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6 March 2024 Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent Interior of the Fridolinsmünster in Bad Säckingen Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDeuteronomy 4:1,5-9 ©Keep these laws and observe themMoses said to the people: ‘Now, Israel, take notice of the laws and customs that I teach you today, and observe them, that you may have life and may enter and take possession of the land that the Lord the God of your fathers is giving you. ‘See, as the Lord my God has commanded me, I teach you the laws and customs that you are to observe...

24 February 2024Saturday of the 1st week of Lent Saint Matthias Catholic Church (Columbus, Ohio) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDeuteronomy 26:16-19 ©You will be a people consecrated to the LordMoses said to the people: ‘The Lord your God today commands you to observe these laws and customs; you must keep and observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. ‘You have today made this declaration about the Lord: that he will be your God, but only if you follow his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and listen to his voice....

23 February 2024 Friday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr) Saint Polycarp Church, Smyrna, TurkeyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingEzekiel 18:21-28 ©I prefer to see the wicked man renounce his wickedness and liveThus says the Lord: ‘If the wicked man renounces all the sins he has committed, respects my laws and is law-abiding and honest, he will certainly live; he will not die. All the sins he committed will be forgotten from then on; he shall live because of the integrity he has practised. What! Am I likely to take...

Thursday 4 January 2024 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on 4 January St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church (Houston) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 3:7-10 ©No-one sins who has been begotten by GodMy children, do not let anyone lead you astray:to live a holy lifeis to be holy just as he is holy;to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil,since the devil was a sinner from the beginning.It was to undo all that the devil has donethat the Son of God...

13 November 2023Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini on Monday of week 32 in Ordinary Time Shrine of Saint Frances Cabrini – New York, New York Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 1:1-7 ©Seek the Lord in simplicity of heartLove virtue, you who are judges on earth,let honesty prompt your thinking about the Lord,seek him in simplicity of heart;since he is to be found by those who do not put him to the test,he shows himself to those who do not distrust him.But selfish intentions divorce from...

Wednesday 1 November 2023 All Saints Solemnity All Saints Catholic Church, Albany, New YorkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingApocalypse 7:2-4,9-14 ©I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and languageI, John, saw another angel rising where the sun rises, carrying the seal of the living God; he called in a powerful voice to the four angels whose duty was to devastate land and sea, ‘Wait before you do any damage on land or at sea or to the trees, until we have put the seal on the foreheads of the...

9 September 2023 Saint Peter Claver on Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Altar of Iglesia de San Pedro Claver in Old Town, Cartagena, Colombia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:21-23 ©God has reconciled you by Christ's death in his mortal bodyNot long ago, you were foreigners and enemies, in the way that you used to think and the evil things that you did; but now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body. Now you are able to...

1 August 2023 Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Alphonsus Liguori, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 33:7-11,34:5-9,28 ©'They are a headstrong people; but forgive us our faults'Moses used to take the Tent and pitch it outside the camp, at some distance from the camp. He called it the Tent of Meeting. Anyone who had to consult the Lord would go out to the Tent of Meeting, outside the camp. Whenever Moses...

20 June 2023Tuesday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSan Silverio Chapel Palmarola island, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 8:1-9 ©The Lord Jesus was rich but became poor for your sakeNow here, brothers, is the news of the grace of God which was given in the churches in Macedonia; and of how, throughout great trials by suffering, their constant cheerfulness and their intense poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity. I can swear that they gave not only as much as they could afford, but far more, and quite spontaneously, begging and begging us for the...

19 June 2023Monday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt-Romuald, Farnham, CanadaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 6:1-10 ©How we prove that we are God's servantsAs his fellow workers, we beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: At the favourable time, I have listened to you; on the day of salvation I came to your help. Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation. We do nothing that people might object to, so as not to bring discredit on our function as God’s...

15 June 2023Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeSt. Vitus Cathedral, PragueReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6 ©The veil over their eyes will not be removed until they turn to the LordEven today, whenever Moses is read, the veil is over their minds. It will not be removed until they turn to the Lord. Now this Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we, with our unveiled faces reflecting like mirrors the brightness of the Lord, all grow brighter and brighter as we are turned into the...

14 June 2023Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeAin es-Sultan in Jericho (also known as "Elisha's Spring"), believed to be the fountain purified by Elisha in 2 Kings 2:19–22.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 3:4-11 ©The new covenant is a covenant of the SpiritBefore God, we are confident of this through Christ: not that we are qualified in ourselves to claim anything as our own work: all our qualifications come from God. He is the one who has given us the qualifications to be the administrators of this new covenant, which is not a covenant of written...

13 June 2023Saint Antony of Padua, Priest, Doctor on Tuesday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeSt. Anthony's Roman Catholic Church (Wilmington, Delaware) BODY The readings on this page are from the Jerusalem Bible, which is used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world. The New American Bible readings, which are used at Mass in the United States, are available in the Universalis apps, programs and downloads.You can also view this page with the Gospel in Greek and English.

12 June 2023 Monday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeSt. John of Sahagun Parish Church, Candon, the Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 1:1-7 ©God comforts us so that we can console othersFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from Timothy, one of the brothers, to the church of God at Corinth and to all the saints in the whole of Achaia. Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, a gentle Father...

3 June 2023Saints Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyrs on Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary TimeSaints Charles Lwanga parish, Detroit, MIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEcclesiasticus 51:17-27 ©Glory be to him who has given me wisdomI will thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last I will continue to seek her.From her blossoming...

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...

15 March 2023Wednesday of the 3rd week of Lent St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church, Baltimore, MD Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingDeuteronomy 4:1,5-9 ©Keep these laws and observe themMoses said to the people: ‘Now, Israel, take notice of the laws and customs that I teach you today, and observe them, that you may have life and may enter and take possession of the land that the Lord the God of your fathers is giving you. ‘See, as the Lord my God has commanded me, I teach you the laws and customs that you are to observe in the...

4 March 2023Saturday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) St. Casimir Church Cleveland, Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingDeuteronomy 26:16-19 ©You will be a people consecrated to the LordMoses said to the people: ‘The Lord your God today commands you to observe these laws and customs; you must keep and observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. ‘You have today made this declaration about the Lord: that he will be your God, but only if you follow his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, his ordinances, and listen...

3 March 2023Friday of the 1st week of Lent The Saint Katharine Drexel Catholic Church, Frederick, Maryland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingEzekiel 18:21-28 ©I prefer to see the wicked man renounce his wickedness and liveThus says the Lord: ‘If the wicked man renounces all the sins he has committed, respects my laws and is law-abiding and honest, he will certainly live; he will not die. All the sins he committed will be forgotten from then on; he shall live because of the integrity he has practised. What! Am I likely to take pleasure in the death of...

19 February 20237th Sunday in Ordinary Time One of the oldest church altars in Volyn, Ukraine (Museum of the Volyn Icon exhibit) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingLeviticus 19:1-2,17-18 ©You must love your neighbour as yourselfThe Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to the whole community of the sons of Israel and say to them: ‘“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. ‘“You must not bear hatred for your brother in your heart. You must openly tell him, your neighbour, of his offence; this way you will not take a sin upon yourself. You...