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27 January 2024 Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Angela Merici Catholic Church, Metairie, LA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Samuel 12:1-7,10-17 ©David's penitence over UriahThe Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said:‘In the same town were two men,one rich, the other poor.The rich man had flocks and herdsin great abundance;the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb,one only, a small one he had bought.This he fed, and it grew up with him and his children,eating his bread, drinking from his cup,sleeping on his breast; it was...

26 January 2024Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops on Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. Timothy Catholic Church, Los AngelesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing...

24 January 2024 Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, in Saint Louis, Missouri Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 7:4-17 ©'Your house and sovereignty will stand secure'The word of the Lord came to Nathan: ‘Go and tell my servant David, “Thus the Lord speaks: Are you the man to build me a house to dwell in? I have never stayed in a house from the day I brought the Israelites out...

13 September 2023 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre celebrated Mass Aug. 26 to mark St. John Chrysostom Church’s 150th anniversary. Priests who’ve served the Henry County parish concelebrated. (Eminence, KY; Record Photo by Ruby Thomas)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 3:1-11 ©You must look for the things that are in heavenSince you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ...

28 January 2023Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish Charlottesville, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 11:1-2,8-19 ©Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by GodOnly faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country...

27 January 2023Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. Angela Merici Catholic Church, Florissant, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 10:32-39 ©We are the sort who keep faithfulRemember all the sufferings that you had to meet after you received the light, in earlier days; sometimes by being yourselves publicly exposed to insults and violence, and sometimes as associates of others who were treated in the same way. For you not only shared in the sufferings of those who were in prison, but you happily accepted being stripped of your belongings, knowing that you owned something that...

26 January 2023Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops on Thursday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Titus Catholic Church, Aliquippa, PA 15001 Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of...

September 13, 2022Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of week 24 in Ordinary Time St. John Chrysostom Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 12:12-14,27-31 ©You together are Christ's body: each of you a different partJust as a human body, though it is made up of many parts, is a single unit because all these parts, though many, make one body, so it is with Christ. In the one Spirit we were all baptised, Jews as well as Greeks, slaves...

January 29th, 2021 Be-Dagh Mariyam Catholic Church Mariyam Colony Quetta, PakistanReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Samuel 12:1-7,10-17 ©David's penitence over UriahThe Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David. He came to him and said:‘In the same town were two men,one rich, the other poor.The rich man had flocks and herdsin great abundance;the poor man had nothing but a ewe lamb,one only, a small one he had bought.This he fed, and it grew up with him and his children,eating his bread, drinking from his cup,sleeping on his breast; it was like a daughter to him.When there came a traveller...

Friday 28 January 2022Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church — Dallas, Texas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 11:1-4,5-10,13-17 ©David and BathshebaAt the turn of the year, the time when kings go campaigning, David sent Joab and with him his own guards and the whole of Israel. They massacred the Ammonites and laid siege to Rabbah. David, however, remained in Jerusalem. It happened towards evening when David had risen from his couch and was strolling...

January 27th, 2021 St. Sabas of Serbia St. John Vianney, Quetta, PakistanReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Samuel 7:18-19,24-29 ©'The house of your servant will be blessed for ever'After Nathan had spoken to him, King David went in and, seated before the Lord, said: ‘Who am I, O Lord, and what is my House, that you have led me as far as this? Yet in your sight, O Lord, this is still not far enough, and you make your promises extend to the House of your servant for a far-distant future. You have constituted your people Israel to be...

January 26th, 2021 Saints Timothy and Titus St. Anthony Church, Bhandup, Mumbai, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing you grace, mercy and peace from God the Father...

September 13th , 2021Memorial of St. John Chrysostom Parish of St. John Chrysostom, Madrid, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Timothy 2:1-8 ©Pray for everyone to God, who wants everyone to be savedMy advice is that, first of all, there should be prayers offered for everyone – petitions, intercessions and thanksgiving – and especially for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live religious and reverent lives in peace and quiet. To do this is right, and will please God our...

June 20, 2021 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time San Silverio Chapel Isola di Palmarola, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJob 38:1,8-11 ©From the heart of the tempest the Lord gives Job his answerFrom the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said:Who pent up the sea behind closed doors when it leapt tumultuous out of the womb,when I wrapped it in a robe of mist and made black clouds its swaddling bands;when I marked the bounds it was not to cross and made it fast with a bolted gate?Come thus far, I said, and no...

June 13 , 2021 Catholic Church, Lancang River Valley, Tibet, China Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEzekiel 17:22-24 ©I will plant a shoot on the high mountain of IsraelThe Lord says this:‘From the top of the cedar,from the highest branch I will take a shootand plant it myself on a very high mountain.I will plant it on the high mountain of Israel.It will sprout branches and bear fruit,and become a noble cedar.Every kind of bird will live beneath it,every winged creature rest in the shade of its branches.And every tree of the field will learn that I, the Lord,...

January 30 2021 Memorial of St. Aldegunais Franciscan hermitage, Sanok, Poland Lectionary 322Liturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 11:1-2,8-19 ©Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by GodOnly faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country that was the inheritance given to him and his descendants, and that he set out without knowing where he was going. By faith he arrived, as...

January 29 2021 Memorial of Sts. Sarbelius & Barbea {martyrs} Saint Hirmiz Chaldean Church, Mardin, Turkey Lectionary 321Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 10:32-39 ©We are the sort who keep faithfulRemember all the sufferings that you had to meet after you received the light, in earlier days; sometimes by being yourselves publicly exposed to insults and violence, and sometimes as associates of others who were treated in the same way. For you not only shared in the sufferings of those who were in prison, but you happily accepted being stripped of your belongings, knowing that you owned something that was...

January 27 2021 memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Camas, WA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 10:19-25 ©Let us keep firm in the hope we professThrough the blood of Jesus we have the right to enter the sanctuary, by a new way which he has opened for us, a living opening through the curtain, that is to say, his body. And we have the supreme high priest over all the house of God. So as we go in, let us be...

January 27 2021 Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Camas WA Lectionary 319Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 10:11-18 ©Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifyingAll the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins away. He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his place forever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for him. By...

January 27 2021 Memorial of Saint Angela Merici, virgin Cathedral of St. John the evangelist, Boise, Idaho Lectionary 319Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 10:11-18 ©Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifyingAll the priests stand at their duties every day, offering over and over again the same sacrifices which are quite incapable of taking sins away. He, on the other hand, has offered one single sacrifice for sins, and then taken his place forever, at the right hand of God, where he is now waiting until his enemies are made into a footstool for him. By...