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20 July 2025 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Basilica di Sant’Apollinare in ClasseReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 18:1-10'Next year your wife Sarah will have a son'The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon as he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them, and bowed to the ground. ‘My lord,’ he said, ‘I beg you, if I find...

6 July 2025 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Maria Goretti Shrine - LebanonReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 66:10-14Towards Jerusalem I send flowing peace, like a riverRejoice, Jerusalem,be glad for her, all you who love her!Rejoice, rejoice for her,all you who mourned her!That you may be suckled, filled,from her consoling breast,that you may savour with delighther glorious breasts.For thus says the Lord:Now towards her I send flowingpeace, like a river,and like a stream in spatethe glory of the nations.At her breast will her nurslings be carriedand fondled in her lap.Like a son comforted by his motherwill...

13 June 2025 Saint Antony of Padua, Priest, Doctor on Friday of week 10 in Ordinary Time Saint Anthony of Padua Church in Saint Louis, Missouri Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Corinthians 4:7-15Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from usWe are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us. We are in difficulties on all sides, but never cornered; we see no answer to our...

10 February 2025 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Monday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Scholastica Parish, DetroitReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 1:1-19God saw that it was goodIn the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was a formless void, there was darkness over the deep, and God’s spirit hovered over the water. God said, ‘Let there be light’, and there was light. God saw that light was good, and God divided light from darkness. God called light ‘day’, and darkness...

3 December 2024 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest on Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent The Altar of St Francis Xavier in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 11:1-10A shoot springs from the stock of JesseA shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,a scion thrusts from his roots:on him the spirit of the Lord rests,a spirit of wisdom and insight,a spirit of counsel and power,a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)He does not judge...

Friday 18 October 2024 Saint Luke, Evangelist Feast St Luke's Catholic Parish, Woolloongabba, Australia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).First reading2 Timothy 4:10-17Only Luke is with meDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the...

8 October 2024 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Saint Pelagia, Novigrad, Croatia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingGalatians 1:13-24God called me through his grace and chose to reveal his Son in meYou must have heard of my career as a practising Jew, how merciless I was in persecuting the Church of God, how much damage I did to it, how I stood out among other Jews of my generation, and how enthusiastic I was for the traditions of my ancestors. Then God, who had specially chosen me while I was still in my mother’s womb,...

7 October 2024 Our Lady of the Rosary on Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Saint Justina of Padua. Chapel of the Blessed SacramentReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGalatians 1:6-12The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus ChristI am astonished at the promptness with which you have turned away from the one who called you and have decided to follow a different version of the Good News. Not that there can be more than one Good News; it is merely...

5 October 2024Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary TimeChapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina, Łagiewniki Shrine, Krakow Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJob 42:1-3,5-6,12-17In dust and in ashes I repentThis was the answer Job gave to the Lord:I know that you are all-powerful: what you conceive, you can perform.I am the man who obscured your designs with my empty-headed words.I have been holding forth on matters I cannot understand, on marvels beyond me and my knowledge.I knew you then only by hearsay; but now, having seen you with my...

4 October 2024 Saint Francis of Assisi on Friday of week 26 in Ordinary TimeSaint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 38:1,12-21,40:3-5The immeasurable greatness of GodFrom the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said:Have you ever in your life given orders to the morning or sent the dawn to its post,telling it to grasp the earth by its edges and shake the wicked out of it,when it changes the earth to sealing clay...

3 October 2024 Thursday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Chapel dedicated to the martyrs of Natal, São Gonçalo do Amarante, BrazilReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJob 19:21-27My Avenger lives and will set me close to him when I awakeJob said:Pity me, pity me, you, my friends, for the hand of God has struck me.Why do you hound me down like God, will you never have enough of my flesh?Ah, would that these words of mine were written down, inscribed on some monumentwith iron chisel and engraving tool, cut into the rock for ever.This I know: that...

10 February 2024 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Scholastica Catholic Church, Erie, Colorado Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 12:26-32,13:33-34 ©The prophecy of the separation of IsraelJeroboam thought to himself, ‘As things are, the kingdom will revert to the House of David. If this people continues to go up to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, the people’s heart will turn back again to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will...

26 January 2024Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops on Friday of week 3 in Ordinary Time St. Timothy Catholic Church, Los AngelesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First reading2 Timothy 1:1-8 ©Fan into a flame the gift God gave youFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus in his design to promise life in Christ Jesus; to Timothy, dear child of mine, wishing...

5 December 2023 Tuesday of the 1st week of Advent Saint Sabbas Lavra, Kidron Valley, the Holy Land Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 11:1-10 ©A shoot springs from the stock of JesseA shoot springs from the stock of Jesse,a scion thrusts from his roots:on him the spirit of the Lord rests,a spirit of wisdom and insight,a spirit of counsel and power,a spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.(The fear of the Lord is his breath.)He does not judge by appearances,he gives no verdict on hearsay,but judges the wretched with integrity,and with equity gives...

Wednesday 18 October 2023 Saint Luke, Evangelist FeastSaint Luke Catholic Church, McLean, Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First reading2 Timothy 4:10-17 ©Only Luke is with meDemas has deserted me for love of this life and gone to Thessalonika, Crescens has gone to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia; only Luke is with me. Get Mark to come and bring him with you; I find him a useful helper in my work. I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. When you come, bring the cloak I left with Carpus in Troas, and the scrolls, especially the parchment ones. Alexander the...

10 October 2023 Tuesday of week 27 in Ordinary Time St Paulinus, York, North Yorkshire Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJonah 3:1-10 ©The 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. He preached...

9 October 2023 Monday of week 27 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Saint-Denis, ParisReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJonah 1:1-2:1,11 ©Jonah flees from his callThe word of the Lord was addressed to Jonah son of Amittai: ‘Up!’ he said ‘Go to Nineveh, the great city, and inform them that their wickedness has become known to me.’ Jonah decided to run away from the Lord, and to go to Tarshish. He went down to Joppa and found a ship bound for Tarshish; he paid his fare and went aboard, to go with them to Tarshish, to get away...

7 October 2023 Our Lady of the Rosary on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Basilica church of Santa Giustina, PaduaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingBaruch 4:5-12,27-29 ©Take courage, my children, call on GodTake courage, my people,constant reminder of Israel.You were sold to the nations,but not for extermination.You provoked God;and so were delivered to your enemies,since you had angered your creatorby offering sacrifices to demons, not to God.You had forgotten the eternal God who reared you.You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you,for when...

6 October 2023 Friday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Saint-Bruno, Bordeaux Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingBaruch 1:15-22 ©We have been disobedient to the Lord our GodIntegrity belongs to the Lord our God; to us the look of shame we wear today, to us, the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem, to our kings and princes, our priests, our prophets, as to our ancestors, because we have sinned in the sight of the Lord, have disobeyed him, and have not listened to the voice of the Lord our God telling us to follow the...

5 October 2023 Thursday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Chapel of the miraculous image of the Merciful Jesus and the tomb of St. Faustina, Krakow Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingNehemiah 8:1-12 ©All the people listened attentively to the Book of the LawWhen the seventh month came, all the people gathered as one man on the square before the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses which the Lord had prescribed for Israel. Accordingly Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, consisting of men, women,...