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18 February 2024 1st Sunday of Lent Tomb of Kuriakose Elias Chavara, MannanamReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingGenesis 9:8-15 ©'There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again'God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters...

11 February 2024 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, apse mosaic, Christ in glory, St. Paul, St. Cecilia and Pope Paschal I (holding model of the church he built) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingLeviticus 13:1-2,44-46 ©The unclean man must live outside the campThe Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘If a swelling or scab or shiny spot appears on a man’s skin, a case of leprosy of the skin is to be suspected. The man must be taken to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests who are his sons. ‘The...

4 February 2024 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time The Cappella Corsini in San Giovanni in Laterano in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJob 7:1-4,6-7 ©My life is but a breathJob began to speak:Is not man’s life on earth nothing more than pressed service, his time no better than hired drudgery?Like the slave, sighing for the shade, or the workman with no thought but his wages,months of delusion I have assigned to me, nothing for my own but nights of grief.Lying in bed I wonder, ‘When will it be day?’ Risen I think, ‘How slowly evening comes!’ Restlessly...

28 January 2024 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time ST. THOMAS AQUINAS UNIVERSITY PARISH, Charlottesville, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingDeuteronomy 18:15-20 ©I will raise up a prophet and put my words into his mouthMoses said to the people: ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like myself, from among yourselves, from your own brothers; to him you must listen. This is what you yourselves asked of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the Assembly. “Do not let me hear again” you said “the voice of the Lord my God,...

21 January 2024 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Sunday of the Word of God) Sant'Agnese in Agone (Rome)T Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJonah 3:1-5,10 ©The people of Nineveh renounce their evil behaviourThe 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...

11 January 2024 Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St Paulinus's Church, Crayford, Kent, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 4:1-11 ©Israel is defeated and the ark of God is capturedIt happened at that time that the Philistines mustered to fight Israel and Israel went out to meet them in battle, encamping near Ebenezer while the Philistines were encamped at Aphek. The Philistines drew up their battle line against Israel, the battle was hotly engaged, and Israel was defeated by the Philistines and about four thousand of their army were killed on the field....

10 January 2024 Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary TimePala d'Oro, the high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice, commissioned by Saint Doge Pietro Orseolo Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 3:1-10,19-20 ©'Speak, Lord, your servant is listening'The boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli; it was rare for the Lord to speak in those days; visions were uncommon. One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim; he could no longer see. The lamp of God had...

9 January 2024 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Saint Adrian Catholic Church, Adrian, MN Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 1:9-20 ©The Lord is mindful of Hannah and she gives birth to SamuelAfter they had eaten in the hall, Hannah rose and took her stand before the Lord, while Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to the Lord with many tears and made a vow, saying, ‘O Lord of Hosts! If you will take notice...

Monday 8 January 2024 The Baptism of the Lord Feast St Mary’s Church, Portsmouth, PA(decorations for the Baptism of the Lord)Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 7 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Saturday 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...

Saturday 6 January 2024 6 January (before Epiphany) St. André Bessette Parish, Vaughan, ON Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 7 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Saturday 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...

10 December 2023 2nd Sunday of Advent Basilica of Santa Eulalia, Merida, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 40:1-5,9-11 ©The glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all mankind shall see it‘Console my people, console them’says your God.‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalemand call to herthat her time of service is ended,that her sin is atoned for,that she has received from the hand of the Lorddouble punishment for all her crimes.’A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wildernessa way for the Lord.Make a straight highway for our Godacross the desert.Let every valley be filled in,every mountain...

12 January 2023Thursday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys, Brookfield, CT Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 3:7-14 ©Keep encouraging one anotherThe Holy Spirit says: If only you would listen to him today; do not harden your hearts, as happened in the Rebellion, on the Day of Temptation in the wilderness, when your ancestors challenged me and tested me, though they had seen what I could do for forty years. That was why I was angry with that generation and said: How unreliable these people who refuse to grasp my ways! And so, in anger,...

11 January 2023Wednesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time The Cathedral of Aquileia, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 2:14-18 ©He took to himself descent from AbrahamSince all the children share the same blood and flesh, Christ too shared equally in it, so that by his death he could take away all the power of the devil, who had power over death, and set free all those who had been held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death. For it was not the angels that he took to himself; he took to...

10 January 2023Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Trinity Cathedral, Lutsk, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 2:5-12 ©The one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified are of the same stockGod did not appoint angels to be rulers of the world to come, and that world is what we are talking about. Somewhere there is a passage that shows us this. It runs: What is man that you should spare a thought for him, the son of man that you should care for him? For a short while you made him lower than the...

Friday 6 January 20236 January (before Epiphany) Cathedral of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine Readings at MassThe readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 8 January.If you are celebrating the Epiphany on Friday 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,...

January 13th, 2021 Memorial of St. Hilary, Bishop and DoctorThursday of Week One in Ordinary Time St. Hilary Church, ChicagoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Samuel 4:1-11 ©Israel is defeated and the ark of God is capturedIt happened at that time that the Philistines mustered to fight Israel and Israel went out to meet them in battle, encamping near Ebenezer while the Philistines were encamped at Aphek. The Philistines drew up their battle line against Israel, the battle was hotly engaged, and Israel was defeated by the Philistines and about four thousand of their army were killed on the...

January 12th, 2021 Wednesday of Week One in Ordinary Time Mar Petyun Chaldean Church, Diyarbakir, Turkiye Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green The readings shown here are for places where the Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday 2 January. First reading1 Samuel 3:1-10,19-20 ©'Speak, Lord, your servant is listening'The boy Samuel was ministering to the Lord in the presence of Eli; it was rare for the Lord to speak in those days; visions were uncommon. One day, it happened that Eli was lying down in his room. His eyes were beginning to grow dim; he could no longer see. The lamp of...

Tuesday 11 January 2022 Tuesday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Paulinus' Church, Trier Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 1:9-20 ©The Lord is mindful of Hannah and she gives birth to SamuelAfter they had eaten in the hall, Hannah rose and took her stand before the Lord, while Eli the priest was sitting on his seat by the doorpost of the temple of the Lord. In the bitterness of her soul she prayed to the Lord with many tears and made a vow, saying, ‘O Lord of Hosts! If you will take notice of the distress of...

January 10, 2022 Monday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Pala d'Oro (Italian, "Golden Pall" or "Golden Cloth") high altar retable of the Basilica di San Marco in Venice Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 1:1-8 ©Hannah's rival taunts her for being barrenThere was a man of Ramathaim, a Zuphite from the highlands of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives, one called Hannah, the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children but Hannah had none. Every year this man used to go up from...

February 21 2021 First Sunday of Lent OSt. Mary's Catholic Church, Boise, Idaho Lectionary 23Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingGenesis 9:8-15 ©'There shall be no flood to destroy the earth again'God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also with every living creature to be found with you, birds, cattle and every wild beast with you: everything that came out of the ark, everything that lives on the earth. I establish my Covenant with you: no thing of flesh shall be swept away again by the waters of...