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December 30, 2006 The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas Psalm: Saturday 51 Reading 11 Jn 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children,because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men,because you have conquered the Evil One. I write to you, children,because you know the Father. I write to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men,because you are strong and the word of God remains in you,and you...

August 8, 2006 Saint Dominic, priest Psalm: Tuesday 33 Reading 1Jer 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book. For thus says the LORD:Incurable is your wound,grievous your bruise;There is none to plead your cause,no remedy for your running sore,no healing for you.All your lovers have forgotten you,they do not seek you.I struck you as an enemy would strike,punished you cruelly;Why cry out over your wound?your pain is without relief.Because of your great guilt,your numerous sins,I have...

April 14, 2006 Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Psalm: Friday 17 Reading 1Is 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.Even as many were amazed at him—so marred was his look beyond human semblanceand his appearance beyond that of the sons of man—so shall he startle many nations,because of him kings shall stand speechless;for those who have not been told shall see,those who have not heard shall ponder it. Who would believe what we have heard?To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?He grew up like a sapling before him,like a shoot...

March 25, 2005Good Friday of the Lord's Passion Psalm: Friday 15 Reading IIs 52:13--53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.Even as many were amazed at him--so marred was his look beyond human semblanceand his appearance beyond that of the sons of man--so shall he startle many nations,because of him kings shall stand speechless;for those who have not been told shall see,those who have not heard shall ponder it. Who would believe what we have heard?To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?He grew up like a sapling before him,like a shoot...

Reading I Phil 2:5-11 Brothers and sisters: Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and, found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bend, of those...

July 12, 2002Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Friday Week 31 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IHos 14:2-10 Thus says the Lord:Return, O Israel, to the Lord, your God;you have collapsed through your guilt.Take with you words,and return to the Lord;Say to him, "Forgive all iniquity,and receive what is good, that we may renderas offerings the bullocks from our stalls.Assyria will not save us,nor shall we have horses to mount;We shall say no more, ‘Our god,'to the work of our hands;for in you the orphan finds compassion."I will heal their defection, says the Lord,I will love...

July 11, 2002Memorial of Benedict, abbot Psalm: Thursday Week 31 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IHos 11:1-4, 8e-9 Thus says the Lord:When Israel was a child I loved him, out of Egypt I called my son.The more I called them,the farther they went from me,Sacrificing to the Baalsand burning incense to idols.Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,who took them in my arms;I drew them with human cords,with bands of love;I fostered them like onewho raises an infant to his cheeks;Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,they did not know that I was their healer. My...

July 10, 2002Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary time Psalm: Wednesday Week 31 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IHos 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 Israel is a luxuriant vinewhose fruit matches its growth.The more abundant his fruit,the more altars he built;The more productive his land,the more sacred pillars he set up.Their heart is false,now they pay for their guilt;God shall break down their altarsand destroy their sacred pillars.If they would say,"We have no king"—Since they do not fear the Lord,what can the king do for them? The king of Samaria shall disappear,like foam upon the waters.The high places of Aven...

July 8, 2002Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday Week 31 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IHos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22 Thus says the Lord:I will allure her;I will lead her into the desertand speak to her heart.She shall respond there as in the days of her youth,when she came up from the land of Egypt. On that day, says the Lord,She shall call me "My husband,"and never again "My baal." I will espouse you to me forever:I will espouse you in right and in justice,in love and in mercy;I will espouse you in fidelity,and you shall...

July 2, 2002Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday Week 30 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IAm 3:1-8; 4:11-12 Hear this word, O children of Israel, that the Lord pronounces over you,over the whole family that I brought up from the land of Egypt: You alone have I favored, more than all the families of the earth;Therefore I will punish youfor all your crimes. Do two walk togetherunless they have agreed?Does a lion roar in the forestwhen it has no prey?Does a young lion cry out from its denunless it has seized something?Is a bird brought...

