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22 January 2025Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children on Wednesday of week 2 in Ordinary TimeSt. Vincent of Saragossa church, KrakowReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 7:1-3,15-17You are a priest of the order of Melchizedek, for everYou remember that Melchizedek, king of Salem, a priest of God Most High, went to meet Abraham who was on his way back after defeating the kings, and blessed him; and also that it was to him that Abraham gave a tenth of all that he had. By the interpretation of his name, he is, first, ‘king...

Mmm dd, 2025 Saint Agnes, Virgin, Martyr on Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time St. Agnes Church in Arlington, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 6:10-20In this hope we have an anchor for our soulGod would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the services you have done, and are still doing, for the saints. Our one desire is that every one of you should go on showing the same...

20 January 2025 Monday of week 2 in Ordinary TimeThe Parish of St. Fabian, Pope and Martyr, Pangasinan, PhilippinesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 5:1-10Although he was Son, he learned to obey through sufferingEvery high priest has been taken out of mankind and is appointed to act for men in their relations with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; and so he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or uncertain because he too lives in the limitations of weakness. That is why he has to make sin offerings for himself as well as for...

18 January 2025 Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time The church of St. Margaret, Bohinjska Bela, SloveniaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 4:12-16Let us be confident in approaching the throne of graceThe word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts. No created thing can hide from him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the one to whom...

17 January 2025 Saint Antony, Abbot on Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Anthony Abbot Parish Church, Pangasinan, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 4:1-5,11None of you has come too late for God's promiseBe careful: the promise of reaching the place of rest that God had for the Israelites still holds good, and none of you must think that he has come too late for it. We received the Good News exactly as they did; but hearing the message did them no...

16 January 2024 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Saint Joseph Vaz Shrine, Mudipu, Goa, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 16:1-13 ©Jesse's youngest son David is anointed kingThe Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you go on mourning over Saul when I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king among his sons.’ Samuel replied, ‘How can I go? When Saul hears of it he will kill me.’ Then the Lord said,...

15 January 2024 Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time St. Josaphat's Ukrainian Catholic Church - Rochester, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 15:16-23 ©Saul disobeys the Lord and the Lord rejects himSamuel said to Saul, ‘Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ Saul said, ‘Tell me.’ Samuel continued, ‘Small as you may be in your own eyes, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king over Israel. The Lord sent you on a mission and said to you, “Go, put these...

13 January 2024 Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Hilary of Poitiers, Rydal, PA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 9:1-4,17-19,10:1 ©The Lord chooses Saul as king; Samuel anoints himAmong the men of Benjamin there was a man named Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah; a Benjaminite and a man of rank. He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Of all the Israelites there was no one more handsome than he; he stood head and shoulders taller than the rest...

12 January 2024 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Saint Marguerite Bourgeoys - Brookfield, Connecticut Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Samuel 8:4-7,10-22 ©The people of Israel demand a kingAll the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. ‘Look,’ they said to him ‘you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. So give us a king to rule over us, like the other nations.’ It displeased Samuel that they should say, ‘Let us have a king to rule us’, so he prayed to the Lord. But the Lord said...

17 January 2023Saint Antony, Abbot on Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Church of St Anthony Abbot. Huelvo, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 6:10-20 ©In this hope we have an anchor for our soulGod would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the services you have done, and are still doing, for the saints. Our one desire is that every one of you should go on showing the same earnestness...

16 January 2023Monday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Catholics gather at a church to pay their respects to a relic of St. Joseph Vaz, Sri Lanka Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 5:1-10 ©Although he was Son, he learned to obey through sufferingEvery high priest has been taken out of mankind and is appointed to act for men in their relations with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; and so he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or uncertain because he too lives in the limitations of weakness. That is why he has to...

15 January 20232nd Sunday in Ordinary Time The Church of the Assumption of the Mother of God, Buchach, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 49:3,5-6 ©I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earthThe Lord said to me, ‘You are my servant, Israel,in whom I shall be glorified’;I was honoured in the eyes of the Lord,my God was my strength.And now the Lord has spoken,he who formed me in the womb to be his servant,to bring Jacob back to him,to gather Israel to him:‘It is...

14 January 2023Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St Kentigern's Parish Church, Crosthwaite, Scotland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 4:12-16 ©Let us be confident in approaching the throne of graceThe word of God is something alive and active: it cuts like any double-edged sword but more finely: it can slip through the place where the soul is divided from the spirit, or joints from the marrow; it can judge the secret emotions and thoughts. No created thing can hide from him; everything is uncovered and open to the eyes of the one to whom we must...

13 January 2023 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary Time St. Hilary Church, Fairlawn, Ohio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 4:1-5,11 ©None of you has come too late for God's promiseBe careful: the promise of reaching the place of rest that God had for the Israelites still holds good, and none of you must think that he has come too late for it. We received the Good News exactly as they did; but hearing the message did them no good because they did not share the faith of those who listened. We, however, who have faith, shall...

18 January 2022 Tuesday of week 2 in Ordinary Time St. Margaret of HungaryStained glass window from St. Dominic’s Church in Washington, D.C. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 16:1-13 ©Jesse's youngest son David is anointed kingThe Lord said to Samuel, ‘How long will you go on mourning over Saul when I have rejected him as king of Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king among his sons.’ Samuel replied, ‘How can I go? When Saul hears of it he will kill me.’...

January 17th, 2021 Memorial of Saint AnthonyMonday of Week Two in Ordinary Time St. Andrew's Church, Roswell, GeorgiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White/font> Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Samuel 15:16-23 ©Saul disobeys the Lord and the Lord rejects himSamuel said to Saul, ‘Stop! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.’ Saul said, ‘Tell me.’ Samuel continued, ‘Small as you may be in your own eyes, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord has anointed you king over Israel. The Lord sent you on...

15 January 2022 Saturday of week 1 in Ordinary Time Saint Ita Catholic Church, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 9:1-4,17-19,10:1 ©The Lord chooses Saul as king; Samuel anoints himAmong the men of Benjamin there was a man named Kish son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah; a Benjaminite and a man of rank. He had a son named Saul, a handsome man in the prime of life. Of all the Israelites there was no one more handsome than he; he stood head and shoulders taller than the rest of the people. Now...

14 January 2022 Friday of week 1 in Ordinary TimeSt. Kentigern's Roman Catholic Church, Fallowfield, Manchester, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Samuel 8:4-7,10-22 ©The people of Israel demand a kingAll the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah. ‘Look,’ they said to him ‘you are old, and your sons do not follow your ways. So give us a king to rule over us, like the other nations.’ It displeased Samuel that they should say, ‘Let us have a king to rule us’, so he prayed to the Lord. But the Lord said to Samuel,...

January 19 2021 Memorial of St. Fillan of Scotland Lectionary 312Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 6:10-20 ©In this hope we have an anchor for our soulGod would not be so unjust as to forget all you have done, the love that you have for his name or the services you have done, and are still doing, for the saints. Our one desire is that every one of you should go on showing the same earnestness to the end, to the perfect fulfilment of our hopes, never growing careless, but imitating those who have the faith and the perseverance to...

January 18 2021 Memorial of St. Volusian of Tours (died 496 AD) Eglise de Saint Volusien, Foix, France Lectionary 311Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHebrews 5:1-10 ©Although he was Son, he learned to obey through sufferingEvery high priest has been taken out of mankind and is appointed to act for men in their relations with God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins; and so he can sympathise with those who are ignorant or uncertain because he too lives in the limitations of weakness. That is why he has to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the...