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3 September 2025 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeAltar of St. Gregory the Great (590-604) with a 1772 mosaic, St. Peter's, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:1-8The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the worldFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father....

2 September 2025 Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeSaint-Just in Lyon, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 5:1-6,9-11Keep strengthening one anotherYou will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for anybody to evade it....

1 September 2025Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Giles Catholic church, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 4:13-18Do not grieve about those who have died in JesusWe want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the...

31 August 2025 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeLindisfarne Priory, Holy Island, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingEcclesiasticus 3:19-21,30-31Behave humbly, and you will find favour with the LordMy son, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver.The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord;for great though the power of the Lord is, he accepts the homage of the humble.There is no cure for the proud man’s malady, since an evil growth has taken root in him.The heart of...

30 August 2025 Saturday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Sanctuary of Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán. Nobol - Guayaquil, EquadorReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 4:9-11You have learnt from God how to love one anotherAs for loving our brothers, there is no need for anyone to write to you about that, since you have learnt from God yourselves to love one another, and in fact this is what you are doing with all the brothers throughout the whole of Macedonia. However, we do urge you, brothers, to go on making even greater progress and to make...

29 August 2025 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Friday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ammansville, TXReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Thessalonians 4:1-8What God wants is for you all to be holyBrothers, we urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus to make more and more progress in the kind of life that you are meant to live: the life that God wants, as you learnt from us, and as you are already...

28 August 2025 Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor on Thursday of week 21 in Ordinary TimeSt. Augustine of Hippo Church, MilwaukeeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Thessalonians 3:7-13Now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the LordBrothers, your faith has been a great comfort to us in the middle of our own troubles and sorrows; now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel...

27 August 2025 Saint Monica on Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. Monica Church, New York CityReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Thessalonians 2:9-13We slaved night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of youLet me remind you, brothers, how hard we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming God’s Good News to you. You are witnesses, and so is God, that...

26 August 2025 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Little Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly, Bible studyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 2:1-8We were eager to hand over to you not only the Good News but our whole livesYou know yourselves, my brothers, that our visit to you has not proved ineffectual. We had, as you know, been given rough treatment and been grossly insulted at Philippi, and it was our God who gave us the courage to proclaim his Good News to you in the face of great opposition. We have not taken to...

25 August 2025 Monday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Cathedral Basilica of Saint LouisReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 1:1-5,8-10You broke with idolatry when you were converted to GodFrom Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown your faith in action, worked for love and persevered...

24 August 2025 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Bartholomew Catholic Church- Wilmore, PennsylvaniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 66:18-21They will bring all your brothers from all the nationsThe Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, Moshech, Rosh, Tubal, and Javan, to the distant islands that have never heard of me or seen my glory. They will proclaim my glory to the nations. As an...

23 August 2025Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary TimeSaint Rose of Lima, Freehold, NJ Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingRuth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17Ruth gives birth to Obed, the grandfather of DavidNaomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, well-to-do and of Elimelech’s clan. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the fields and glean among the ears of corn in the footsteps of some man who will look on me with favour.’ And she said to her, ‘Go, my daughter.’ So she set out and went to glean in the fields after the...

22 August 2025 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time The Church at Veryan, Cornwall: St. SymphorianReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRuth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by NaomiIn the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left. These married...

21 August 2025 Saint Pius X, Pope on Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time SSPX: Society of St. Pius X - US DistrictReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJudges 11:29-39Jephthah sacrifices his daughter in fulfilment of a vowThe spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, who crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through to Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead made his way to the rear of the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, ‘If you deliver the Ammonites into my...

20 August 2025 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor Saint Bernard preaching the second crusade in Vézelay in 1146 Émile Signol (1804–1892)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJudges 9:6-15The tale of the trees and their kingAll the leading men of Shechem and all Beth-millo gathered, and proclaimed Abimelech king by the terebinth of the pillar at Shechem. News of this was brought to Jotham. He came and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted aloud for them to hear:‘Hear me, leaders of Shechem,that God may also...

19 August 2025 Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Charity Church, Santiago, ChileReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJudges 6:11-24'Peace be with you; have no fear; you will not die'The angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah which belonged to Joash of Abiezer. Gideon his son was threshing wheat inside the winepress to keep it hidden from Midian, when the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said, ‘The Lord is with you, valiant warrior!’ Gideon answered him, ‘Forgive me, my lord, but if the Lord is with us,...

18 August 2025 Monday of week 20 in Ordinary TimeHogar de Cristo chapel, Santiago, ChileReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJudges 2:11-19The Lord appoints judges to rescue the men of IsraelThe sons of Israel did what displeases the Lord, and served the Baals. They deserted the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from the gods of the peoples round them. They bowed down to these; they provoked the Lord; they deserted the Lord to serve Baal and Astarte. Then the Lord’s anger flamed out...

17 August 2025 20th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSaint Hyacinth Roman Catholic Church, Detroit, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJeremiah 38:4-6,8-10'Do not let the prophet die'The king’s leading men spoke to the king. ‘Let Jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this. The fellow does not have the welfare of this people at heart so much as its ruin.’ ‘He is in your hands as you know,’ King Zedekiah answered ‘for the king is powerless against you.’ So they took Jeremiah and...

16 August 2025 Saturday of week 19 in Ordinary Time St. Stephen`s Basilica with statue of King Saint Stephen in Budapest, HungaryReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingJoshua 24:14-29'The Lord is a holy God, a jealous God'Joshua said to all the people, ‘Fear the Lord and serve him perfectly and sincerely; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if you will not serve the Lord, choose today whom you wish to serve, whether the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of...

Friday 15 August 2025 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Solemnity St. Mary`s Church of the Assumption in Praha, TexasReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First reading1 Chronicles 15:3-4,15-16,16:1-2They brought in the ark of God and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for itDavid gathered all Israel together to bring the ark of God up to the place he had prepared for...