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17 February 2024 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (optional commemoration of The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order) Seven Holy Founders, St. Louis, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 58:9-14 ©You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like...

16 February 2024 Friday after Ash Wednesday Saint Juliana Parish, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 58:1-9 ©The sort of fast that pleases meThus says the Lord:Shout for all you are worth, raise your voice like a trumpet.Proclaim their faults to my people, their sins to the House of Jacob.They seek me day after day, they long to know my ways,like a nation that wants to act with integrity and not ignore the law of its God.They ask me for laws that are just, they long for God to draw near:‘Why should we fast if you...

15 February 2024 Thursday after Ash Wednesday Saint Claude la Colombière chapel in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDeuteronomy 30:15-20 ©I set before you today life or death, blessing or curseMoses said to the people: ‘See, today I set before you life and prosperity, death and disaster. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I enjoin on you today, if you love the Lord your God and follow his ways, if you keep his commandments, his laws, his customs, you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you...

14 February 2024 Ash Wednesday Church of St. Valentine in Terni, Italy, with the saint's tomb Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).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...

13 February 2024 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Sta. Catalina de Ricci Chapel, Campos Street Caritan Centro, Tuguegarao City, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJames 1:12-18 ©Temptation is not from GodHappy the man who stands firm when trials come. He has proved himself, and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him. Never, when you have been tempted, say, ‘God sent the temptation’; God cannot be tempted to do anything wrong, and he does not tempt anybody. Everyone who is tempted is attracted and...

12 February 2024 Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Santa Eulàlia church, Palma de Mallorca, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJames 1:1-11 ©Your faith is put to the test so that your patience may make you completeFrom James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion. My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test to make you patient, but patience too is to have...

11 February 2024 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, apse mosaic, Christ in glory, St. Paul, St. Cecilia and Pope Paschal I (holding model of the church he built) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingLeviticus 13:1-2,44-46 ©The unclean man must live outside the campThe Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘If a swelling or scab or shiny spot appears on a man’s skin, a case of leprosy of the skin is to be suspected. The man must be taken to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests who are his sons. ‘The...

10 February 2024 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Scholastica Catholic Church, Erie, Colorado Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 12:26-32,13:33-34 ©The prophecy of the separation of IsraelJeroboam thought to himself, ‘As things are, the kingdom will revert to the House of David. If this people continues to go up to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, the people’s heart will turn back again to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will...

9 February 2024 Friday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Apollonia Church, Elst, NetherlandsReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 11:29-32,12:19 ©Solomon is unfaithful; the Lord moderates his wrathOne day when Jeroboam had gone out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah of Shiloh accosted him on the road. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak; the two of them were in the open country by themselves. Ahijah took the new cloak he was wearing and tore it into twelve strips, saying to Jeroboam, ‘Take ten strips for yourself, for thus the Lord speaks, the God of Israel, “I am...

8 February 2024 Thursday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Sanctuary St. Girolamo Emiliani - Vercurago - Lecco - Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 11:4-13 ©For the sake of my servant David, I will leave you one tribeWhen Solomon grew old his wives swayed his heart to other gods; and his heart was not wholly with the Lord his God as his father David’s had been. Solomon became a follower of Astarte, the goddess of the Sidonians, and of Milcom, the Ammonite abomination. He did what was displeasing to the Lord, and was not...

7 February 2024 Wednesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Relics of Saint Richard the Pilgrim, Basilica di San Frediano, LuccaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 10:1-10 ©The Queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of SolomonThe fame of Solomon having reached the queen of Sheba, she came to test him with difficult questions. She brought immense riches to Jerusalem with her, camels laden with spices, great quantities of gold, and precious stones. On coming to Solomon, she opened her mind freely to him; and Solomon had an answer for all her questions, not one of...

6 February 2024 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Church of Sint-Amandus in Aspelare (Ninove), BelgiumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30 ©'Listen to the prayer your servant makes in this place'In the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord and, stretching out his hands towards heaven, said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, not in heaven above nor on earth beneath is there such a God as you,...

5 February 2024 Saint Agatha, Virgin, Martyr on Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Saint Agatha Roman Catholic Church, Saint Louis, MOReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 8:1-7,9-13 ©The Ark of the Covenant is brought into the TempleSolomon called the elders of Israel together in Jerusalem to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord up from the Citadel of David, which is Zion. All the men of Israel assembled round King Solomon in the month of Ethanim, at the time of...

4 February 2024 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Cappella Corsini in San Giovanni in Laterano in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJob 7:1-4,6-7 ©My life is but a breathJob began to speak:Is not man’s life on earth nothing more than pressed service, his time no better than hired drudgery?Like the slave, sighing for the shade, or the workman with no thought but his wages,months of delusion I have assigned to me, nothing for my own but nights of grief.Lying in bed I wonder, ‘When will it be day?’ Risen I think, ‘How slowly evening comes!’ Restlessly...

3 February 2024 Saturday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Parish of St. Blaise - Sebaste, San Jose de Buenavista, Antique in the PhilippinesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 3:4-13 ©Solomon chooses the gift of wisdomKing Solomon went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, since that was the greatest of the high places – Solomon offered a thousand holocausts on that altar. At Gibeon the Lord appeared in a dream to Solomon during the night. God said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you.’ Solomon replied, ‘You showed great kindness to your servant David, my...

Friday 2 February 2024 The Presentation of the Lord Feast St. Cornelius Catholic Church, ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).When a Feast of the Lord is celebrated on a weekday there is only one reading before the Gospel, which may be chosen from either the first or second reading.(This rule is not followed in the United States, so two separate readings are shown here).First readingMalachi 3:1-4 ©The Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his TempleThe Lord God says this: Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you...

1 February 2024 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Saint Brigid Catholic Parish, Midland, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12 ©David's dying exhortation to SolomonAs David’s life drew to its close he laid this charge on his son Solomon, ‘I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man. Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his ways and keeping his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees, as it stands written in the Law of Moses, that so you may be successful in...

31 January 2024 Saint John Bosco, Priest on Wednesday of week 4 in Ordinary TimeSt. John Bosco Catholic Church, Little Havana, MiamiReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 24:2,8-17 ©David takes the guilt on himself to save IsraelKing David said to Joab and to the senior army officers who were with him, ‘Now go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and take a census of the people; I wish to know the size of the population.’ Having covered the whole country, they...

30 January 2024 Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian Catholic Church in Hempstead, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Samuel 18:9-10,14,24-25,30-19:3 ©David mourns AbsalomAbsalom happened to run into some of David’s followers. Absalom was riding a mule and the mule passed under the thick branches of a great oak. Absalom’s head caught fast in the oak and he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule he was riding went on. Someone saw this and told Joab. ‘I have just seen Absalom’ he said ‘hanging from an oak.’ Joab took...

29 January 2024 Monday of week 4 in Ordinary Time St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Fairfield, NDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Samuel 15:13-14,30,16:5-13 ©David flees Absalom and is cursed by ShimeiA messenger came to tell David, ‘The hearts of the men of Israel are now with Absalom.’ So David said to all his officers who were with him in Jerusalem, ‘Let us be off, let us fly, or we shall never escape from Absalom. Leave as quickly as you can in case he mounts a surprise attack and worsts us and puts the city to the...