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July 18, 2021 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Hedwig, Detroit Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJeremiah 23:1-6 ©I will gather together the remnant of my flock and raise up shepherds for them‘Doom for the shepherds who allow the flock of my pasture to be destroyed and scattered – it is the Lord who speaks! This, therefore, is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds in charge of my people: You have let my flock be scattered and go wandering and have not taken care of them. Right, I will take care of you for your...

July 11, 2021 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Abbey of Montecassino Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingAmos 7:12-15 ©'Go, shepherd, and prophesy to my people Israel'Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, said to Amos, ‘Go away, seer;’ get back to the land of Judah; earn your bread there, do your prophesying there. We want no more prophesying in Bethel; this is the royal sanctuary, the national temple.’ ‘I was no prophet, neither did I belong to any of the brotherhoods of prophets,’ Amos replied to Amaziah ‘I was a shepherd, and looked after sycamores: but it was the Lord who took...

July 04 , 2021 Saint Thomas Shrine, Kodungallur, Kerala, IndiaSt. Thomas relicSt. Thomas' journey to India in 52 AD. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEzekiel 2:2-5 ©These rebels shall know that there is a prophet among themThe spirit came into me and made me stand up, and I heard the Lord speaking to me. He said, ‘Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to the rebels who have turned against me. Till now they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me. The sons are defiant and obstinate; I am sending you to them, to...

February 8 2021 Memorial of St Josephine Bakhita of Sudan Chiesa Della Sacra Famiglia, Santa Guiseppina Bakhita, Schio, Italy Lectionary 329Readings at MassFirst readingJob 7:1-4,6-7 ©My life is but a breathJob began to speak:First readingGenesis 1:1-19 ©God saw that it was goodIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God’s spirit hovered over the water. God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light ‘day’, and darkness he...

Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church – New York City, NYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingGenesis 1:1-19 ©God saw that it was goodIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God’s spirit hovered over the water. God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light ‘day’, and darkness he called ‘night.’ Evening came and morning came: the first day. God said,...

February 6 2021 Memorial of the 26 Martyrs of Japan (日本二十六聖人) (Basilica of the 26 Martyrs of Japan), Oura Cathedral, Nagasaki, Japan Lectionary 328Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 13:15-17,20-21 ©May God turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus ChristThrough Christ, let us offer God an unending sacrifice of praise, a verbal sacrifice that is offered every time we acknowledge his name. Keep doing good works and sharing your resources, for these are sacrifices that please God. Obey your leaders and do as they...

February 5 2021 Memorial of St Agath of Sicily (died 251 AD) Chiesa Badia di Sant'Agata, Catania Lectionary 327Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 13:1-8 ©Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and will be for everContinue to love each other like brothers, and remember always to welcome strangers, for by doing this, some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Keep in mind those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them; and those who are being badly treated, since...

February 4 2021 Memorial of St. Gilbert of Sempringham and St. John de Britto Cathedral of the Holy Name, Colaba, Mumbai (Bombay), India Lectionary 326Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 12:18-19,21-24 ©You have come to Mount Zion and the city of the living GodWhat you have come to is nothing known to the senses: not a blazing fire, or a gloom turning to total darkness, or a storm; or trumpeting thunder or the great voice speaking which made everyone that heard it beg that no more should be said to them. The whole scene was so terrible that Moses said:...

February 3 2021 Wednesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Saint Patrick’s Catholic Church – New Orleans, LAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 12:4-7,11-15 ©God is training you as his sonsIn the fight against sin, you have not yet had to keep fighting to the point of death. Have you forgotten that encouraging text in which you are addressed as sons? My son, when the Lord corrects you, do not treat it lightly; but do not get discouraged when he reprimands you. For the Lord trains the ones that he loves and he punishes all those that he acknowledges as...

February 3 2021 Memorial of Saint Blase, bishop and martyr Church of St. Blaise, Dubrovnik, Croatia Lectionary 325Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 12:4-7,11-15 ©God is training you as his sonsIn the fight against sin, you have not yet had to keep fighting to the point of death. Have you forgotten that encouraging text in which you are addressed as sons? My son, when the Lord corrects you, do not treat it lightly; but do not get discouraged when he reprimands you. For the Lord trains the ones that he loves and he punishes all those that he acknowledges as...

