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13 July 2026 Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Henry Catholic Church - Nashville, Tennessee Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 1:10-17Take 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 smoke of them fills...

11 July 2026 Saint Benedict, Abbot on Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Benedict Church, Ridgely MDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 6:1-8Isaiah'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...

10 July 2026 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St Canutes Cathedral, Odense, DenmarkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 14:2-10A 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 in whom orphans...

9 July 2026 Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Nicholas, BrusselsReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 11:1-4,8-9I 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...

8 July 2026 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Saint Kilian's Church, Heilbronn, GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 10:1-3,7-8,12Seek 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...

28 June 202613th Sunday in Ordinary Time Montreal, Quebec: Saint Irenaeus ChurchReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16This 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, ‘Look, I am sure the man who is constantly passing our way must be a holy man of God. Let us build him a small...

21 June 2026 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time The altar of the Lancellotti Chapel, containing the relics of St Aloysius, the Jesuit church of St Ignatius in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13He 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,...

11 June 2026 Saint Barnabas, Apostle on Thursday of week 10 in Ordinary Time St. Barnabas Catholic Church - Bronx, N.Y Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First readingActs 11:21-26,13:1-3He 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...

2 May 2026 Saint Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor on Saturday of the 4th week of Eastertide St. Athanasius Byzantine Catholic Church, Indianapolis, INReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 13:44-52Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagansThe next sabbath almost the whole town assembled to hear the word of God. When they saw the crowds, the Jews, prompted by jealousy, used blasphemies and contradicted everything Paul said. Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly. ‘We had to proclaim the word of...

Sunday 28 December 2025The Holy Family Altar of Saint Anthony the Hermit in the parish church Saint Roch in Nova Vas Porecka, CroatiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingEcclesiasticus 3:2-6,12-14He who fears the Lord respects his parentsThe Lord honours the father in his children, and upholds the rights of a mother over her sons.Whoever respects his father is atoning for his sins, he who honours his mother is like someone amassing a fortune.Whoever respects his father will be happy with children of his own, he shall be heard on the day when he prays.Long life comes to him...

Friday 26 December 2025 Saint Stephen, the first Martyr Feast St Stephen the First Martyr, SacramentoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingActs 6:8-10,7:54-59The 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...

24 November 2025 Saints Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs on Monday of week 34 in Ordinary Time St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions Parish, Abbeville, LA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingDaniel 1:1-6,8-20Daniel and his companions are trained to be the king's servants in BabylonIn the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched on Jerusalem and besieged it. The Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hands, with some of the furnishings of the Temple of...

14 July 2025 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time side chapel at the back of the church on the right side is kept this Crucifix; as St Camillus was praying before it, the arms miraculously opened up and Christ spoke to him from it. St Mary Magdalen, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 1:8-14,22The 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...

13 July 2025 15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeSt. Henry's Catholic Church, St. Henry, Ohio (?)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingDeuteronomy 30:10-14The Law is not beyond your strength or beyond your reachMoses said to the people: ‘Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return to the Lord your God with all your heart and soul. ‘For this Law that I enjoin on you today is not beyond your strength or beyond your reach. It is not in heaven,...

12 July 2025 Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Giovanni Gualberto, Livorno, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).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...

11 July 2025 Saint Benedict, Abbot on Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Altar of Saint Benedict in the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jastrebarsko, CroatiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(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...

10 July 2025Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeOdense Cathedral - St. Canute, DenmarkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 44:18-21,23-29,45:1-5Joseph 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 is the...

9 July 2025 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time The Shrine of St. Paulina, Nova Trento, Santa Catarina, BrazilReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 41:55-57,42:5-7,17-24Joseph'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...

11 June 2025Saint Barnabas, Apostle on Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary TimeSaint Barnabas Parish, OmahaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaThe following reading is proper to the memorial, and must be used even if you have otherwise chosen to use the ferial readings.First readingActs 11:21-26,13:1-3He 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...

Thursday 26 December 2024 Saint Stephen, the first Martyr FeastSt. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, AustriaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).First readingActs 6:8-10,7:54-59The 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....