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Friday 29 September 2023 Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels Feast The altar at St. Raphael Church in Rockville, MD is supported by marble sculptures of the archangels, Saints Michael, Raphael and Gabriel. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingDaniel 7:9-10,13-14 ©His robe was white as snowAs I watched:Thrones were set in placeand one of great age took his seat.His robe was white as snow,the hair of his head as pure as wool.His throne was a blaze of flames,its wheels were a burning fire.A stream of fire poured out,issuing from his presence.A thousand thousand waited on him,ten thousand...

Thursday 24 August 2023 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Feast St. Bartholomew the Apostle Church, Kafr Kanna, the Holy Land Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First readingApocalypse 21:9-14 ©He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heavenThe angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of God...

15 January 20232nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, Buchach, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 49:3,5-6 ©I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earthThe Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel,in whom I shall be glorified’;I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord,my God was my strength.And now the Lord has spoken,he who formed me in the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him,to gather Israel to him:‘It is...

Thursday 5 January 2023Saint John Neumann, Bishop on 5 January St. John Neumann Catholic Church, Sunbury, OH Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 3:11-21 ©Our love is to be something real and activeThis is the messageas you heard it from the beginning:that we are to love one another;not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil Oneand cut his brother’s throat;cut his brother’s throat simply for this reason,that his own life was evil and his brother lived a good life.You must not be surprised,...

Wednesday 4 January 2023 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton on 4 January St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, Houston. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 3:7-10 ©No-one sins who has been begotten by GodMy children, do not let anyone lead you astray:to live a holy lifeis to be holy just as he is holy;to lead a sinful life is to belong to the devil,since the devil was a sinner from the beginning.It was to undo all that the devil has donethat the Son of God...

Tuesday 3 January 2023Christmas Weekday Saint-Étienne-du-Mont: Final Resting Place of Saint Genevieve Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First reading1 John 2:29-3:6 ©Everyone must try to be as pure as ChristYou know that God is righteous –then you must recognise that everyone whose life is righteoushas been begotten by him.Think of the love that the Father has lavished on us,by letting us be called God’s children;and that is what we are.Because the world refused to acknowledge him,therefore it does not acknowledge us.My dear people, we are already the children of Godbut what we are to be in the future has...

Monday 2 January 2023Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors Church of Santa Maria della Concezione in Campo Marzio Chapel of St Gregory Nazianzen Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 2:22-28 ©The anointing he gave you teaches you everythingThe man who denies that Jesus is the Christ –he is the liar,he is Antichrist;and he is denying the Father as well as the Son,because no one who has the Father can deny the Son,and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as...

Saturday 31 December 20227th day within the octave of Christmas (optional commemoration of Saint Silvester I, Pope) St. Sylvester New Church, München Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First reading1 John 2:18-21 ©You have been anointed by the Holy OneChildren, these are the last days;you were told that an Antichrist must come,and now several antichrists have already appeared;we know from this that these are the last days.Those rivals of Christ came out of our own number, but they had never really belonged;if they had belonged, they would have stayed with us;but they left us, to prove that not one of...

Sunday 25 December 2022Christmas Day Solemnity Grotto of the Nativity, the Holy Land Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the Vigil Mass, celebrated during the afternoon or evening before Christmas DayReadings for the Midnight Mass, celebrated during the night before Christmas DayReadings for the Dawn Mass, celebrated at dawn on Christmas DayReadings for the daytime Mass on Christmas DayReadings for the Vigil Mass, celebrated during the afternoon or evening before Christmas Day:First readingIsaiah 62:1-5 ©The bridegroom rejoices in his brideAbout Zion I will not be silent,about Jerusalem I will not grow weary,until her integrity shines out like the...

Thursday 29 September 2022Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels Feast Saint Michael Catholic Church - Tybee Island, GA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).First readingDaniel 7:9-10,13-14 ©His robe was white as snowAs I watched:Thrones were set in placeand one of great age took his seat.His robe was white as snow,the hair of his head as pure as wool.His throne was a blaze of flames,its wheels were a burning fire.A stream of fire poured out,issuing from his presence.A thousand thousand waited on him,ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.A court was heldand the books were opened.I gazed into the...

