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3 September 2025 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeAltar of St. Gregory the Great (590-604) with a 1772 mosaic, St. Peter's, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:1-8The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the worldFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father....

2 September 2025 Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeSaint-Just in Lyon, FranceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 5:1-6,9-11Keep strengthening one anotherYou will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no way for anybody to evade it....

1 September 2025Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Giles Catholic church, Cheadle, Staffordshire, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 4:13-18Do not grieve about those who have died in JesusWe want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We can tell you this from the...

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...

24 March 2025 Monday of the 3rd week of Lent Assumption Ukrainian Catholic Church in OmahaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First reading2 Kings 5:1-15There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was curedNaaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master’s respect and favour, since through him the Lord had granted victory to the Aramaeans. But the man was a leper. Now on one of their raids, the Aramaeans had carried off from the land of Israel a little girl who had become a servant of Naaman’s wife. She...

9 January 2025 Thursday after Epiphany Sunday Saint Adrian Catholic Church, Adrian, MNReadings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 5 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Monday 6 January this year then these are not the right readings. To see the right readings, you need to set this web site to use your own local calendar. On this web page, find the list of dates. After the last date there is a heading which says “Calendar Used”. Click on the calendar name below this heading, and choose your local...

4 September 2024 Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary TimeSaint Rose of Viterbo Church and Convent, Santiago de Queretaro, Queretaro, MexicoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 3:1-9Neither the planter nor the waterer matters, only God, who makes things growBrothers, I myself was unable to speak to you as people of the Spirit: I treated you as sensual men, still infants in Christ. What I fed you with was milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and indeed, you are still not ready for it since you are still unspiritual. Isn’t that obvious...

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...

2 September 2024 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint-Just in Lyon, France.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Corinthians 2:1-5The only knowledge I claimed was of the crucified ChristWhen I came to you, brothers, it was not with any show of oratory or philosophy, but simply to tell you what God had guaranteed. During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ. Far from relying on any power of my own, I came among you in great ‘fear and trembling’ and in...

28 March 2024Maundy ThursdayMission Basilica San Juan Capistrano's Grand Retablo, San Juan Capistrano, CaliforniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).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 61:1-3,6,8-9 ©The 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...

4 March 2024 Monday of the 3rd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Casimir) Church of St. Casimir Jagiellon, main altar, Kraków, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First reading2 Kings 5:1-15 ©There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was curedNaaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master’s respect and favour, since through him the Lord had granted victory to the Aramaeans. But the man was a leper. Now on one of their raids, the Aramaeans had carried off from the land of Israel a little girl...

6 September 2023 Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Begga's Collegiate Church, Andenne, Belgium Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingColossians 1:1-8 ©The message of the truth has reached you and is spreading all over the worldFrom Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and from our brother Timothy to the saints in Colossae, our faithful brothers in Christ: Grace and peace to you from God our Father. We have never failed to remember you in our prayers and to give thanks for you to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus...

5 September 2023 Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Teresa of Calcutta Church, Limerick, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 5:1-6,9-11 ©Keep strengthening one anotherYou will not be expecting us to write anything to you, brothers, about ‘times and seasons’, since you know very well that the Day of the Lord is going to come like a thief in the night. It is when people are saying, ‘How quiet and peaceful it is’ that the worst suddenly happens, as suddenly as labour pains come on a pregnant woman; and there will be no...

4 September 2023 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint Rose of Viterbo Church and Convent, Santiago de Queretaro, MexicoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 ©Do not grieve about those who have died in JesusWe want you to be quite certain, brothers, about those who have died, to make sure that you do not grieve about them, like the other people who have no hope. We believe that Jesus died and rose again, and that it will be the same for those who have died in Jesus: God will bring them with him. We...

6 April 2023Maundy Thursday St. Sixtus Church, Schliersee, Upper Bavaria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Here are the readings for the morning Chrism MassHere are the readings for the evening Mass of the Lord's SupperHere are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass:First readingIsaiah 61:1-3,6,8-9 ©The 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 of vengeance...

13 March 2023Monday of the 3rd week of Lent St. Leander Church, San Leandro, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First reading2 Kings 5:1-15 ©There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was curedNaaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master’s respect and favour, since through him the Lord had granted victory to the Aramaeans. But the man was a leper. Now on one of their raids, the Aramaeans had carried off from the land of Israel a little girl who had become a servant of Naaman’s wife. She...

31 August 2022Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St Aidan of Lindisfarne, East Acton, London Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 3:1-9 ©Neither the planter nor the waterer matters, only God, who makes things growBrothers, I myself was unable to speak to you as people of the Spirit: I treated you as sensual men, still infants in Christ. What I fed you with was milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and indeed, you are still not ready for it since you are still unspiritual. Isn’t that obvious from all the jealousy...

30 August 2022Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time The remains of Saint Narcisa de Jesús rest in her sanctuary located in the Nobol canton, Ecuador, her homeland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 2:10-16 ©The 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 by the Spirit of God. Now instead of the spirit...

14 April 2022 Maundy Thursday Minor Basilica of St Lydwine of Schiedam. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Here are the readings for the morning Chrism MassHere are the readings for the evening Mass of the Lord's SupperHere are the readings for the morning Chrism Mass:First readingIsaiah 61:1-3,6,8-9 ©The 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 of vengeance...

21 March 2022 Monday of the 3rd week of Lent St. Demetrius Ukrainian Catholic Church, Fairfield, North Dakota Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First reading2 Kings 5:1-15 ©There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman, the Syrian, was curedNaaman, army commander to the king of Aram, was a man who enjoyed his master’s respect and favour, since through him the Lord had granted victory to the Aramaeans. But the man was a leper. Now on one of their raids, the Aramaeans had carried off from the land of Israel a little girl who had become a servant of Naaman’s...