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25 February 2026 Wednesday of the 1st week of LentChapel of St Tarasios, Church of St Zacharias, Venice (photo)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingJonah 3:1-10The Ninevites repent, and God spares themThe word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and preach to them as I told you to.’ Jonah set out and went to Nineveh in obedience to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was a city great beyond compare: it took three days to cross it. Jonah went on into the city, making a day’s journey....

24 February 2026 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent St. Matthias Catholic Church Sterling Heights, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in...

23 February 2026Monday of the 1st week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr)Saint Polycarp Catholic Church, Stanton, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingLeviticus 19:1-2,11-18Only pass judgement on your neighbour according to justiceThe Lord spoke to Moses; he said: ‘Speak to the whole community of the sons of Israel and say to them: ‘“Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy. ‘“You must not steal nor deal deceitfully or fraudulently with your neighbour. You must not swear falsely by my name, profaning the name of your God. I am the Lord. You must...

22 February 2026 1st Sunday of LentBasilica_of_Saint_Margaret_of_Cortona, Cortona, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingGenesis 2:7-9,3:1-7The Creation, and the sin of our first parentsThe Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden which is in the east, and there he put the man he had fashioned. The Lord God caused to spring up from the soil every kind of tree, enticing to look at and good to eat, with the tree...

21 February 2026 Saturday after Ash Wednesday (optional commemoration of Saint Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor)St. Peter Damian Catholic Church, Bartlett, ILReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 58:9-14You will be like a spring whose waters never run dryThe Lord says this:If you do away with the yoke,the clenched fist, the wicked word,if you give your bread to the hungry,and relief to the oppressed,your light will rise in the darkness,and your shadows become like noon.The Lord will always guide you,giving you relief in desert places.He will give strength to your bonesand you shall be like a watered garden,like a...

20 February 2026 Friday after Ash Wednesday basilica of FatimaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 58:1-9The sort of fast that pleases meThus says the Lord:Shout for all you are worth, raise your voice like a trumpet.Proclaim their faults to my people, their sins to the House of Jacob.They seek me day after day, they long to know my ways,like a nation that wants to act with integrity and not ignore the law of its God.They ask me for laws that are just, they long for God to draw near:‘Why should we fast if you never see it,...

France is witnessing an extraordinary religious resurgence, as record numbers of young people flock to churches for Ash Wednesday and baptism, Le Figaro highlights in a recent article. Once considered a global bastion of secularism, the country is seeing a 17% rise in adult baptisms in Paris alone, with figures jumping over 50% in just two years. According to analysts, this spiritual awakening is largely driven by a generation searching for direction and meaning in a world dominated by “materialistic indigestion” and geopolitical instability. Some say the phenomenon can also be the result of the rise of Catholic influencers. Figures...

18 April 2025Good FridaySacred Heart Church, Tampa, FloridaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).There is no Mass today. The readings given here are used in the afternoon celebration of the Lord's Passion.First readingIsaiah 52:13-53:12The servant of the Lord, an expiatory SacrificeSee, my servant will prosper,he shall be lifted up, exalted, rise to great heights.As the crowds were appalled on seeing him– so disfigured did he lookthat he seemed no longer human –so will the crowds be astonished at him,and kings stand speechless before him;for they shall see something never toldand witness something never heard before:‘Who could believe what we have...

17 April 2025 Maundy Thursday Pope Alexander I, St. Paul Cathedral, Vatican Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).These are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass.These are the readings for the evening Mass of the Lord's Supper.These are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass.First readingIsaiah 61:1-3,6,8-9The Lord has anointed meThe spirit of the Lord has been given to me,for the Lord has anointed me.He has sent me to bring good news to the poor,to bind up hearts that are broken;to proclaim liberty to captives,freedom to those in prison;to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord,a day...

16 April 2025 Wednesday of Holy Week Lourdes basilicaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 50:4-9Who thinks he has a case against me? Let him approach meThe Lord has given mea disciple’s tongue.So that I may know how to reply to the weariedhe provides me with speech.Each morning he wakes me to hear,to listen like a disciple.The Lord has opened my ear.For my part, I made no resistance,neither did I turn away.I offered my back to those who struck me,my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;I did not cover my faceagainst insult and spittle.The Lord comes...

