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14 December 20253rd Sunday of Advent Saint John-of-the-Cross Vero Beach, FloridaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Rose or Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 35:1-6,10God himself is coming to save youLet the wilderness and the dry-lands exult,let the wasteland rejoice and bloom,let it bring forth flowers like the jonquil,let it rejoice and sing for joy.The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on it,the splendour of Carmel and Sharon;they shall see the glory of the Lord,the splendour of our God.Strengthen all weary hands,steady all trembling kneesand say to all faint hearts,‘Courage! Do not be afraid.‘Look, your God is coming,vengeance is coming,the retribution of God;he is coming...

11 December 2025 Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent Basilica di San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, rebuilt by Pope Damasus IReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 41:13-20I, the Holy One of Israel, am your redeemerI, the Lord, your God,I am holding you by the right hand;I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid,I will help you.’Do not be afraid, Jacob, poor worm,Israel, puny mite.I will help you – it is the Lord who speaks –the Holy One of Israel is your redeemer.See, I turn you into a threshing-sled,new, with doubled teeth;you shall thresh and crush the mountains,and...

10 December 2025Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent High altar of the martyrdom basilica of Santa Eulalia in Mérida (Badajoz, Spain)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 40:25-31The Lord strengthens the powerless‘To whom could you liken meand who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look.Who made these starsif not he who drills them like an army,calling each one by name?So mighty is his power, so great his strength,that not one fails to answer.How can you say, Jacob,how can you insist, Israel,‘My destiny is hidden from the Lord,my rights are ignored by my...

4 October 2025 Saint Francis of Assisi on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Basilica di San Francesco, Assisi, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingBaruch 4:5-12,27-29Take courage, my children, call on GodTake courage, my people,constant reminder of Israel.You were sold to the nations,but not for extermination.You provoked God;and so were delivered to your enemies,since you had angered your creatorby offering sacrifices to demons, not to God.You had forgotten the eternal God who reared you.You had also grieved Jerusalem who nursed you,for when she saw...

17 July 2025 Thursday 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: C(I).First readingExodus 3:13-20God reveals his name to MosesMoses, hearing the voice of God coming from the middle of the bush, said to him, ‘I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them?’ And God said to Moses, ‘I Am...

16 July 2025 Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeOur Lady of Mount Carmel Church of North Pudukkad, Mullassery, IndiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingExodus 3:1-6,9-12The burning bushMoses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up....

15 July 2025 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeSt. Bonaventure Catholic Church, Columbus, NE Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingExodus 2:1-15Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses among the bulrushesThere was a man of the tribe of Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket...

29 April 2025 Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Eastertide St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Kissimmee, FLReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 4:32-37The whole group of believers was united, heart and soulThe whole group of believers was united, heart and soul; no one claimed for his own use anything that he had, as everything they owned was held in common. The apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus with great power, and they...

13 December 2024 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr on Friday of the 2nd week of Advent St. Lucy Catholic Church Racine, WIReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 48:17-19If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a riverThus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is good for you,I lead you in the way that you must go.If only you had been alert to my commandments,your happiness would have been like a...

11 December 2024 Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent San Lorenzo in Damaso, Rome, burial place of Saint Damasus I Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 40:25-31The Lord strengthens the powerless‘To whom could you liken meand who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look.Who made these starsif not he who drills them like an army,calling each one by name?So mighty is his power, so great his strength,that not one fails to answer.How can you say, Jacob,how can you insist, Israel,‘My destiny is hidden from the Lord,my rights are ignored by my God’?Did...

4 October 2024 Saint Francis of Assisi on Friday of week 26 in Ordinary TimeSaint Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 38:1,12-21,40:3-5The immeasurable greatness of GodFrom the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said:Have you ever in your life given orders to the morning or sent the dawn to its post,telling it to grasp the earth by its edges and shake the wicked out of it,when it changes the earth to sealing clay...

29 April 2024Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor on Monday of the 5th week of Eastertide Chapel of Saint Catherine of Siena (Basilica of San Domenico) Siena, Tuscany, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingActs 14:5-18 ©We have come with good news to turn you to the living GodEventually with the connivance of the authorities a move was made by pagans as well as Jews to make attacks on the apostles and to stone them. When the apostles came to hear of this, they went off for...

15 December 2023 Friday of the 2nd week of Advent The Tomb of Saint Nina in Bodbe Monastery Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 48:17-19 ©If you had been alert to my commandments, your happiness would have been like a riverThus says the Lord, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:I, the Lord, your God, teach you what is good for you,I lead you in the way that you must go.If only you had been alert to my commandments,your happiness would have been like a river,your integrity like the waves of the sea.Your children would have been...

14 December 2023 Saint John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor on Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent St. John of the Cross parish, Manila Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 41:13-20 ©I, the Holy One of Israel, am your redeemerI, the Lord, your God,I am holding you by the right hand;I tell you, ‘Do not be afraid,I will help you.’Do not be afraid, Jacob, poor worm,Israel, puny mite.I will help you – it is the Lord who speaks –the Holy One of Israel is your...

13 December 2023 Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr on Wednesday of the 2nd week of Advent Church of Saint Lucy, Valetta, MaltaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 40:25-31 ©The Lord strengthens the powerless‘To whom could you liken meand who could be my equal?’ says the Holy One.Lift your eyes and look.Who made these starsif not he who drills them like an army,calling each one by name?So mighty is his power, so great his strength,that not one fails to answer.How can you say, Jacob,how can you insist,...

Thursday 2 November 2023 All Souls Saint Victorinus side altar, St. George's Parish Church, Ptuj, Slovenia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet or Black. Year: A(I).(The following psalms and readings are selected from the many options for this day.)First readingWisdom 3:1-9 ©The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of GodThe souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God,no torment shall ever touch them.In the eyes of the unwise, they did appear to die,their going looked like a disaster,their leaving us, like annihilation;but they are in peace.If they experienced punishment as men see it,their hope was rich with...

4 October 2023 Saint Francis of Assisi on Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time The monastery church of St. Francis of Assisi, Piran, Slovenia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingNehemiah 2:1-8 ©'Give me leave to go to the city of my ancestors and rebuild it'In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, the wine being my concern, I took up the wine and offered it to the king. Now I had never been downcast before. So the king said, ‘Why...

20 July 2023Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeParish of St. Apollinaris, DusseldorfReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 3:13-20 ©God reveals his name to MosesMoses, hearing the voice of God coming from the middle of the bush, said to him, ‘I am to go, then, to the sons of Israel and say to them, “The God of your fathers has sent me to you.” But if they ask me what his name is, what am I to tell them?’ And God said to Moses, ‘I Am who I Am. This’ he added ‘is what you must say to...

19 July 20233Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeChapel at Mount St. Macrina, Uniontown, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 3:1-6,9-12 ©The burning bushMoses was looking after the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, priest of Midian. He led his flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. There the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the shape of a flame of fire, coming from the middle of a bush. Moses looked; there was the bush blazing but it was not being burnt up. ‘I must go and look...

18 July 2023Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeWawel CathedralThe Black Crucifix, also called the cross of Queen JadwigaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 2:1-15 ©Pharaoh's daughter finds Moses among the bulrushesThere was a man of the tribe of Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife. She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months. When she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him; coating it with bitumen and pitch, she put the child inside...