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15 May 2023Monday of the 6th week of Eastertide San Isidro Labrador Parish in Makiling, Calamba, the Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 16:11-15 ©The Lord opened Lydia's heart to accept what Paul was sayingSailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that particular district of Macedonia. After a few days in this city we went along the river outside the gates as it was the sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat...

13 May 2023Saturday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Robert Bellarmine Roman Catholic Church, Bayside, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 16:1-10 ©'Come across to Macedonia and help us'From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy, and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of the Jews in the locality...

12 May 2023Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide St Pancras Catholic Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 15:22-31 ©It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentialsThe apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas known as Barsabbas and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood, and gave them this letter to take with them: ‘The apostles and elders, your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of pagan...

11 May 2023Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Gangolf's church, Wolpertswende, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 15:7-21 ©I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to GodAfter the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the pagans were to learn the Good News from me and so become believers. In fact God, who can read everyone’s heart, showed...

10 May 2023Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Damien Catholic Church, Edmond, OK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 15:1-6 ©They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and eldersSome men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the...

24 January 2023Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Francis de Sales Oratory, Saint Louis, Missouri Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 10:1-10 ©Christ’s self-offering sanctifies usSince the Law has no more than a reflection of these realities, and no finished picture of them, it is quite incapable of bringing the worshippers to perfection, with the same sacrifices repeatedly offered year after year. Otherwise, the offering of them would have stopped, because the worshippers, when they had...

15 October 2022Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor on Saturday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Iglesia Santa Teresa de Avila, Avila, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEphesians 1:15-23 ©Paul’s prayer for the enlightenment of the faithfulI, having once heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus, and the love that you show towards all the saints, have never failed to remember you in my prayers and to thank God for you. May the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, give...

23 May 2022Monday of the 6th week of Eastertide St. William, Philadelphia, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 16:11-15 ©The Lord opened Lydia's heart to accept what Paul was sayingSailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that particular district of Macedonia. After a few days in this city we went along the river outside the gates as it was the sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat down and preached to the women who...

May 21st 2022 5th Saturday of : Memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes Catedral Guadalajara Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White First readingActs 16:1-10 ©'Come across to Macedonia and help us'From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy, and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of the Jews in the locality where everyone knew his...

20 May 2022Friday of the 5th week of Eastertide San Bernadino de Siena Church, Xochimilco, Mexico City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 15:22-31 ©It has been decided by the Holy Spirit and by us not to burden you beyond these essentialsThe apostles and elders decided to choose delegates to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; the whole church concurred with this. They chose Judas known as Barsabbas and Silas, both leading men in the brotherhood, and gave them this letter to take with them: ‘The apostles and elders, your brothers, send greetings to the brothers of pagan...

19 May 2022Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide St.Dunstan's Basilica Charlottetown PE Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 15:7-21 ©I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to GodAfter the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the pagans were to learn the Good News from me and so become believers. In fact God, who can read everyone’s heart, showed his approval of...

18 May 2022 Wednesday of the 5th week of Eastertide Hermitage of Saint Venantius, Raiano, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 15:1-6 ©They were to go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem with the apostles and eldersSome men came down from Judaea and taught the brothers, ‘Unless you have yourselves circumcised in the tradition of Moses you cannot be saved.’ This led to disagreement, and after Paul and Barnabas had had a long argument with these men it was arranged that Paul and Barnabas and others of the church should go up to Jerusalem and discuss the problem...

May 14th 2022 Saturday of the fourth week of Eastertide St. Mark's, Independence, Missouri 64055 Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red First readingActs 1:15-17,20-26 ©'Let someone else take his office'One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the fate of Judas, who offered himself as a guide to the men who arrested Jesus – after having been one of our number and actually sharing this ministry of ours. Now...

February 23rd, 2022 St. Polycarp, bishop and Martyr St. Francis Xavier, Cincinnati, OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJames 4:13-17 ©You cannot know what will happen tomorrowHere is the answer for those of you who talk like this: ‘Today or tomorrow, we are off to this or that town; we are going to spend a year there, trading, and make some money.’ You never know what will happen tomorrow: you are no more than a mist that is here for a little while and then disappears. The most...

October 15, 2021 Saint Teresa of Ávila, Virgin, Doctor on Friday of week 28 in Ordinary Time Saint Teresa of Avila Catholic Church, Los Angeles Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRomans 4:1-8 ©Abraham was justified not by his actions but by faithWhat shall we say about Abraham, the ancestor from whom we are all descended? If Abraham was justified as a reward for doing something, he would really have had something to boast about, though not in God’s sight because scripture says: Abraham put his faith in God,...

May 23 , 2021 Pentecost St. Anne's Church, Mazagaon, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.These readings are for the extended-form Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast. First readingGenesis 11:1-9 ©The tower of BabelThroughout the earth men spoke the same language, with the same vocabulary. Now as they moved eastwards they found a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled. They said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them in the fire.’ (For stone they used bricks, and for mortar they used bitumen). ‘Come,’ they said ‘let us build ourselves a town...

May 14, 2021Memorial of St Matthias, Apostle to the pagan Georgians Basilica of St Andthony, Padua, ItalyBy Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58176551 Tomb of St Matthias, Padua, ItalyBy Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=56620748Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. First readingActs 1:15-17,20-26 ©'Let someone else take his office'One day Peter stood up to speak to the brothers – there were about a hundred and twenty persons in the congregation: ‘Brothers, the passage of scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, foretells the fate of Judas, who offered himself...

May 10, 2021 Monday of the 6th week of EastertideStar of the Sea Painted Church, Big Island, HawaiiReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 16:11-15 ©The Lord opened Lydia's heart to accept what Paul was sayingSailing from Troas we made a straight run for Samothrace; the next day for Neapolis, and from there for Philippi, a Roman colony and the principal city of that particular district of Macedonia. After a few days in this city we went along the river outside the gates as it was the sabbath and this was a customary place for prayer. We sat down and preached...

May 9, 2021 6th Sunday of EasterMain altar at Qrendi church with 12 apostles' statues, MaltaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 10:25-26,34-35,44-48 ©The pagans have received the Holy Spirit just as much as we haveAs Peter reached the house Cornelius went out to meet him, knelt at his feet and prostrated himself. But Peter helped him up. ‘Stand up,’ he said ‘I am only a man after all!’ Then Peter addressed them: ‘The truth I have now come to realise’ he said ‘is that God does not have favourites, but that anybody of any nationality who fears God and does...

May 8, 2021 Saturday of the 5th week of EastertideSt.Kevins Church, DublinReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.First readingActs 16:1-10 ©'Come across to Macedonia and help us'From Cilicia Paul went to Derbe, and then on to Lystra. Here there was a disciple called Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer; but his father was a Greek. The brothers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of Timothy, and Paul, who wanted to have him as a travelling companion, had him circumcised. This was on account of the Jews in the locality where everyone knew his father was a Greek....