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4 December 2023 Monday of the 1st week of Advent Tomb of St. John the Baptist, Umayyad Grand Mosque, Damascus Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 2:1-5 ©The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of God's kingdomThe vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.In the days to comethe mountain of the Temple of the Lordshall tower above the mountainsand be lifted higher than the hills.All the nations will stream to it,peoples without number will come to it; and they will say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the...

5 July 2023Wednesday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeThe altar at the Chapel of St. Joseph at Cremona Cathedral, at which St. Anthony Mary Zaccaria was ordained a subdeacon, a deacon, and a priest.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 21:5,8-20 ©Hagar and Ishmael, expelled for Sarah's sake, saved by the LordAbraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham gave a great banquet on the day Isaac was weaned. Now Sarah watched the son that Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, playing with her...

4 July 2023 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeRichmond, London. The Roman Catholic Church of St Elizabeth of PortugalReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 19:15-29 ©The destruction of Sodom and GomorrahThe angels urged Lot, ‘Come, take your wife and these two daughters of yours, or you will be overwhelmed in the punishment of the town.’ And as he hesitated, the men took him by the hand, and his wife and his two daughters, because of the pity the Lord felt for him. They led him out and left him outside the town. As they were leading him...

1 July 2023Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary Timethe mission church of Tancoyol, Jalpan de Serra, Querétaro, MexicoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 18:1-15 ©'Next year your wife Sarah will have a son'The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said ‘I...

30 June 2023Friday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeSalzburg cathedral, AustriaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 17:1,9-10,15-22 ©The Lord make a covenant and gives Abram and Sarai new namesWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai. Bear yourself blameless in my presence, and I will make a Covenant between myself and you. You on your part shall maintain my Covenant, yourself and your descendants after you, generation after generation. Now this is my Covenant which you are to maintain between myself and you, and your descendants after you: all...

28 November 2022Monday of the 1st week of Advent Chapel of Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Paris, France. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 4:2-6 ©The fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel's survivorsThat day, the branch of the Lordshall be beauty and glory,and the fruit of the earthshall be the pride and adornmentof Israel’s survivors.Those who are left of Zionand remain of Jerusalemshall be called holyand those left in Jerusalem, noted down for survival.When the Lord has washed awaythe filth of the daughter of Zionand cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed...

28th November 2022Monday of the 1st week of Advent Chapel of The Miraculous Medal, Paris, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet First readingIsaiah 4:2-6 ©The fruit of the earth shall be the pride and adornment of Israel's survivorsThat day, the branch of the Lordshall be beauty and glory,and the fruit of the earthshall be the pride and adornmentof Israel’s survivors.Those who are left of Zionand remain of Jerusalemshall be called holyand those left in Jerusalem, noted down for survival.When the Lord has washed awaythe filth of the daughter of Zionand cleansed Jerusalem of the blood shed in herwith the blast of...

28 June 2022Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Saint Irenaeus Church Montreal, Quebec Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingAmos 3:1-8,4:11-12 ©It is for all your sins that I mean to punish youListen, sons of Israel, to this oracle the Lord speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.Do two men take the...

27 June 2022 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St Cyril of Alexandria ChurchHouston, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingAmos 2:6-10,13-16 ©Because of your crimes I will crush you into the groundThe Lord says this:For the three crimes, the four crimes, of IsraelI have made my decree and will not relent:because they have sold the virtuous man for silverand the poor man for a pair of sandals,because they trample on the heads of ordinary peopleand push the poor out of their path,because father and son have both resorted to the same girl,profaning my holy name,because they stretch themselves...

November 29th, 2021 St. Joseph, Huntington, West Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet First readingIsaiah 2:1-5 ©The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of God's kingdomThe vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.In the days to comethe mountain of the Temple of the Lordshall tower above the mountainsand be lifted higher than the hills.All the nations will stream to it,peoples without number will come to it; and they will say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Temple of the God of Jacob that he may teach us...

June 30 , 2021 Memorial of the first martyrs of the see of Rome St. Andrews Church Reddiarpalayam Pondicherry India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 21:5,8-20 ©Hagar and Ishmael, expelled for Sarah's sake, saved by the LordAbraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham gave a great banquet on the day Isaac was weaned. Now Sarah watched the son that Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. ‘Drive away that slave-girl and her son,’ she said to Abraham; ‘this...

June 28 , 2021 Memorial of St. Irenaeus St. Irenaeus, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 18:16-33 ©Abraham negotiates with the LordFrom Mamre the men set out and arrived within sight of Sodom, with Abraham accompanying them to show them the way. Now the Lord had wondered, ‘Shall I conceal from Abraham what I am going to do, seeing that Abraham will become a great nation with all the nations of the earth blessing themselves by him? For I have singled him out to...

June 26 , 2021 St. Peter's Church, Saint Charles, Missouri Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 18:1-15 ©'Next year your wife Sarah will have a son'The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said ‘I beg you, if I find favour with you,...

June 25 , 2021 St. Wenceslaus, Wahoo, Nebraska Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 17:1,9-10,15-22 ©The Lord make a covenant and gives Abram and Sarai new namesWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘I am El Shaddai. Bear yourself blameless in my presence, and I will make a Covenant between myself and you. You on your part shall maintain my Covenant, yourself and your descendants after you, generation after generation. Now this is my Covenant which you are to maintain between myself and you, and your descendants after you: all your males must...

July 1 2020 Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Am 5:14-15, 21-24 Seek good and not evil, that you may live; Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts, be with you as you claim! Hate evil and love good, and let justice prevail at the gate; Then it may be that the LORD, the God of hosts, will have pity on the remnant of Joseph.I hate, I spurn your feasts, says the LORD, I take no pleasure in your solemnities; Your cereal offerings I will not accept, nor consider your stall-fed peace offerings....

June 30 2020 Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Am 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the LORD pronounces over you, over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt:You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your crimes.Do two walk together unless they have agreed? Does a lion roar in the forest when it has no prey? Does a young lion cry out from its den unless it has seized something? Is a bird...

June 27 2020 Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Lam 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 The Lord has consumed without pity all the dwellings of Jacob; He has torn down in his anger the fortresses of daughter Judah; He has brought to the ground in dishonor her king and her princes.On the ground in silence sit the old men of daughter Zion; They strew dust on their heads and gird themselves with sackcloth; The maidens of Jerusalem bow their heads to the ground.Worn out from weeping are my eyes, within me all is in ferment; My gall...

June 26 2020 Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 12 Kgs 25:1-12 In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole army advanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it, and built siege walls on every side. The siege of the city continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah. On the ninth day of the fourth month, when famine had gripped the city, and the people had no more bread, the city walls were breached. Then the king and all the soldiers...

July 2 2019 Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Gn 19:15-29 As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, "On your way!Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here,or you will be swept away in the punishment of Sodom."When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD's mercy,seized his hand and the hands of his wife and his two daughtersand led them to safety outside the city.As soon as they had been brought outside, he was told:"Flee for your life!Don't look back or stop anywhere on the Plain.Get off to...

July 1 2019 Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Gn 18:16-33 Abraham and the men who had visited him by the Terebinth of Mamreset out from there and looked down toward Sodom;Abraham was walking with them, to see them on their way.The LORD reflected: "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,now that he is to become a great and populous nation,and all the nations of the earth are to find blessing in him?Indeed, I have singled him outthat he may direct his children and his household after himto keep the way...