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20 February 2024 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in...

23 June 2023 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time The high altar of Ely Cathedral, Cambridgeshire, England.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30 ©If I am to boast, let me boast of my own feeblenessSo many others have been boasting of their worldly achievements, that I will boast myself. But if anyone wants some brazen speaking – I am still talking as a fool – then I can be as brazen as any of them, and about the same things. Hebrews, are they? So am I. Israelites? So am I. Descendants of Abraham? So am I....

22 June 2023Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 11:1-11 ©I was careful not to be a burden to you in any wayI only wish you were able to tolerate a little foolishness from me. But of course: you are tolerant towards me. You see, the jealousy that I feel for you is God’s own jealousy: I arranged for you to marry Christ so that I might give you away as a chaste virgin to this one husband. But the serpent, with his cunning, seduced Eve, and...

21 June 2023 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious on Wednesday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt. Aloysius Church, Spokane, WAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Corinthians 9:6-11 ©There is no limit to the blessings which God can send youDo not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the...

28 February 2023Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Church of St. Nicholas, Kyiv Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it...

22 February 2023 Ash Wednesday St. Philip's Martyrion, Pamukkale, modern Turkey Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingJoel 2:12-18 ©Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn‘Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart,fasting, weeping, mourning.’Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tenderness and compassion,slow to anger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.Who knows if he will not turn again, will not relent,will not leave a blessing as he passes,oblation and libationfor the Lord your God?Sound the trumpet...

June 18th 2022 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Child Jesus Catholic Church, Phnom Penh, Cambodia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Chronicles 24:17-25 ©'You have deserted the Lord: now he deserts you'After the death of Jehoiada, the officials of Judah came to pay court to the king, and the king now turned to them for advice. The Judaeans abandoned the Temple of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, for the worship of sacred poles and idols. Because of their guilt, God’s anger fell on Judah and Jerusalem. He sent them prophets to bring them back to...

June 17th 2022 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Vincent De Paul, Osterley, Isleworth, Middlesex , UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20 ©Saved from the massacre, the true king is anointed by the high priestWhen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah learned that her son was dead, she promptly did away with all those of royal stock. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, secretly took away Jehoash, her brother’s son, from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and put him with his nurse in the...

June 16th 2022 Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Detail of High Altar and Mural in St. Casimir Church Cleveland, Ohio. Altar made in Rigalico, marble and onyx effect, specially designed and executed in the studios of Daprato Statuary Company, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 48:1-15 ©The spirit of Elijah fills ElishaThe prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring like a torch.It was he who brought famine on the people, and who decimated them in his zeal.By the word of the Lord, he shut up the heavens, he also, three times, brought down fire.How...

15 June 2022Wednesday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St. Vitus Church, Cleveland, OH Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading2 Kings 2:1,6-14 ©Elijah is taken up to heavenThis is what happened when the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in the whirlwind: Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal, Elijah said, ‘Elisha, please stay here, the Lord is only sending me to the Jordan.’ But he replied, ‘As the Lord lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you!’ And they went on together. Fifty of the brotherhood of prophets followed them, halting some distance away as the...

11 May 2022Wednesday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Gangolf altar, Wolpertswende Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 12:24-13:5 ©'I want Barnabas and Saul set apart'The word of God continued to spread and to gain followers. Barnabas and Saul completed their task and came back from Jerusalem, bringing John Mark with them. In the church at Antioch the following were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. One day while they were offering worship to the Lord and keeping a fast, the Holy...

8 March 2022Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent St. John of God Parish, Chicago, Il Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what it...

2 March 2022Ash Wednesday St. Agnes of Bohemia Latin Mass Society Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingJoel 2:12-18 ©Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn‘Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart,fasting, weeping, mourning.’Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tenderness and compassion,slow to anger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.Who knows if he will not turn again, will not relent,will not leave a blessing as he passes,oblation and libationfor the Lord your God?Sound the trumpet in Zion!Order...

June 19, 2021 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Saint Romuald Church, Farnham, Quebec Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading2 Corinthians 12:1-10 ©'My power is at its best in weakness'Must I go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it? But I will move on to the visions and revelations I have had from the Lord. I know a man in Christ who, fourteen years ago, was caught up – whether still in the body or out of the body, I do not know; God knows – right into the third heaven. I do know, however,...

June 18, 2021 Friday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Altar of St. Elisabeth of Schönau (with the reliquary in which Elisabeth's skull is kept) Kloster Schönau im Taunus Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading2 Corinthians 11:18,21-30 ©If I am to boast, let me boast of my own feeblenessSo many others have been boasting of their worldly achievements, that I will boast myself. But if anyone wants some brazen speaking – I am still talking as a fool – then I can be as brazen as any of them, and about the same things. Hebrews, are they? So am I....

June 17 , 2021 Memorial of St. Emily de Vialar Martyrs of Jordan Church, Amman, Jordan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Corinthians 11:1-11 ©I was careful not to be a burden to you in any wayI only wish you were able to tolerate a little foolishness from me. But of course: you are tolerant towards me. You see, the jealousy that I feel for you is God’s own jealousy: I arranged for you to marry Christ so that I might give you away as a chaste virgin to this one husband. But the serpent, with his cunning, seduced...

June 16 , 2021 Memorial of Bl. William Greenwood, English martyr St. Joseph's Church, Huntsville, Alabama Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading2 Corinthians 9:6-11 ©There is no limit to the blessings which God can send youDo not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always...

February 23 2021 Memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr Church of St Polycarp, Izmir, Turkey Lectionary 225Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in what...

February 17 2021 Ash Wednesday Lectionary 219Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingJoel 2:12-18 ©Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn‘Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart,fasting, weeping, mourning.’Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tenderness and compassion,slow to anger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.Who knows if he will not turn again, will not relent,will not leave a blessing as he passes,oblation and libationfor the Lord your God?Sound the trumpet in Zion!Order a fast,proclaim a solemn assembly,call...

June 18 2020 Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Sir 48:1-14 Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced them to straits; By the Lord’s word he shut up the heavens and three times brought down fire. How awesome are you, Elijah, in your wondrous deeds! Whose glory is equal to yours? You brought a dead man back to life from the nether world, by the will of the LORD. You sent kings down to destruction, and...