15 April 2025 Tuesday of Holy Week Assumption Ukrainian Catholic Church, OmahaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 49:1-6I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earthIslands, listen to me,pay attention, remotest peoples.The Lord called me before I was born,from my mother’s womb he pronounced my name.He made my mouth a sharp sword,and hid me in the shadow of his hand.He made me into a sharpened arrow,and concealed me in his quiver.He said to me, ‘You are my servant (Israel)in whom I shall be glorified’;while I was...

14 April 2025 Monday of Holy Week Saint Lidwina Basilica, SchiedamReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 42:1-7Here is my chosen one in whom my soul delightsHere is my servant whom I uphold,my chosen one in whom my soul delights.I have endowed him with my spiritthat he may bring true justice to the nations.He does not cry out or shout aloud,or make his voice heard in the streets.He does not break the crushed reed,nor quench the wavering flame.Faithfully he brings true justice;he will neither waver, nor be crusheduntil true justice is established on earth,for the islands are awaiting his...

13 April 2025 Palm SundayInterior of the chapel of San Hermenegildo in the cathedral of Seville, (Spain). In the foreground you can see the tomb of Cardinal Juan de Cervantes (1382-1453), and on the left the Baroque altarpiece of the chapel, which is dedicated to San Hermenegild.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).This gospel is read at the procession with palms before Mass.GospelLuke 19:28-40Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord.Jesus went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany,at the mount that is called Olivet,he sent two disciples,saying, ‘Go into...

12 April 2025 Saturday of the 5th week of LentThe tomb of Saint Teresa of Jesus of the Andes in the crypt of his sanctuary of Auco, ChileReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingEzekiel 37:21-28I will bring them home and make them one nationThe Lord says this: ‘I am going to take the sons of Israel from the nations where they have gone. I shall gather them together from everywhere and bring them home to their own soil. I shall make them into one nation in my own land and on the mountains of Israel, and one king...

11 April 2025 Friday of the 5th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Stanislaus, Bishop, Martyr)Saint Stanislaus Roman Catholic Church (Polish) - Milwaukee, WIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble, mastered,confounded by their failure;everlasting,...

10 April 2025Thursday of the 5th week of LentSanta Maddalena di Canossa, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 17:3-9Abraham, the father of a multitude of nationsAbram bowed to the ground and God said this to him, ‘Here now is my covenant with you: you shall become the father of a multitude of nations. You shall no longer be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I make you father of a multitude of nations. I will make you most fruitful. I will make you into nations, and your issue shall be kings. I will establish my...

9 April 2025 Wednesday of the 5th week of Lent Sanctuary of St. Casilda, ToledoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 3:14-20,24-25,28God has sent his angel to rescue his servantsKing Nebuchadnezzar said, ‘Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, is it true that you do not serve my gods, and that you refuse to worship the golden statue I have erected? When you hear the sound of horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, or any other instrument, are you prepared to prostrate yourselves and worship the statue I have made? If you refuse to worship it, you must be thrown straight...

8 April 2025 Tuesday of the 5th week of Lent Tours Cathedral, main altarReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingNumbers 21:4-9If anyone was bitten by a serpent, he looked up at the bronze serpent and livedThe Israelites left Mount Hor by the road to the Sea of Suph, to skirt the land of Edom. On the way the people lost patience. They spoke against God and against Moses, ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt to die in this wilderness? For there is neither bread nor water here; we are sick of this unsatisfying food.’ At this...

7 April 2025 Monday of the 5th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) St. John Baptist De La Salle, Granada Hills, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingDaniel 13:1-9,15-17,19-30,33-62Susanna and the eldersIn Babylon there lived a man named Joakim. He had married Susanna daughter of Hilkiah, a woman of great beauty; and she was God-fearing, because her parents were worthy people and had instructed their daughter in the Law of Moses. Joakim was a very rich man, and had a garden attached to his house; the Jews would often visit him...

6 April 20255th Sunday of Lent Crypt, which houses the relics of Saint Sixtus I, Alife Cathedral, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 43:16-21See, I am doing a new deed, and I will give my chosen people drinkThus says the Lord,who made a way through the sea,a path in the great waters;who put chariots and horse in the fieldand a powerful armywhich lay there never to rise again,snuffed out, put out like a wick:No need to recall the past,no need to think about what was done before.See, I am doing a new deed,even now it comes to...