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21 February 2025 Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time St. Peter Damian Church, Bartlett, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 11:1-9The tower of BabelThroughout the earth men spoke the same language, with the same vocabulary. Now as they moved eastwards they found a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled. They said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them in the fire.’ (For stone they used bricks, and for mortar they used bitumen). ‘Come,’ they said ‘let us build ourselves a town and a tower with its top reaching...

20 February 2025 Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Altar of the Virgin, Orleans CathedralReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 9:1-13The sign of the CovenantGod blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth. Be the terror and the dread of all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven, of everything that crawls on the ground and all the fish of the sea; they are handed over to you. Every living and crawling thing shall provide food for you, no less than the foliage of plants. I give...

19 February 2025 Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeBenevento Cathedral-Side ChapelReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 8:6-13,20-22The dove returnsAt the end of forty days Noah opened the porthole he had made in the ark and he sent out the raven. This went off, and flew back and forth until the waters dried up from the earth. Then he sent out the dove, to see whether the waters were receding from the surface of the earth. The dove, finding nowhere to perch, returned to him in the ark, for there was water over the whole surface of...

18 February 2025 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary TimeMonastery of Saint Simeon (Jerusalem)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 6:5-8,7:1-5,10Noah's ArkThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that the thoughts in his heart fashioned nothing but wickedness all day long. The Lord regretted having made man on the earth, and his heart grieved. ‘I will rid the earth’s face of man, my own creation,’ the Lord said ‘and of animals also, reptiles too, and the birds of heaven; for I regret having made them.’ But Noah had found favour with...

17 February 2025 Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Seven Holy Founders Altar in the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 4:1-15,25The mark of CainThe man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. ‘I have acquired a man with the help of the Lord’ she said. She gave birth to a second child, Abel, the brother of Cain. Now Abel became a shepherd and kept flocks, while Cain tilled the soil. Time passed and Cain brought some of the produce of...

15 February 2025 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Tim Sacred heart mosaics Chapel of St. Claude de la Colombiere, ParisReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 3:9-24The expulsion from the Garden of EdenThe Lord God called to the man. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she...

15 September 2024 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Saint Nicomedes, northern Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 50:5-9I offered my back to those who struck meThe Lord has opened my ear.For my part, I made no resistance,neither did I turn away.I offered my back to those who struck me,my cheeks to those who tore at my beard;I did not cover my faceagainst insult and spittle.The Lord comes to my help,so that I am untouched by the insults.So, too, I set my face like flint;I know I shall not be shamed.My vindicator is here at hand. Does...

14 February 2024 Ash Wednesday Church of St. Valentine in Terni, Italy, with the saint's tomb Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJoel 2:12-18 ©Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn‘Now, now – it is the Lord who speaks –come back to me with all your heart,fasting, weeping, mourning.’Let your hearts be broken, not your garments torn,turn to the Lord your God again,for he is all tenderness and compassion,slow to anger, rich in graciousness,and ready to relent.Who knows if he will not turn again, will not relent,will not leave a blessing as he passes,oblation and libationfor...

13 February 2024 Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Sta. Catalina de Ricci Chapel, Campos Street Caritan Centro, Tuguegarao City, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJames 1:12-18 ©Temptation is not from GodHappy the man who stands firm when trials come. He has proved himself, and will win the prize of life, the crown that the Lord has promised to those who love him. Never, when you have been tempted, say, ‘God sent the temptation’; God cannot be tempted to do anything wrong, and he does not tempt anybody. Everyone who is tempted is attracted and...

12 February 2024 Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Santa Eulàlia church, Palma de Mallorca, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingJames 1:1-11 ©Your faith is put to the test so that your patience may make you completeFrom James, servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. Greetings to the twelve tribes of the Dispersion. My brothers, you will always have your trials but, when they come, try to treat them as a happy privilege; you understand that your faith is only put to the test to make you patient, but patience too is to have...

