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Friday 25 July 2025 Saint James, Apostle Feast Church of Saint James (St. Jakobskirche), Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).First reading2 Corinthians 4:7-15Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from usWe are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us. We are in difficulties on all sides, but never cornered; we see no answer to our problems, but never despair; we have been persecuted, but never deserted; knocked down, but never killed; always, wherever we...

Thursday 24 July 2025 Thursday of week 16 in Ordinary Time From Lebanon to New York, in the heart of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the city's most famous church, Lebanon has an important spot dedicated for Mar Charbel. The Chapel of Saint Sharbel is situated along the northeastern corridor of the cathedral, near the Lady Chapel, and is accessible by way of the ambulatory, or ramp, on the north side of the Sanctuary. Saint Patrick Cathedral’s most recent chapel honors the Catholic Maronite Saint Sharbel Makhlouf, O.L.M., a monk, and priest from Lebanon whose profound spirituality touched hearts the world...

23 July 2025 Wednesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time St. Bridget Of Sweden Catholic Church, Van Nuys, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 16:1-5,9-15The Lord sends quails and manna from heavenFrom Elim they set out, and the whole community of the sons of Israel reached the wilderness of Sin – between Elim and Sinai – on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had left Egypt. And the whole community of the sons of Israel began to complain against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness and said to them, ‘Why did we not die at...

Tuesday 22 July 2025 Saint Mary Magdalen Feast Saint Mary Magdalen Church, in Saint Louis, MOReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingSong of Songs 3:1-4I found him whom my heart lovesThe bride says this:On my bed, at night, I sought himwhom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.So I will rise and go through the City;in the streets and in the squaresI will seek him whom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.The watchmen came upon meon their rounds in the City:‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’Scarcely had I passed themwhen I...

21 July 2025 Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time St Lawrence Parish, Shelton, CT Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 14:5-18Pharaoh sets out in pursuit of the sons of IsraelWhen Pharaoh, king of Egypt, was told that the Israelites had made their escape, he and his courtiers changed their minds about the people. ‘What have we done,’ they said ‘allowing Israel to leave our service?’ So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and gathered his troops about him, taking six hundred of the best chariots and all the other chariots in Egypt, each manned by a picked...

20 July 2025 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in ClasseReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 18:1-10'Next year your wife Sarah will have a son'The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘I beg you, if I find...

19 July 2025 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time Relic of Saint Macrina the Younger in Monastery of Gregoriou in Mt. AthosReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 12:37-42The sons of Israel leave Egypt hurriedly by nightThe sons of Israel left Rameses for Succoth, about six hundred thousand on the march – all men – not counting their families. People of various sorts joined them in great numbers; there were flocks, too, and herds in immense droves. They baked cakes with the dough which they had brought from Egypt, unleavened because the dough was not leavened; they had...

18 July 2025 Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Jadwiga Church - Zlotoryja, PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 11:10-12:14The institution of the PassoverMoses and Aaron worked many wonders in the presence of Pharaoh. But the Lord made Pharaoh’s heart stubborn, and he did not let the sons of Israel leave his country. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: ‘This month is to be the first of all the others for you, the first month of your year. Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, “On the...

17 July 2025 Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary TimePainting of St. Benedict of Skalka and his fellow hermit Andrew Zorard, Skalka nad Váhom, SlovakiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 3:13-20God reveals his name to MosesMoses, hearing the voice of God coming from the middle of the bush, said to him, ‘I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them?’ And God said to Moses, ‘I Am...

16 July 2025 Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeOur Lady of Mount Carmel Church of North Pudukkad, Mullassery, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 3:1-6,9-12The burning bushMoses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up....

15 July 2025 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeSt. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Columbus, NE Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 2:1-15Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses among the bulrushesThere was a man of the tribe of Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket...

14 July 2025 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time side chapel at the back of the church on the right side is kept this Crucifix; as St Camillus was praying before it, the arms miraculously opened up and Christ spoke to him from it. St Mary Magdalen, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 1:8-14,22The Egyptians force the sons of Israel into slaveryThere came to power in Egypt a new king who knew nothing of Joseph. ‘Look,’ he said to his...

13 July 2025 15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSt. Henry's Catholic Church, St. Henry, Ohio (?)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingDeuteronomy 30:10-14The Law is not beyond your strength or beyond your reachMoses said to the people: ‘Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. ‘For this Law that I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven,...

Reflections on Don Kroah’s ministry and legacy in faith-based mediaMarch 11, 2025Don Kroah knew how to use his voice, in the pulpit and on the airwaves. For six decades, that curious, compassionate, and energetic voice changed countless lives for the better. Today, its silence is deafening.Don served for 34 years in full-time pastoral ministry in New England. During those years, he also worked as a radio news anchor, reporter, political commentator, and general-market radio talk show host. Then, in October of 1997, WAVA-FM/Arlington began airing a new evening talk program called The Don Kroah Show. It would become one...

12 July 2025 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Giovanni Gualberto, Livorno, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 49:29-33,50:15-26'God has turned the evil you planned into good'Jacob gave his sons these instructions, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial-plot. There Abraham was buried and his wife Sarah. There...

11 July 2025 Saint Benedict, Abbot on Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Altar of Saint Benedict in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jastrebarsko, CroatiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 46:1-7,28-30'I can die, now that I have seen you alive'Israel left Canaan with his possessions, and reached Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, ‘Jacob, Jacob’, he said. ‘I am here’, he replied. ‘I am God, the...

10 July 2025Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeOdense Cathedral - St. Canute, DenmarkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5Joseph reveals himself to his brothersJudah went up to Joseph and said, ‘May it please my lord, let your servant have a word privately with my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself. My lord questioned his servants, “Have you father or brother?” And we said to my lord, “We have an old father, and a younger brother born of his old age. His brother is dead, so he is the...

9 July 2025 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time The Shrine of St. Paulina, Nova Trento, Santa Catarina, BrazilReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 41:55-57,42:5-7,17-24Joseph's brothers in his powerWhen the whole country of Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. But Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, ‘Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.’ There was famine all over the world. Then Joseph opened all the granaries and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine grew worse in the land of Egypt. People came to Egypt from all...

8 July 2025 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Kilian's Church, Heilbronn, GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 32:23-33Jacob wrestles with GodJacob rose, and taking his two wives and his two slave-girls and his eleven children he crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream and sent all his possessions over too. And Jacob was left alone. And there was one that wrestled with him until daybreak who, seeing that he could not master him, struck him in the socket of his hip, and Jacob’s hip was dislocated...

7 July 2025 Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Tallaght Monastery, Ireland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 28:10-22Jacob's dream of the ladder at BethelJacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he had reached a certain place he passed the night there, since the sun had set. Taking one of the stones to be found at that place, he made it his pillow and lay down where he was. He had a dream: a ladder was there, standing on the ground with its top reaching to heaven; and there were angels of God going...