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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...

3 September 2024 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time The Church of St Gregory the Great in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 2:10-16The Spirit reaches even the depths of GodThe Spirit reaches the depths of everything, even the depths of God. After all, the depths of a man can only be known by his own spirit, not by any other man, and in the same way the depths of God can only be known...

3 September 2022Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church in Marysville, Kansas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 4:6-15 ©What do you have that was not given to you?Take Apollos and myself as an example and remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written.’ It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you...

April 10th 2022 6th Sunday of Lent Rimsko-Katolicheskiy Khram Svyatogo Georgiya Pobedonostsa; Roman Catholic church, Omsk, Russia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red This gospel is read at the procession with palms before Mass:GospelLuke 19:28-40 ©Blessings 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 the village opposite,where on entering you will find a colt tied,on which no one has ever yet sat;untie it and bring it here.If any one asks you,“Why are you untying...

September 3rd , 2021Memorial of St. Anthony Ishida, Japanese martyr and St. Gregory the Great, Pope & Doctor of the Church Basilica of the Twenty-Six Holy Martyrs of Japan (Nagasaki) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:15-20 ©All things were created through Christ and for ChristChrist Jesus is the image of the unseen Godand the first-born of all creation,for in him were createdall things in heaven and on earth:everything visible and everything invisible,Thrones, Dominations, Sovereignties, Powers –all things were created through him and for him.Before anything was...