Wednesday 24 August 2022 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Feast The Basilica of Saint Bartholomew, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).First readingApocalypse 21:9-14 ©He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heavenThe angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of God and glittered like some precious...

16 January 2022 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Church of Our Lady of Health, dedicated to St. Joseph Vaz, Sancoale, Goa, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingIsaiah 62:1-5 ©The bridegroom rejoices in his brideAbout Zion I will not be silent,about Jerusalem I will not grow weary,until her integrity shines out like the dawnand her salvation flames like a torch.The nations then will see your integrity,all the kings your glory,and you will be called by a new name,one which the mouth of the Lord will confer.You are to be a crown of splendour in the hand of the Lord,a princely...

January 3rd, 2021 The Most Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral of the Most Holy Name, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White The readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 2 January.First reading1 John 3:22-4:6 ©The Son of God has come and given us the power to know the true GodWhatever we ask God,we shall receive,because we keep his commandmentsand live the kind of life that he wants.His commandments are these:that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christand that we love one anotheras he told us to.Whoever keeps his commandmentslives in...

January 2nd, 2021 2nd Sunday of Christmas St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Jacksonville, Florida Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingEcclesiasticus 24:1-2,8-12 ©From eternity, in the beginning, God created wisdomWisdom speaks her own praises, in the midst of her people she glories in herself.She opens her mouth in the assembly of the Most High, she glories in herself in the presence of the Mighty One;‘Then the creator of all things instructed me, and he who created me fixed a place for my tent.He said, “Pitch your tent in Jacob, make Israel your inheritance.”From eternity, in the beginning, he created me, and...

Friday 31 December 2021 7th day within the octave of Christmas St. Sylvester - Gulf Breeze, FL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First reading1 John 2:18-21 ©You have been anointed by the Holy OneChildren, these are the last days;you were told that an Antichrist must come,and now several antichrists have already appeared;we know from this that these are the last days.Those rivals of Christ came out of our own number, but they had never really belonged;if they had belonged, they would have stayed with us;but they left us, to prove that not one of themever belonged to us.But you have...

Saturday 25 December 2021 Nativity, Solemnity Alter of the Nativity, Church of the Nativity, Bethlehem Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the Vigil Mass, celebrated during the afternoon or evening before Christmas DayReadings for the Midnight Mass, celebrated during the night before Christmas DayReadings for the Dawn Mass, celebrated at dawn on Christmas DayReadings for the daytime Mass on Christmas DayReadings for the Vigil Mass, celebrated during the afternoon or evening before Christmas Day:First readingIsaiah 62:1-5 ©The bridegroom rejoices in his brideAbout Zion I will not be silent,about Jerusalem I will not grow weary,until her integrity shines out like the...

September 29, 2021 Saints Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels The altar at St. Raphael Church in Rockville, MD Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingDaniel 7:9-10,13-14 ©His robe was white as snowAs I watched:Thrones were set in placeand one of great age took his seat.His robe was white as snow,the hair of his head as pure as wool.His throne was a blaze of flames,its wheels were a burning fire.A stream of fire poured out,issuing from his presence.A thousand thousand waited on him,ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him.A court was heldand the books were opened.I gazed into the visions of...

August 24th , 2021Memorial of St. Bartholomew, Apostle to the gentiles in Armenia and Western India St. Paul's Church, Tarsus, Turkey Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red First readingApocalypse 21:9-14 ©He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heavenThe angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of...

January 17 2021 Memorial of St. Fursey of Ireland Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, Georgia Lectionary 65Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 3:3-10,19 ©'Speak, Lord, your servant is listening'Samuel was lying in the sanctuary of the Lord, where the ark of God was, when the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ He answered, ‘Here I am.’ Then he ran to Eli and said, ‘Here I am, since you called me.’ Eli said, ‘I did not call. Go back and lie down.’ So he went and lay down. Once again the Lord called, ‘Samuel! Samuel!’ Samuel got up and went to...

January 05 2021 Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop National shrine of Saint John Neumann, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA . Lectionary 213Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Wednesday 6 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Sunday 3 January this year, the readings are at the bottom after the text in maroonLiturgical Colour: White.First reading1 John 3:11-21 ©Our love is to be something real and activeThis is the messageas you heard it from the beginning:that we are to love one another;not to be like Cain, who belonged to the Evil Oneand cut...