10 February 2024 Saint Scholastica, Virgin on Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time St. Scholastica Catholic Church, Erie, Colorado Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 12:26-32,13:33-34 ©The prophecy of the separation of IsraelJeroboam thought to himself, ‘As things are, the kingdom will revert to the House of David. If this people continues to go up to the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices, the people’s heart will turn back again to their lord, Rehoboam king of Judah, and they will...

18 February 2023Saturday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Saint Kuriakose Elias Chavara Pilgrim Center, Kerala, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingHebrews 11:1-7 ©It is by faith that we understand that the world was created by one word from GodOnly faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended. It is by faith that we understand that the world was created by one word from God, so that no apparent cause can account for the things...

17 February 2023Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time St. Evermode of Ratzeburg blessing the church Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 11:1-9 ©The tower of BabelThroughout the earth men spoke the same language, with the same vocabulary. Now as they moved eastwards they found a plain in the land of Shinar where they settled. They said to one another, ‘Come, let us make bricks and bake them in the fire.’ (For stone they used bricks, and for mortar they used bitumen). ‘Come,’ they said ‘let us build ourselves a town and a tower with its top reaching...

16 February 2023Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary Time A tomb that is said to be St. Juliana's, in Santillana del Mar Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 9:1-13 ©The sign of the CovenantGod blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, ‘Be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth. Be the terror and the dread of all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven, of everything that crawls on the ground and all the fish of the sea; they are handed over to you. Every living and crawling thing shall provide food for you, no less...

15 February 2023 Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Saint Claude la Colombière chapel in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 8:6-13,20-22 ©The dove returnsAt the end of forty days Noah opened the porthole he had made in the ark and he sent out the raven. This went off, and flew back and forth until the waters dried up from the earth. Then he sent out the dove, to see whether the waters were receding from the surface of the earth. The dove, finding nowhere to perch, returned to him in the ark, for...

14 February 20233Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop on Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, Shiner, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 6:5-8,7:1-5,10 ©Noah's ArkThe Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that the thoughts in his heart fashioned nothing but wickedness all day long. The Lord regretted having made man on the earth, and his heart grieved. ‘I will rid the earth’s face of man, my own creation,’ the Lord said ‘and...

13 February 2023Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Santi Vincenzo e Caterina de' Ricci, Prato, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 4:1-15,25 ©The mark of CainThe man had intercourse with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. ‘I have acquired a man with the help of the Lord’ she said. She gave birth to a second child, Abel, the brother of Cain. Now Abel became a shepherd and kept flocks, while Cain tilled the soil. Time passed and Cain brought some of the produce of the soil as an offering...

11 February 2023Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Our Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan Cathedral Church, Thrissur, Kerala, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 3:9-24 ©The expulsion from the Garden of EdenThe Lord God called to the man. ‘Where are you?’ he asked. ‘I heard the sound of you in the garden;’ he replied ‘I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.’ ‘Who told you that you were naked?’ he asked ‘Have you been eating of the tree I forbade you to eat?’ The man replied, ‘It was the woman you put with me; she...

18 February 2022Friday of week 6 in Ordinary Time St. Simon the Zealot's cave in Abkhazia, Georgia. The text, in Church Slavonic, says "Rejoice, Simon, Apostle of Christ, who prays for our souls" Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJames 2:14-24,26 ©A body dies without spirit; faith without good works is not aliveTake the case, my brothers, of someone who has never done a single good act but claims that he has faith. Will that faith save him? If one of the brothers or one of the sisters is in need of clothes and has not enough food to live on,...

17 February 2022Thursday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Seven Holy Founders Altar in the Basilica of Our Lady of Sorrows in Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJames 2:1-9 ©God chose the poor but you do not respect themMy brothers, do not try to combine faith in Jesus Christ, our glorified Lord, with the making of distinctions between classes of people. Now suppose a man comes into your synagogue, beautifully dressed and with a gold ring on, and at the same time a poor man comes in, in shabby clothes, and you take notice of the well-dressed man, and...