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6 May 2025Tuesday of the 3rd week of EastertideNotre-Dame de Québec CathedralReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingActs 7:51-8:1'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit'Stephen said to the people, the elders and the scribes: ‘You stubborn people, with your pagan hearts and pagan ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. Can you name a single prophet your ancestors never persecuted? In the past they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, and now you have become his betrayers, his murderers. You who had the Law brought to you by...

5 May 2025Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Edmund Rice Chapel, Mount Sion, Waterford, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingActs 6:8-15They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he saidStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his...

2 May 2025 Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor on Friday of the 2nd week of EastertideSt Athanasius Shrine in St Mark Cathedral, Cairo, EgyptReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 5:34-42They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the nameOne member of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a doctor of the Law and respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the apostles taken outside for a time. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin, ‘Men...

11 August 2024 19th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSaint Clare of Assisi, Surprise, AZReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 19:4-8The angel gives Elijah food to reach the mountain of GodElijah went into the wilderness, a day’s journey, and sitting under a furze bush wished he were dead. ‘O Lord,’ he said ‘I have had enough. Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors.’ Then he lay down and went to sleep. But an angel touched him and said, ‘Get up and eat.’ He looked round, and there at his head was a scone baked on...

28 July 2024 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Basilica of St Victor in MilanReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 4:42-44They will eat, and have some left overA man came from Baal-shalishah, bringing Elisha, the man of God, bread from the first-fruits, twenty barley loaves and fresh grain in the ear.’ ‘Give it to the people to eat’, Elisha said. But his servant replied, ‘How can I serve this to a hundred men?’ ‘Give it to the people to eat’ he insisted ‘for the Lord says this, “They will eat and have some left over.”’ He...

20 April 2024 Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Shrine of Saint Agnese - Montepulciano Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 9:31-42 ©The churches grew and were filled with the consolation of the Holy SpiritThe churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up, living in the fear of the Lord, and filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit. Peter visited one place after another and eventually came to the saints living down in Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas, a paralytic who had been bedridden for eight...

19 April 2024 Friday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Michael the Archangel Byzantine Catholic Church Pittston, Pennsylvania Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 9:1-20 ©This man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before the pagansSaul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He had gone to the high priest and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of the Way, men or women, that he could find. Suddenly, while he was travelling to Damascus and just before...

18 April 2024 Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Emma Monastery - Greensburg, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 8:26-40 ©Philip baptizes a eunuchThe angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, ‘Be ready to set out at noon along the road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.’ So he set off on his journey. Now it happened that an Ethiopian had been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; he was a eunuch and an officer at the court of the kandake, or queen, of Ethiopia, and was in fact her chief...

17 April 2024 Wednesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Mark's Cathedral in Alexandria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 8:1-8 ©They went from place to place, preaching the Good NewsThat day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles fled to the country districts of Judaea and Samaria. There were some devout people, however, who buried Stephen and made great mourning for him. Saul then worked for the total destruction of the Church; he went from house to house arresting both men and women and sending them to prison....

16 April 2024 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Saint Bernadette Catholic Church, Arlington, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 7:51-8:1 ©'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit'Stephen said to the people, the elders and the scribes: ‘You stubborn people, with your pagan hearts and pagan ears. You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, just as your ancestors used to do. Can you name a single prophet your ancestors never persecuted? In the past they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, and now you have become his betrayers, his murderers. You who had...

15 April 2024 Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Ukrainian Catholic church in Star-Peno, Alberta Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 6:8-15 ©They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he saidStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him...

13 April 2024 Saturday of the 2nd week of Eastertide San Hermenegildo Chapel, Cathedral of Seville Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 6:1-7 ©They elected seven men full of the Holy SpiritAbout this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked. So the Twelve called a full meeting of the disciples and addressed them, ‘It would not be right for us to neglect the word of God so as to give out food; you, brothers, must select from among...

12 April 2024 Friday of the 2nd week of Eastertide The Santuary of Santa Teresa de Los Andes, Rinconada, ChileReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).First readingActs 5:34-42 ©They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the nameOne member of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee called Gamaliel, who was a doctor of the Law and respected by the whole people, stood up and asked to have the apostles taken outside for a time. Then he addressed the Sanhedrin, ‘Men of Israel, be careful how you deal with these people. There was Theudas who became...

Sunday 11 June 2023Corpus Christi SolemnitySt Barnabas Catholic Church O'Fallon, MOReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingDeuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16 ©He fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had knownMoses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you, he made you feel hunger, he fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known, to make you understand that man does not live...

29 April 2023Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor on Saturday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Wake Forest, NC Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 9:31-42 ©The churches grew and were filled with the consolation of the Holy SpiritThe churches throughout Judaea, Galilee and Samaria were now left in peace, building themselves up, living in the fear of the Lord, and filled with the consolation of the Holy Spirit. Peter visited one place after another and eventually came to the...

28 April 2023Friday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Peter Chanel Catholic Church - Roswell, GA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 9:1-20 ©This man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before the pagansSaul was still breathing threats to slaughter the Lord’s disciples. He had gone to the high priest and asked for letters addressed to the synagogues in Damascus, that would authorise him to arrest and take to Jerusalem any followers of the Way, men or women, that he could find. Suddenly, while he was travelling to Damascus and just before he reached the...

27 April 2023 Thursday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Church of St. Michael, Lviv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 8:26-40 ©Philip baptizes a eunuchThe angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, ‘Be ready to set out at noon along the road that goes from Jerusalem down to Gaza, the desert road.’ So he set off on his journey. Now it happened that an Ethiopian had been on pilgrimage to Jerusalem; he was a eunuch and an officer at the court of the kandake, or queen, of Ethiopia, and was in fact her chief treasurer....

26 April 2023 Wednesday of the 3rd week of Eastertide San Rafael Arnáiz chapel in San Isidro de Dueñas monastery, Palencia, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 8:1-8 ©They went from place to place, preaching the Good NewsThat day a bitter persecution started against the church in Jerusalem, and everyone except the apostles fled to the country districts of Judaea and Samaria. There were some devout people, however, who buried Stephen and made great mourning for him. Saul then worked for the total destruction of the Church; he went from house to house arresting both men and...

24 April 2023 Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 6:8-15 ©They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he saidStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because...

22 April 2023Saturday of the 2nd week of Eastertide Saint Jerome of the Croats, Rome Transept. Frescoes of two Popes from Dalmatia, Caius (Gaius) Dalmata (who was also saint) and John IV Dalmata flank the window above the altar. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 6:1-7 ©They elected seven men full of the Holy SpiritAbout this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked. So the Twelve called a full meeting of the disciples and addressed them, ‘It would not...