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21 November 2023 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Presentation of Virgin Mary Church, Ceske Budejovice, the Czech RepublicReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Maccabees 6:18-31 ©'I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws'Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth wide to swallow pig’s flesh. But he, resolving to die with...

24 July 2023Monday of week 16 in Ordinary TimeShrine of Saint Sharbel, at the National Shrine Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, in Emmitsburg, MDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 14:5-18 ©Pharaoh sets out in pursuit of the sons of IsraelWhen Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was told that the Israelites had made their escape, he and his courtiers changed their minds about the people. ‘What have we done,’ they said ‘allowing Israel to leave our service?’ So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and gathered his troops about him, taking six hundred of the best chariots and all the...

Saturday 22 July 2023Saint Mary Magdalen FeastChurch of Saint Mary Magdalene, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingSong of Songs 3:1-4 ©I found him whom my heart lovesThe bride says this:On my bed, at night, I sought himwhom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.So I will rise and go through the City;in the streets and in the squaresI will seek him whom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.The watchmen came upon meon their rounds in the City:‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’Scarcely had I passed themwhen I found him whom my...

21 July 2023 Friday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeSt. Lawrence Catholic Church, Alexandria, VAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 11:10-12:14 ©The institution of the PassoverMoses and Aaron worked many wonders in the presence of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn, and he did not let the sons of Israel leave his country. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ‘This month is to be the first of all the others for you, the first month of your year. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, “On the tenth...

21 November 2022The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary on Monday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Presentation Catholic Church, Marietta Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingApocalypse 14:1-5 ©The redeemed have Christ and his Father's name written on their foreheadsIn my vision I, John, saw Mount Zion, and standing on it a Lamb who had with him a hundred and forty-four thousand people, all with his name and his Father’s name written on their foreheads. I heard a sound coming out of the sky like the...

July 19th 2022 Sunday of the 16th week in ordinary time St. George's Chaldean Catholic church, Mosul, Iraq Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingMicah 7:14-15,18-20 ©Have pity on us one more timeWith shepherd’s crook, O Lord, lead your people to pasture,the flock that is your heritage,living confined in a forestwith meadow land all around.Let them pasture in Bashan and Gileadas in the days of old.As in the days when you came out of Egyptgrant us to see wonders.What god can compare with you: taking fault away,pardoning crime,not cherishing anger for everbut delighting in showing mercy?Once more have pity on...

18 July 2022Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time Sanctuary of St. Jadwiga, Trzebnica, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingMicah 6:1-4,6-8 ©The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humblyListen to what the Lord is saying:Stand up and let the case begin in the hearing of the mountains and let the hills hear what you say.Listen, you mountains, to the Lord’s accusation, give ear, you foundations of the earth,for the Lord is accusing his people, pleading against Israel:My people, what have I done to you, how have I been a burden to...

July 16th 2022 Saturday of Week 15 in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Walsingham, Corby, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingMicah 2:1-5 ©The plotters of evil will not escapeWoe to those who plot evil,who lie in bed planning mischief!No sooner is it dawn than they do it– their hands have the strength for it.Seizing the fields that they covet,they take over houses as well,owner and house they confiscate together,taking both man and inheritance.So the Lord says this:Now it is I who plotsuch mischief against this breedas your necks will not escape;nor will you be able to walk proudly,so...

Friday 15 July 2022Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St._Bonaventure, Raeville, Nebrasca Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8 ©The Lord hears Hezekiah's prayer and heals himHezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘The Lord says this, “Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live.”’ Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to the Lord, ‘Ah,...

July 20, 2021 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Apollinaris in Malinska, Cloatia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingExodus 14:21-15:1 ©The crossing of the Red SeaMoses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove back the sea with a strong easterly wind all night, and he made dry land of the sea. The waters parted and the sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea, walls of water to right and to left of them. The Egyptians gave chase: after them they went, right into the sea, all Pharaoh’s horses, his...

July 17, 2021 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time The Monastery at Skalka nad Váhom, Slovakia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingExodus 12:37-42 ©The sons of Israel leave Egypt hurriedly by nightThe sons of Israel left Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand on the march – all men – not counting their families. People of various sorts joined them in great numbers; there were flocks, too, and herds in immense droves. They baked cakes with the dough which they had brought from Egypt, unleavened because the dough was not leavened; they had been driven out of Egypt, with...

July 16 , 2021Our Lady of Mt Carmel Mt. Carmel Church, Bandra, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingExodus 11:10-12:14 ©The institution of the PassoverMoses and Aaron worked many wonders in the presence of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn, and he did not let the sons of Israel leave his country. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ‘This month is to be the first of all the others for you, the first month of your year. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, “On the tenth day...

July 21, 2020 Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland, in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old; As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, show us wonderful signs.Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance; Who does not persist in anger forever, but delights rather in clemency, And will again...

July 20, 2020 Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Mi 6:1-4, 6-8 Hear what the LORD says: Arise, present your plea before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice! Hear, O mountains, the plea of the LORD, pay attention, O foundations of the earth! For the LORD has a plea against his people, and he enters into trial with Israel.O my people, what have I done to you, or how have I wearied you? Answer me! For I brought you up from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery I released you;...

July 18 2020 Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Mi 2:1-5 Woe to those who plan iniquity, and work out evil on their couches; In the morning light they accomplish it when it lies within their power. They covet fields, and seize them; houses, and they take them; They cheat an owner of his house, a man of his inheritance. Therefore thus says the LORD: Behold, I am planning against this race an evil from which you shall not withdraw your necks; Nor shall you walk with head high, for it will be a time...

July 17 2020 Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 When Hezekiah was mortally ill, the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz, came and said to him: “Thus says the LORD: Put your house in order, for you are about to die; you shall not recover.” Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD:“O LORD, remember how faithfully and wholeheartedly I conducted myself in your presence, doing what was pleasing to you!” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah: “Go, tell Hezekiah: Thus...

July 23 2019 Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Ex 14:21—15:1 Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,and the LORD swept the seawith a strong east wind throughout the nightand so turned it into dry land.When the water was thus divided,the children of Israel marched into the midst of the sea on dry land,with the water like a wall to their right and to their left. The Egyptians followed in pursuit;all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and charioteers went after themright into the midst of the sea.In the night watch just before dawnthe LORD cast...

July 20 2019 Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Ex 12:37-42 The children of Israel set out from Rameses for Succoth,about six hundred thousand men on foot,not counting the little ones.A crowd of mixed ancestry also went up with them,besides their livestock, very numerous flocks and herds.Since the dough they had brought out of Egypt was not leavened,they baked it into unleavened loaves.They had rushed out of Egypt and had no opportunityeven to prepare food for the journey. The time the children of Israel had stayed in Egyptwas four hundred and thirty years.At the end...

July 19 2019 Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Ex 11:10—12:14 Although Moses and Aaron performed various wondersin Pharaoh's presence,the LORD made Pharaoh obstinate,and he would not let the children of Israel leave his land. The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,"This month shall stand at the head of your calendar;you shall reckon it the first month of the year.Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this monthevery one of your families must procure for itself a lamb,one apiece for each household.If a family is too small...

July 24, 2018 Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Shepherd your people with your staff,the flock of your inheritance,That dwells apart in a woodland,in the midst of Carmel.Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,as in the days of old;As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,show us wonderful signs. Who is there like you, the God who removes guiltand pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;Who does not persist in anger forever,but delights rather in clemency,And will again have compassion on us,treading underfoot our guilt?You will cast...