July 1, 2002Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Monday Week 30 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading IAm 2:6-10, 13-16 Thus says the Lord:For three crimes of Israel, and for four,I will not revoke my word;Because they sell the just man for silver,and the poor man for a pair of sandals.They trample the heads of the weakinto the dust of the earth,and force the lowly out of the way.Son and father go to the same prostitute,profaning my holy name.Upon garments taken in pledgethey recline beside any altar;And the wine of those who have been finedthey drink in...

June 29, 2002Solemnity of Peter and Paul, apostlesDuring the Day Psalm: Saturday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading IActs 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the church to harm them.He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword,and when he saw that this was pleasing to the JewsHe proceeded to arrest Peter also.--It was the feast of Unleavened Bread.--He had him taken into custody and put in prisonunder the guard of four squads of four soldiers each.He intended to bring him before the people after Passover.Peter thus was...

June 28, 2002Memorial of Irenaeus, bishop and martyr Psalm: Friday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Kgs 25:1-12 In the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign,on the tenth day of the month,Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his whole armyadvanced against Jerusalem, encamped around it,and built siege walls on every side.The siege of the city continued until the eleventh year of Zedekiah.On the ninth day of the fourth month,when famine had gripped the city,and the people had no more bread,the city walls were breached.Then the king and all the soldiers left the city by nightthrough...

June 27, 2002Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Thursday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Kgs 24:8-17 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta,daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.He did evil in the sight of the Lord,just as his forebears had done. At that time the officials of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,attacked Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,himself arrived at the citywhile his servants were besieging it.Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, together with his mother,his ministers, officers,...

June 26, 2002Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Wednesday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Kgs 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan,"I have found the book of the law in the temple of the Lord."Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it.Then the scribe Shaphan went to the king and reported,"Your servants have smelted down the metals available in the templeand have consigned them to the master workmenin the temple of the Lord."The scribe Shaphan also informed the kingthat the priest Hilkiah had given him a book,and then read...

June 25, 2002Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time Psalm: Tuesday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Kgs 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiahwith this message: "Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah:‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive youby saying that Jerusalem will not be handed overto the king of Assyria.You have heard what the kings of Assyria have doneto all other countries: they doomed them! Will you, then, be saved?'" Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it;then...

June 24, 2002Solemnity of the Nativity of John the BaptistMass During the Day Psalm: Monday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading IIs 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlandslisten, O distant peoples.The LORD called me from birth,from my mother's womb he gave me my name.He made of me a sharp-edged swordand concealed me in the shadow of his arm.He made me a polished arrow,in his quiver he hid me.You are my servant, he said to me,Israel, through whom I show my glory. Though I thought I had toiled in vain,and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength,yet my reward...

June 23, 2002Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Psalm: Sunday Week 29 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Reading II Gospel Reading IJer 20:10-13 Jeremiah said:"I hear the whisperings of many:'Terror on every side!Denounce! let us denounce him!'All those who were my friendsare on the watch for any misstep of mine.'Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,and take our vengeance on him.'But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.In their failure they will be put to utter shame,to lasting, unforgettable confusion.O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,who probe mind and...

June 22, 2002Saturday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time Optional Memorial St. Paulinus of Nola, Bishop Psalm: Saturday Week 28 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Chr 24:17-25 After the death of Jehoiada,the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King Joash,and the king then listened to them.They forsook the temple of the Lord, the God of their fathers,and began to serve the sacred poles and the idols;and because of this crime of theirs,wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem.Although prophets were sent to them to convert them to the Lord,the people would not listen to their warnings.Then...

June 21, 2002Memorial of Aloysius Gonzaga, religious Psalm: Friday Week 28 Reading I Responsorial Psalm Gospel Reading I2 Kgs 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah,saw that her son was dead,she began to kill off the whole royal family.But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah,took Joash, his son, and spirited him away, along with his nurse,from the bedroom where the princes were about to be slain.She concealed him from Athaliah, and so he did not die.For six years he remained hidden in the temple of the Lord,while Athaliah ruled the land. But in the seventh...