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8 March 2024 Friday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint John of God, Religious) St. John of God Basilica in Granada Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingHosea 14:2-10 ©A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what...

10 June 2023Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeL'Aquila, Cathedral of St Maximus. Main altarReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 12:1,5-15,20 ©'I am one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord'When the feasting was over, Tobit called his son Tobias and said, ‘My son, you ought to think about paying the amount due to your fellow traveller; give him more than the figure agreed on.’ So Tobias called his companion and said, ‘Take half of what you brought back, in payment for all you have done, and...

9 June 2023Friday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSaint Ephrem Catholic Church, Bensalem, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 11:5-17 ©Tobit's sight is restored to himAnna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come. She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, ‘Here comes your son, with his companion.’ Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father, ‘I give you my word that your father’s eyes will open. You must put the fish’s gall to his eyes; the medicine will smart and will draw a filmy white skin...

8 June 2023Thursday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeChurch in Roannes-Saint-Mary (France), where St. Jacques Berthieu was a vicar prior to his martyrdom in MadagascarReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 6:10-11,7:1,9-14,8:4-9 ©'We must pray and petition the Lord'Raphael and Tobit entered Media and had nearly reached Ecbetana when Raphael said to the boy, ‘Brother Tobias.’ ‘Yes?’ he answered. The angel went on, ‘Tonight we shall be staying with Raguel, who is a kinsman of yours. He has a daughter called Sarah, but apart from Sarah he has no other son or daughter.’ As they entered Ecbatana, Tobias said,...

7 June 2023Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSt Robert of Newminster Roman Catholic Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 3:1-11,16-17 ©Raphael is sent to bring remedy to the house of TobitSad at heart, I, Tobit, sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:‘You are just, O Lord,and just are all your works.All your ways are grace and truth,and you are the Judge of the world.‘Therefore, Lord, remember me, look on me.Do not punish me for my sinsor for my heedless faultsor for those of my fathers.‘For we have sinned against youand broken your...

6 June 2023Tuesday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSide chapel with altar and stained glass window of Norbert of Xanten within Basilique de l'Immaculée-Conception de l'Abbaye Saint-Michel-de-FrigoletReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 2:9-14 ©'Everyone knows what return you have had for your good works'I, Tobit, took a bath; then I went into the courtyard and lay down by the courtyard wall. Since it was hot I left my face uncovered. I did not know that there were sparrows in the wall above my head; their hot droppings fell into my eyes. White spots then formed, which I was...

5 June 2023Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Monday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSt. Boniface Church, High altar, Elmont, L. I., N. YReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingTobit 1:3,2:1-8 ©Tobit defies the law by burying the deadI, Tobit, have walked in paths of truth and in good works all the days of my life. I have given much in alms to my brothers and fellow countrymen, exiled like me to Nineveh in the country of Assyria. At our feast of Pentecost (the feast of Weeks) there...

17 March 2023Friday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Patrick, Bishop, Missionary) St. Patrick Cathedral, Manhattan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingHosea 14:2-10 ©A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you...

November 7th, 202132nd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. John the Baptist church, Kansas city, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Kings 17:10-16 ©'Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied'Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, ‘Please bring me a little water in a vessel for me to drink.’ She was setting off to bring it when he called after her. ‘Please’ he said ‘bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.’ ‘As the...

October 31, 2021 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Wolfgang Pilgrimage Church Winged Altarby Michael Pacher, 1481 Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingDeuteronomy 6:2-6 ©You shall love the Lord your God with all your heartMoses said to the people: ‘If you fear the Lord your God all the days of your life and if you keep all his laws and commandments which I lay on you, you will have a long life, you and your son and your grandson. Listen then, Israel, keep and observe what will make you prosper and give you great increase, as the Lord the God...

June 5, 2021 Saint Boniface, Bishop, Martyr on Saturday of week 9 in Ordinary Time St. Boniface Catholic Church, Scipio, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingTobit 12:1,5-15,20 ©'I am one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord'When the feasting was over, Tobit called his son Tobias and said, ‘My son, you ought to think about paying the amount due to your fellow traveller; give him more than the figure agreed on.’ So Tobias called his companion...

June 4 , 2021Friday of Week 9 St. Boniface, Lidgerwood, North Dakota Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingTobit 11:5-17 ©Tobit's sight is restored to himAnna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come. She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, ‘Here comes your son, with his companion.’ Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father, ‘I give you my word that your father’s eyes will open. You must put the fish’s gall to his eyes; the medicine will smart and will draw a filmy white skin off his...

June 2, 2021 Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary Time Santi Marcellino e Pietro al Laterano Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingTobit 3:1-11,16-17 ©Raphael is sent to bring remedy to the house of TobitSad at heart, I, Tobit, sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:‘You are just, O Lord,and just are all your works.All your ways are grace and truth,and you are the Judge of the world.‘Therefore, Lord, remember me, look on me.Do not punish me for my sinsor for my heedless faultsor for those of my fathers.‘For we have sinned against youand broken your commandments;and you have...

June 1 , 2021Memorial of St. Justin, Martyr Relics of St. Justin in Church of San Giovanni Battista in Sacrofano Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red First readingTobit 2:9-14 ©'Everyone knows what return you have had for your good works'I, Tobit, took a bath; then I went into the courtyard and lay down by the courtyard wall. Since it was hot I left my face uncovered. I did not know that there were sparrows in the wall above my head; their hot droppings fell into my eyes. White spots then formed, which I was obliged to have treated by the doctors....

March 12 2021 St. Paul's Cathedral, Tirana, Albania Lectionary 241Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingHosea 14:2-10 ©A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you are the one in whom orphans find compassion.’– I will heal their disloyalty,I...

June 6, 2020 Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 2 TM 4:1-8 Beloved: I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingly power: proclaim the word; be persistent whether it is convenient or inconvenient; convince, reprimand, encourage through all patience and teaching. For the time will come when people will not tolerate sound doctrine but, following their own desires and insatiable curiosity, will accumulate teachers and will stop listening to the truth and will be diverted to...

June 5, 2020 Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1 2 Tm 3:10-17 You have followed my teaching, way of life, purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, persecutions that I endured. Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me. In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceivers and deceived. But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed, because you know from whom you...

June 4, 2020 Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 2 Tm 2:8-15 Beloved: Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David: such is my Gospel, for which I am suffering, even to the point of chains, like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained. Therefore, I bear with everything for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, together with eternal glory. This saying is trustworthy:If we have died with him we shall also live with him;...

June 3, 2020 Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day.For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition...

June 2, 2020 Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 2 Pt 3:12-15a, 17-18 Beloved: Wait for and hasten the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames and the elements melted by fire. But according to his promise we await new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness dwells.Therefore, beloved, since you await these things, be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace. And consider the patience of our Lord as salvation.Therefore, beloved, since you are forewarned, be on your guard...