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Mmm dd, 2023 TITLE St. Stephen Catholic Church, Cleveland, OHReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).First readingActs 6:8-10,7:54-59 ©The martyrdom of StephenStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. They were infuriated...

24 November 2023 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Friday of week 33 in Ordinary Time Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Church, Norcross, GA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Maccabees 4:36-37,52-59 ©Judas and his brothers purify the sanctuary and dedicate itJudas and his brothers said, ‘Now that our enemies have been defeated, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and dedicate it.’ So they marshalled the whole army, and went up to Mount Zion. On the twenty-fifth of the ninth month, Chislev, in the...

17 July 2023Monday of week 15 in Ordinary TimePainting of St. Benedict of Skalka and his fellow hermit Andrew Zorard, Skalka nad Váhom, SlovakiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 1:8-14,22 ©The Egyptians force the sons of Israel into slaveryThere came to power in Egypt a new king who knew nothing of Joseph. ‘Look,’ he said to his subjects ‘these people, the sons of Israel, have become so numerous and strong that they are a threat to us. We must be prudent and take steps against their increasing any further, or if war should break out, they might add...

15 July 2023Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Bonaventure Church in Raeville, NebraskaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 49:29-33,50:15-26 ©'God has turned the evil you planned into good'Jacob gave his sons these instructions, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought from Ephron the...

14 July 2023Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on Friday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Kateri Tekakwitha in Ridgway, IllinoisReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 46:1-7,28-30 ©'I can die, now that I have seen you alive'Israel left Canaan with his possessions, and reached Beersheba. There he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to Israel in a vision at night, ‘Jacob, Jacob’, he said. ‘I am here’, he replied. ‘I am God, the God of your father’, he continued. ‘Do not be afraid of...

13 July 2023 Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSaint Henry Catholic Church, Brigham City, UTReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5 ©Joseph reveals himself to his brothersJudah went up to Joseph and said, ‘May it please my lord, let your servant have a word privately with my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself. My lord questioned his servants, “Have you father or brother?” And we said to my lord, “We have an old father, and a younger brother born of his old age. His brother is dead, so he...

12 July 2023Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSanta Trinita, Florence,Italy. Chapel of the relics of Saint Giovanni GualbertoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 41:55-57,42:5-7,17-24 ©Joseph's brothers in his powerWhen the whole country of Egypt began to feel the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread. But Pharaoh told all the Egyptians, ‘Go to Joseph and do what he tells you.’ There was famine all over the world. Then Joseph opened all the granaries and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine grew worse in the land of Egypt. People came to Egypt from all over...

2 July 202313th Sunday in Ordinary TimeChapel dedicated to San Bernardino Realino in the right transept of the church of Jesus in Lecce. Under the altar the mortal remains of the saint are kept in an urn.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16 ©This is a holy man of God; let him rest hereOne day as Elisha was on his way to Shunem, a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there. After this he always broke his journey for a meal when he passed that way. She said to her husband,...

25 June 202312th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSan Prospero, Reggio Emilia, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13 ©He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble, mastered,confounded by their failure;everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs.But you, O Lord of Hosts, you who probe with...

Monday 26 December 2022Saint Stephen, the first Martyr Feast Saint Stephen Roman Catholic Church, Cleveland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First readingActs 6:8-10,7:54-59 ©The martyrdom of StephenStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what...

July 11th 2022 Memorial of St. Benedict, abbott Main Altar at the benedictine abbey at Montecassino Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White These are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 1:10-17 ©Take your wrongdoing out of my sightHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘What are your endless sacrifices to me?says the Lord.I am sick of holocausts of ramsand the fat of calves.The blood of bulls and of goats revolts me.When you come to present yourselves before me,who asked you to trample over my courts?Bring me your worthless offerings no more,the...

July 9th 2022 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time Minor Basilica of the Transfiguration, Brzozów, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingIsaiah 6:1-8 ©Isaiah's lips cleansed with a burning coalIn the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord of Hosts seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet, and two for flying. And they cried out to one another in this way,‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts.His glory fills the whole earth.’The foundations of the...

8 July 2022Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Kilian, Wilmont Township, Minnesota Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingHosea 14:2-10 ©A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you are the one...

7 July 2022Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt Maelruain's Parish Tallaght Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHosea 11:1-4,8-9 ©I am the Holy One in your midst and have no wish to destroyThus says the Lord:When Israel was a child I loved him,and I called my son out of Egypt.But the more I called to them, the further they went from me;they have offered sacrifice to the Baalsand set their offerings smoking before the idols.I myself taught Ephraim to walk,I took them in my arms;yet they have not understood that I was the one looking after them.I led them with...

6 July 2022Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Maria Goretti Church in Dyer, Indiana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHosea 10:1-3,7-8,12 ©Seek integrity and reap a harvest of kindnessIsrael was a luxuriant vineyielding plenty of fruit.The more his fruit increased,the more altars he built;the richer his land became,the richer he made the sacred stones.Their heart is a divided heart;very well, they must pay for it:the Lord is going to break their altars downand destroy their sacred stones.Then they will say,‘We have no kingbecause we have not feared the Lord.’But what can a king do for us?Samaria has had...

June 11th 2022 Saturday of Week 10 in Ordinary Time San Silvestro, L'Aquila, Italy - Di Martinoaq - Opera propria, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=86258574 Kaplica Branconio Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red The following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First readingActs 11:21-26,13:1-3 ©He was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faithA great number believed and were converted to the Lord. The church in Jerusalem heard about this and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. There he could see for himself that God had...

2 May 2022Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor Monday of the 3rd week of Eastertide St. Athanasius Parish in Evanston, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 6:8-15 ©They could not get the better of Stephen because the Spirit prompted what he saidStephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia...

November 24, 2021 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Wednesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time Saint Andrew Dung-Lac Catholic ChurchOklahoma City Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingDaniel 5:1-6,13-14,16-17,23-28 ©The writing on the wallKing Belshazzar gave a great banquet for his noblemen; a thousand of them attended, and he drank wine in company with this thousand. As he sipped his wine, Belshazzar gave orders for the gold and silver vessels to be brought which his father Nebuchadnezzar had looted from the sanctuary in Jerusalem, so that...

July 12 , 2021 St. Benedict of Nursia Franciscan monastery, Sanok, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingExodus 1:8-14,22 ©The Egyptians force the sons of Israel into slaveryThere came to power in Egypt a new king who knew nothing of Joseph. ‘Look,’ he said to his subjects ‘these people, the sons of Israel, have become so numerous and strong that they are a threat to us. We must be prudent and take steps against their increasing any further, or if war should break out, they might add to the number of our enemies. They might take arms against us...

July 10, 2021 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Altar in St. Knuds cathedral Odense, Denmark Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingGenesis 49:29-33,50:15-26 ©'God has turned the evil you planned into good'Jacob gave his sons these instructions, ‘I am about to be gathered to my people. Bury me near my fathers, in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, in the cave in the field at Machpelah, opposite Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought from Ephron the Hittite as a burial-plot. There Abraham was buried and his wife Sarah. There Isaac was...