January 09 2021 Saturday after Epiphany St. Thomas Church, Thrissur, Kerala, India . First reading1 John 4:11-18 ©As long as we love one another God's love will be complete in usMy dear people,since God has loved us so much,we too should love one another.No one has ever seen God;but as long as we love one anotherGod will live in usand his love will be complete in us.We can know that we are living in himand he is living in usbecause he lets us share his Spirit.We ourselves saw and we testifythat the Father sent his Sonas saviour of the world.If...

January 08 2021 Friday after Epiphany St. Joseph's Cathedral, Tehran, Iran . Lectionary 216Readings if at local parish, Epiphany celebrated on Sunday the 3rdFirst reading1 John 4:7-10 ©Let us love one another, since love comes from GodMy dear people,let us love one anothersince love comes from Godand everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God.Anyone who fails to love can never have known God,because God is love.God’s love for us was revealedwhen God sent into the world his only Sonso that we could have life through him;this is the love I mean:not our love for God,but God’s love...

January 06 2021 The Epiphany of the Lord Epiphany of the Lord Catholic, Katy, Texas . The readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Sunday 3 January this year then the readings are at the bottomLiturgical Colour: White.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feastThese readings are for the day of the feast itselfThese readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast:First readingIsaiah 60:1-6 ©Above you the glory of the Lord appearsArise, shine out, Jerusalem, for your...

January 05 2021 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop National shrine of Saint John Neumann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA . Lectionary 213Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Sunday 3 January this year, the readings are at the bottom after the text in maroonLiturgical Colour: White.First reading1 John 3:11-21 ©Our love is to be something real and activeThis is the messageas you heard it from the beginning:that we are to love one another;not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil Oneand cut...

August 29 2020 Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist Lectionary: 430/634 Reading 1 1 COR 1:26-31 Consider your own calling, brothers and sisters.Not many of you were wise by human standards,not many were powerful,not many were of noble birth.Rather, God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise,and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong,and God chose the lowly and despised of the world,those who count for nothing,to reduce to nothing those who are something,so that no human being might boast before God.It...

February 10 2020 Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Reading 1 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes, the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel, came to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David, which is Zion. All the people of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month). When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark; they carried the ark of the...

February 8, 2020 Saturday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 1 Kgs 3:4-13 Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, because that was the most renowned high place. Upon its altar Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings. In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” Solomon answered: “You have shown great favor to your servant, my father David, because he behaved faithfully toward you, with justice and an upright heart; and you have continued this great favor toward him,...

February 7, 2020 Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 47:2-11 Like the choice fat of the sacred offerings, so was David in Israel. He made sport of lions as though they were kids, and of bears, like lambs of the flock. As a youth he slew the giant and wiped out the people’s disgrace, When his hand let fly the slingstone that crushed the pride of Goliath. Since he called upon the Most High God, who gave strength to his right arm To defeat the skilled warrior and raise up the might of his...

February 6, 2020 Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 1 Kgs 2:1-4, 10-12 When the time of David’s death drew near, he gave these instructions to his son Solomon: “I am going the way of all flesh. Take courage and be a man. Keep the mandate of the LORD, your God, following his ways and observing his statutes, commands, ordinances, and decrees as they are written in the law of Moses, that you may succeed in whatever you do, wherever you turn, and the LORD may fulfill the promise he made on my behalf when...

February 5, 2020 Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 2 Sm 24:2, 9-17 King David said to Joab and the leaders of the army who were with him, “Tour all the tribes in Israel from Dan to Beer-sheba and register the people, that I may know their number.” Joab then reported to the king the number of people registered: in Israel, eight hundred thousand men fit for military service; in Judah, five hundred thousand.Afterward, however, David regretted having numbered the people, and said to the LORD: “I have sinned grievously in what I have done. But...