaware Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Peter 1:10-16 ©Put your trust in the grace that is coming to youIt was this salvation that the prophets were looking and searching so hard for; their prophecies were about the grace which was to come to you. The Spirit of Christ which was in them foretold the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would come after them, and they tried to find out at what time and in what circumstances all this was to...

28 February 2022Monday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Cathedral of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Kharkiv Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Peter 1:3-9 ©You did not see Christ, yet you love himBlessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who in his great mercy has given us a new birth as his sons, by raising Jesus Christ from the dead, so that we have a sure hope and the promise of an inheritance that can never be spoilt or soiled and never fade away, because it is being kept for you in the heavens....

February 26th 2022 Saturday of week 7 in Ordinary Time Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. Greek Catholic Church in Kyiv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingJames 5:13-20 ©A good man's heartfelt prayer has great powerIf any one of you is in trouble, he should pray; if anyone is feeling happy, he should sing a psalm. If one of you is ill, he should send for the elders of the church, and they must anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord and pray over him. The prayer of faith will save the sick man...

25 February 2022Friday of week 7 in Ordinary Time The Chapel of San Tarasio, Church of San Zaccaria, Venice Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJames 5:9-12 ©Do not ask for judgement, or you may receive itDo not make complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates. For your example, brothers, in submitting with patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord; remember it is those who had endurance that we say are the blessed ones. You have heard of...

October 24, 2021 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Anthony Mary Claret chapel in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJeremiah 31:7-9 ©I will guide them by a smooth path where they will not stumbleThe Lord says this:Shout with joy for Jacob!Hail the chief of nations!Proclaim! Praise! Shout:‘The Lord has saved his people,the remnant of Israel!’See, I will bring them backfrom the land of the Northand gather them from the far ends of earth;all of them: the blind and the lame,women with child, women in labour:a great company returning...

October 17th, 2021Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch L'Église de la Madeleine, Paris, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 53:10-11 ©If he offers his life in atonement, what the Lord wishes will be doneThe Lord has been pleased to crush his servant with suffering.If he offers his life in atonement,he shall see his heirs, he shall have a long lifeand through him what the Lord wishes will be done.His soul’s anguish over,he shall see the light and be content.By his sufferings shall my servant justify many,taking their faults on himself.Responsorial PsalmPsalm 32(33):4-5,18-20,22 ©May your love be upon us,...

October 10th, 2021Memorial of Bl. Mary Angela Truszkowska Église Saint Denys de l'Estrée, Paris, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingWisdom 7:7-11 ©I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thronesI prayed, and understanding was given me;I entreated, and the spirit of Wisdom came to me.I esteemed her more than sceptres and thrones;compared with her, I held riches as nothing.I reckoned no priceless stone to be her peer,for compared with her, all gold is a pinch of sand,and beside her silver ranks as mud.I loved her more than health or beauty,preferred her to the light,since her radiance never sleeps.In her...

October 3rd, 2021 Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Délivrande de Popenguine, Senegal Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 2:18-24 ©A man and his wife become one bodyThe Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ So from the soil the Lord God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give it. The man gave names to all the cattle, all the birds of heaven and...

May 27 , 2021 Thursday of the 8th week of Ordinary time; Memorial of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop St. Thomas of Canterbury catholic church, Canterbury, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 42:15-26 ©The work of the Lord is full of his gloryI will remind you of the works of the Lord, and tell of what I have seen.By the words of the Lord his works come into being and all creation obeys his will.As the sun in shining looks on all things, so the work of the Lord is full of his glory.The Lord has not granted...

May 25, 2021 Tuesday of week 8 in Ordinary Time Saint Bede the Venerable, La Canada Flintridge, California Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingEcclesiasticus 35:2-15 ©Give to the Most High as he has given to youA man multiplies offerings by keeping the Law; he offers communion sacrifices by following the commandments.By showing gratitude he makes an offering of fine flour, by giving alms he offers a sacrifice of praise.Withdraw from wickedness and the Lord will be pleased, withdraw from injustice and you make atonement.Do not appear empty-handed in the Lord’s presence; for all these things are due under the commandment.A...

May 25 , 2021Tuesday of the 8th week of Ordinary time; Memorial of St. Bede the Venerable, Priest and Doctor Durham Cathedral, UK Bede's tomb in the Galilee chapel at the west end of Durham Cathedral. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. First readingEcclesiasticus 35:2-15 ©Give to the Most High as he has given to youA man multiplies offerings by keeping the Law; he offers communion sacrifices by following the commandments.By showing gratitude he makes an offering of fine flour, by giving alms he offers a sacrifice of praise.Withdraw from wickedness and the Lord will be pleased, withdraw from injustice and...

March 5 2019 Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation,and he who observes the commandments sacrifices a peace offering.In works of charity one offers fine flour,and when he gives alms he presents his sacrifice of praise.To refrain from evil pleases the LORD,and to avoid injustice is an atonement.Appear not before the LORD empty-handed,for all that you offer is in fulfillment of the precepts.The just one's offering enriches the altarand rises as a sweet odor before the Most High.The just one's sacrifice is most pleasing,nor will it...

March 4 2019 Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 17:20-24 To the penitent God provides a way back,he encourages those who are losing hopeand has chosen for them the lot of truth.Return to him and give up sin,pray to the LORD and make your offenses few.Turn again to the Most High and away from your sin,hate intensely what he loathes,and know the justice and judgments of God,Stand firm in the way set before you,in prayer to the Most High God. Who in the nether world can glorify the Most Highin place of the living...

March 2 2019 Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 17:1-15 God from the earth created man,and in his own image he made him.He makes man return to earth again,and endows him with a strength of his own.Limited days of life he gives him,with power over all things else on earth.He puts the fear of him in all flesh,and gives him rule over beasts and birds.He created for them counsel, and a tongue and eyes and ears, and an inventive heart,and filled them with the discipline of understanding.He created in them knowledge of the spirit;With...

March 1 2019 Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 6:5-17 A kind mouth multiplies friends and appeases enemies,and gracious lips prompt friendly greetings.Let your acquaintances be many,but one in a thousand your confidant.When you gain a friend, first test him,and be not too ready to trust him.For one sort is a friend when it suits him,but he will not be with you in time of distress.Another is a friend who becomes an enemy,and tells of the quarrel to your shame.Another is a friend, a boon companion,who will not be with you when sorrow comes.When...

October 28, 2018 Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jer 31:7-9 Thus says the LORD:Shout with joy for Jacob,exult at the head of the nations;proclaim your praise and say:The LORD has delivered his people,the remnant of Israel.Behold, I will bring them backfrom the land of the north;I will gather them from the ends of the world,with the blind and the lame in their midst,the mothers and those with child;they shall return as an immense throng.They departed in tears,but I will console them and guide them;I will lead them to brooks of water,on a level road, so that none...

October 21, 2018 Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 53:10-11 The LORD was pleasedto crush him in infirmity. If he gives his life as an offering for sin,he shall see his descendants in a long life,and the will of the LORD shall be accomplished through him. Because of his afflictionhe shall see the light in fullnessof days;through his suffering, my servant shall justify many,and their guilt he shall bear. Responsorial Psalm Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 R. (22) Lord, let your mercy be on us, as we place our trust in you.Upright is the word of the...

October 14, 2018 Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Wis 7:7-11 I prayed, and prudence was given me;I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me.I preferred her to scepter and throne,and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her,nor did I liken any priceless gem to her;because all gold, in view of her, is a little sand,and before her, silver is to be accounted mire.Beyond health and comeliness I loved her,and I chose to have her rather than the light,because the splendor of her never yields to sleep.Yet all good things together came to me in her...