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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...

16 February 2022Wednesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time St. Juliana Catholic Church West Palm Beach Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJames 1:19-27 ©The Word is not only to be listened to, but obeyedRemember this, my dear brothers: be quick to listen but slow to speak and slow to rouse your temper; God’s righteousness is never served by man’s anger; so do away with all the impurities and bad habits that are still left in you – accept and submit to the word which has been planted in you and can save your souls. But you must do what the...

15 February 2022Tuesday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Saint Claude la Colombière chapel in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.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 seduced by his own wrong desire. Then...

14 February 2022Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, Bishop on Monday of week 6 in Ordinary Time Saints Cyril & Methodius Catholic Church, Shiner, Texas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst 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...

12 February 2022 Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Crypt of St. Eulalia of Barcelona, Barcelona Cathedral Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First 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 put me to death.’ So the king thought this over and then made two golden calves; he...

September 12th , 2021 Altar and crucifix on the northern wall at St. Francis Xavier Church, Missoula, Montana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 50:5-9 ©I 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...

February 16 2021 Memorial of St. Daniel of Egypt Saint Mark's Cathedral, Venice Lectionary 336Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First 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 of animals also, reptiles too, and the birds of heaven; for I regret having made them.’ But Noah had found favour with the...

February 15 2021 Memorial of St. Joseph of Antioch Church of St. Peter, Antioch (Antakya), TurkeyOne of the Oldest Churches in the world - The oldest surviving parts of the church building date from at least the 4th or 5th century By Dosseman - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77749349 Lectionary 335Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.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...

February 13 2021 St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church – New York City, NY Saturday of week 5 in Ordinary TimeFirst 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 gave me the fruit, and I...

February 21 2020 Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jas 2:14-24, 26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,” but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.Indeed...

February 20 2020 Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jas 2:1-9 My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold rings and fine clothes comes into your assembly, and a poor person with shabby clothes also comes in, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “Sit here, please,” while you say to the poor one, “Stand there,” or “Sit at my feet,” have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with...

February 19 2020 Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Jas 1:19-27 Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger for anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God. Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.Be doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks...