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6 July 2024 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St. Maria Goretti Church in Dyer, Indiana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 9:11-15I will restore the fortunes of my people IsraelIt is the Lord who speaks:‘That day I will re-erect the tottering hut of David,make good the gaps in it, restore its ruinsand rebuild it as it was in the days of old,so that they can conquer the remnant of Edomand all the nations that belonged to me.’It is the Lord who speaks, and he will carry this out.‘The days are coming now – it is...

5 July 2024 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSan Zaccaria Altarpiece, located above a side altar in the Church of San Zaccaria in VeniceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 8:4-6,9-12A famine not of bread, but of hearing the word of the LordListen to this, you who trample on the needyand try to suppress the poor people of the country,you who say, ‘When will New Moon be overso that we can sell our corn,and sabbath, so that we can market our wheat?Then by lowering the bushel, raising the shekel,by swindling and tampering with the scales,we can buy...

4 July 2024 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSt Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond, LondonReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 7:10-17The Lord took me from herding the flock and sent me to prophesyAmaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel as follows. ‘Amos is plotting against you in the heart of the House of Israel; the country can no longer tolerate what he keeps saying. For this is what he says, “Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel go into exile far from its country.”’ To Amos, Amaziah said, ‘Go...

Wednesday 3 July 2024 Saint Thomas, Apostle Feast St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Ann Arbor, MIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).First readingEphesians 2:19-22In Christ you are no longer aliens, but citizens like usYou are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being...

2 July 2024 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Resting place of Saint Bernardino Realino in Jesuit Church of Jesus, Lecce Italy BReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 3:1-8,4:11-12It is for all your sins that I mean to punish youListen, sons of Israel, to this oracle the Lord speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.Do two men take the road togetherif they have not planned to...

1 July 2024 Monday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSerra Chapel at the Mission San Juan Capistrano, CaliforniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 2:6-10,13-16Because of your crimes I will crush you into the groundThe Lord says this:For the three crimes, the four crimes, of IsraelI have made my decree and will not relent:because they have sold the virtuous man for silverand the poor man for a pair of sandals,because they trample on the heads of ordinary peopleand push the poor out of their path,because father and son have both resorted to the same girl,profaning my holy name,because...

30 June 2024 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg, Austria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingWisdom 1:13-15,2:23-24God takes no pleasure in the extinction of the livingDeath was not God’s doing,he takes no pleasure in the extinction of the living.To be – for this he created all;the world’s created things have health in them,in them no fatal poison can be found,and Hades holds no power on earth;for virtue is undying.Yet God did make man imperishable,he made him in the image of his own nature;it was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world,as those who are...

Saturday 29 June 2024 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Solemnity Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in PhiladelphiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).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 readingActs 3:1-10I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus, walk!Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past....

28 June 2024 Saint Irenaeus, Bishop, Doctor, Martyr on Friday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeMontreal, Quebec: Saint Irenaeus Church Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Kings 25:1-12The sack of Jerusalem and the final deportationIn the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round it. The city lay under siege till the...

27 June 2024 Thursday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Cyril of Alexandria Catholic Church, Houston TXReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 24:8-17The first deportation into captivity in BabylonJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. He did what is displeasing to the Lord, just as his father had done. At that time the troops of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched on Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon himself came...

26 June 2024 Wednesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Peace: The Prelatic Church of Opus Dei - St. Josemaria Institute, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 22:8-13,23:1-3The Book of the Law is found in the Temple of the LordThe high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, ‘I have found the Book of the Law in the Temple of the Lord.’’’ And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. Shaphan the secretary went to the king and reported to him as follows, ‘Your servants’ he said ‘have melted down the...

25 June 2024 Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeSan Prospero, Perugia, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 19:9-11,14-21,31-36The Lord protects Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the AssyriansSennacherib, King of the Assyrians, sent messengers to Hezekiah saying, ‘Tell this to Hezekiah king of Judah, “Do not let your God on whom you are relying deceive you, when he says: Jerusalem shall not fall into the power of the king of Assyria. You have learnt by now what the kings of Assyria have done to every country, putting them all under the ban. Are you likely to be...

Monday 24 June 2024 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Solemnity St. John the Baptist church, Marshfield, WIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).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 readingJeremiah 1:4-10Go and say whatever I command you and do not fearThe word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying,‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;before you came to birth I consecrated you;I have appointed you as...

23 June 2024 12th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSt Etheldreda's in London Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJob 38:1,8-11From 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 farther: here your...

22 June 2024 Saturday of week 11 in Ordinary Time St Alban's Roman Catholic Church, Blackburn, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).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...

21 June 2024Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious on Friday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt. Aloysius Church, SpokaneReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20Saved 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...

20 June 2024 Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time San Silverio Chapel Isola di Palmarola, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingEcclesiasticus 48:1-15The 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 glorious you were in your miracles, Elijah! Has anyone reason to boast as you have? –rousing a corpse from death, from Sheol by the...

19 June 2024 Wednesday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt. Romuald Parish, Hardinsburg, KYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 2:1,6-14Elijah 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...

Mmm dd, 2024 TITLE St. Romuald Church, Hardinsburg, KYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 2:1,6-14Elijah 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 two of them stood...

18 June 2024 Tuesday of week 11 in Ordinary Time Shrine and Altar of St Elisabeth of Schönau (with the reliquary in which Elisabeth’s skull is kept) in the Monastery Church of St Florin, Kloster Schönau im Taunus Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 21:17-29The punishment of Ahab and Jezebel foretoldAfter the death of Naboth, the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, ‘Up! Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, in Samaria. You will find him in Naboth’s vineyard; he has gone down to take possession of it. You are to say...