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26 February 2024 Monday of the 2nd week of Lent Església del Convent de les Escolàpies (Olesa de Montserrat), housing the remains of Saint Paula Montal FornésReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDaniel 9:4-10 ©Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shameO Lord, God great and to be feared, you keep the covenant and have kindness for those who love you and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly, we have betrayed your commandments and your ordinances and turned away from them. We have not listened to your servants the prophets,...

17 November 2023 Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time St Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingWisdom 13:1-9 ©How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind, or the swift...

Saturday 28 October 2023 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Feast Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Church, West Chester, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First readingEphesians 2:19-22 ©In Christ you are no longer aliens, but citizens like usYou are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in...

16 September 2023 Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs on Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Saint Cyprian Catholic Church, Long Beach, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Timothy 1:15-17 ©Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinnersHere is a saying that you can rely on and nobody should doubt: that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. I myself am the greatest of them; and if mercy has been shown to me, it is because Jesus Christ meant to...

13 September 2023 Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre celebrated Mass Aug. 26 to mark St. John Chrysostom Church’s 150th anniversary. Priests who’ve served the Henry County parish concelebrated. (Eminence, KY; Record Photo by Ruby Thomas)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 3:1-11 ©You must look for the things that are in heavenSince you have been brought back to true life with Christ, you must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ...

12 September 2023 Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary TimeSt. Ailbe Parish, Chicago, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingColossians 2:6-15 ©The Lord has brought you to life with himYou must live your whole life according to the Christ you have received – Jesus the Lord; you must be rooted in him and built on him and held firm by the faith you have been taught, and full of thanksgiving. Make sure that no one traps you and deprives you of your freedom by some second-hand, empty, rational philosophy based on the principles of this world instead...

11 September 2023 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time St. Felix and Regula Catholic Church in Zurich, SwitzerlandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingColossians 1:24-2:3 ©God's message was a mystery hidden for generationsIt makes me happy to suffer for you, as I am suffering now, and in my own body to do what I can to make up all that has still to be undergone by Christ for the sake of his body, the Church. I became the servant of the Church when God made me responsible for delivering God’s message to you, the message which was...

9 September 2023 Saint Peter Claver on Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Altar of Iglesia de San Pedro Claver in Old Town, Cartagena, Colombia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingColossians 1:21-23 ©God has reconciled you by Christ's death in his mortal bodyNot long ago, you were foreigners and enemies, in the way that you used to think and the evil things that you did; but now he has reconciled you, by his death and in that mortal body. Now you are able to...

6 March 2023Monday of the 2nd week of Lent Fridolin Munster, Bad Säckingen Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingDaniel 9:4-10 ©Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shameO Lord, God great and to be feared, you keep the covenant and have kindness for those who love you and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly, we have betrayed your commandments and your ordinances and turned away from them. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, our ancestors, and to...

17 November 2022Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious on Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time St. Elizabeth of Hungary Roman Catholic Church. - St. Paul Parish - Akron, OH Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingApocalypse 5:1-10 ©The blood of the Lamb bought men for GodI, John, saw that in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne there was a scroll that had writing on back and front and was sealed with seven seals. Then I saw a powerful angel who called with a...

Friday 28 October 2022Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles Feast Sts. Simon & Jude Catholic Church, Huntington Beach, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).First readingEphesians 2:19-22 ©In Christ you are no longer aliens, but citizens like usYou are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too,...

10 September 2022Saturday of week 23 in Ordinary TimeThe altar of St Nicholas de Tolentino, Tolentino (?), Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 10:14-22 ©We are a single body because we all share the one breadMy dear brothers, you must keep clear of idolatry. I say to you as sensible people: judge for yourselves what I am saying. The blessing-cup that we bless is a communion with the blood of Christ, and the bread that we break is a communion with the body of Christ. The fact that there is only one loaf means that, though...

9 September 2022Saint Peter Claver on Friday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Altar of Iglesia de San Pedro Claver in Old Town, Cartagena, Colombia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 9:16-19,22-27 ©We go into strict training, like fighters at the gamesI do not boast of preaching the gospel, since it is a duty which has been laid on me; I should be punished if I did not preach it! If I had chosen this work myself, I might have been paid for it, but...

7 September 2022Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Église Saint-Clodoald Catholic church in Saint-Cloud, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 7:25-31 ©The world as we know it is passing awayAbout remaining celibate, I have no directions from the Lord but give my own opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, has stayed faithful. Well then, I believe that in these present times of stress this is right: that it is good for a man to stay as he is. If you are tied to a wife, do not look for freedom; if you are...

6 September 2022Tuesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Collegiate Church of Sainte-Begge in Andenne, Belgium Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 6:1-11 ©Do not drag your brother to a pagan for judgementHow dare one of your members take up a complaint against another in the law courts of the unjust instead of before the saints? As you know, it is the saints who are to ‘judge the world’; and if the world is to be judged by you, how can you be unfit to judge trifling cases? Since we are also to judge angels, it follows...

5 September 2022 Monday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Saint Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Church Cottage Lake, Washington Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading1 Corinthians 5:1-8 ©Get rid of the old yeast of evil and wickednessI have been told as an undoubted fact that one of you is living with his father’s wife. This is a case of sexual immorality among you that must be unparalleled even among pagans. How can you be so proud of yourselves? You should be in mourning. A man who does a thing like that ought to have been expelled from the...

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...

14 March 2022Monday of the 2nd week of Lent The Church and Monastery of St Matilda at Quedlinburg, Germany Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingDaniel 9:4-10 ©Yours is the integrity, Lord; ours the shameO Lord, God great and to be feared, you keep the covenant and have kindness for those who love you and keep your commandments: we have sinned, we have done wrong, we have acted wickedly, we have betrayed your commandments and your ordinances and turned away from them. We have not listened to your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to our kings, our princes,...

February 27th 2022 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Nicholas Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingEcclesiasticus 27:5-8 ©The test of a man is in his conversationIn a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk.The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in his conversation.The orchard where a tree grows is judged on the quality of its fruit, similarly a man’s words betray what he feels.Do not praise a man before he has spoken, since this is the test of...

20 February 20227th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint-Eucaire (Eucherius) church, Metz, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 26:2,7-9,11-13,22-23 ©Do not lift your hand against the Lord's anointedSaul set off and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand men chosen from Israel to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. In the dark David and Abishai made their way towards the force, where they found Saul lying asleep inside the camp, his spear stuck in the ground beside his head, with Abner and the troops lying round him. Then Abishai said to David, ‘Today...