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10 December 2024 Tuesday of the 2nd week of AdventSt Eulalia de Mérida Chapel. Oviedo Cathedral Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: C(I).First readingIsaiah 40:1-11Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem‘Console my people, console them’says your God.‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalemand call to herthat her time of service is ended,that her sin is atoned for,that she has received from the hand of the Lorddouble punishment for all her crimes.’A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wildernessa way for the Lord.Make a straight highway for our Godacross the desert.Let every valley be filled in,every mountain and hill be laid low.Let every...

2 October 2024 The Holy Guardian Angels on Wednesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time The Church of St. Leodegar, LucerneReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 9:1-13,14-16How can man be in the right against God?Job spoke to his friends:Indeed, I know it is as you say: how can man be in the right against God?If any were so rash as to challenge him for reasons, one in a thousand would be more than they could answer.His heart is wise, and his strength is great: who...

1 October 2024 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Roman-catholic church of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Pavlodar, Kazakhstan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 3:1-3,11-17,20-23Why did I not perish on the day I was born?Job broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. This is what he said:May the day perish when I was born, and the night that told of a boy conceived.Why did I not die new-born, not perish...

14 August 2024 Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr on Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time St. Maximilian Kolbe Church, Scarborough, ME Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 9:1-7,10:18-22The cross marks the foreheads of all who are pureAs I, Ezekiel, listened, God shouted, ‘Come here, you scourges of the city, and bring your weapons of destruction.’ Immediately six men advanced from the upper north gate, each holding a deadly weapon. In the middle of them was a man in white, with a scribe’s ink horn...

13 August 2024 Tuesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Church of San Ponziano, in RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingEzekiel 2:8-3:4He gave me the scroll to eat and it was as sweet as honeyI, Ezekiel, heard a voice speaking. It said, ‘You, son of man, listen to the words I say; do not be a rebel like that rebellious set. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.’ I looked. A hand was there, stretching out to me and holding a scroll. He unrolled it in front of me; it was written...

5 March 2024 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Lent St. Piran's ancient Chapel at Perranzabuloe, Cornwall Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingDaniel 3:25,34-43 ©Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spiritAzariah stood in the heart of the fire, and he began to pray:Oh! Do not abandon us for ever,for the sake of your name;do not repudiate your covenant,do not withdraw your favour from us,for the sake of Abraham, your friend,of Isaac your servant,and of Israel your holy one,to whom you promised descendants as countless as the stars of heavenand as the grains...

31 January 2024 Saint John Bosco, Priest on Wednesday of week 4 in Ordinary TimeSt. John Bosco Catholic Church, Little Havana, MiamiReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Samuel 24:2,8-17 ©David takes the guilt on himself to save IsraelKing David said to Joab and to the senior army officers who were with him, ‘Now go throughout the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beersheba and take a census of the people; I wish to know the size of the population.’ Having covered the whole country, they...

3 October 2023 Tuesday of week 26 in Ordinary Time St. Ewaldi, Aplerbeck, Dortmund ( Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingZechariah 8:20-23 ©Many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of HostsThe Lord of Hosts says this: ‘There will be other peoples yet, and citizens of great cities. And the inhabitants of one city will go to the next and say, “Come, let us go and entreat the favour of the Lord, and seek the Lord of Hosts; I am going myself.” And many peoples and great nations will come to seek the Lord of...

2 October 2023 The Holy Guardian Angels on Monday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Guardian Angel Catholic Church in Wallis, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingZechariah 8:1-8 ©The Lord will return to ZionThe word of the Lord of Hosts was addressed to me as follows:‘The Lord of Hosts says this.I am burning with jealousy for Zion,with great anger for her sake.‘The Lord of Hosts says this.I am coming back to Zionand shall dwell in the middle of Jerusalem.Jerusalem will be called Faithful Cityand...

17 September 2023 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time the Abbey Church of St. Hildegard in BingenReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingEcclesiasticus 27:33-28:9 ©Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you; and when you pray, your sins will be forgivenResentment and anger, these are foul things, and both are found with the sinner.He who exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.If a man nurses anger against another, can he then demand compassion from the Lord?Showing...

10 September 2023 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, Bronx, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingEzekiel 33:7-9 ©If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his deathThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them in my name. If I say to a wicked man: Wicked wretch, you are to die, and you do not speak to warn the...

17 August 2023 Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Saint Hyacinth Church, Detroit, Michigan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingJoshua 3:7-11,13-17 ©The Israelites cross the Jordan dry-shodThe Lord said to Joshua, ‘This very day I will begin to make you a great man in the eyes of all Israel, to let them be sure that I am going to be with you even as I was with Moses. As for you, give this order to the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: “When you have reached the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you...

16 August 2023 Wednesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time St. Stephen's Basilica, Budapest, HungaryReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingDeuteronomy 34:1-12 ©Moses dies and is buriedLeaving the plains of Moab, Moses went up Mount Nebo, the peak of Pisgah opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land; Gilead as far as Dan, all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the Western Sea, the Negeb, and the stretch of the Valley of Jericho, city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. The Lord said to him, ‘This...

14 March 2023Tuesday of the 3rd week of Lent Quedlinburg Cathedral Tombs of Heinrich I and Saint Mathilda of Ringelheim Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingDaniel 3:25,34-43 ©Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spiritAzariah stood in the heart of the fire, and he began to pray:Oh! Do not abandon us for ever,for the sake of your name;do not repudiate your covenant,do not withdraw your favour from us,for the sake of Abraham, your friend,of Isaac your servant,and of Israel your holy one,to whom you promised descendants as countless as the stars of heavenand...

31 January 2023 Saint John Bosco, Priest on Tuesday of week 4 in Ordinary Time St. John Bosco Church, Miami Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 12:1-4 ©We should keep running steadily in the race we have startedWith so many witnesses in a great cloud on every side of us, we too, then, should throw off everything that hinders us, especially the sin that clings so easily, and keep running steadily in the race we have started. Let us not lose sight of Jesus, who leads...

6 December 2022Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent Saint Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church North Dighton, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 40:1-11 ©Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem‘Console my people, console them’says your God.‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalemand call to herthat her time of service is ended,that her sin is atoned for,that she has received from the hand of the Lorddouble punishment for all her crimes.’A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wildernessa way for the Lord.Make a straight highway for our Godacross the desert.Let every valley be filled in,every mountain and hill be laid...

6 December 2022Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent Saint Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church North Dighton, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 40:1-11 ©Consolations from the heart of Jerusalem‘Console my people, console them’says your God.‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalemand call to herthat her time of service is ended,that her sin is atoned for,that she has received from the hand of the Lorddouble punishment for all her crimes.’A voice cries, ‘Prepare in the wildernessa way for the Lord.Make a straight highway for our Godacross the desert.Let every valley be filled in,every mountain and hill be laid...

1 October 2022Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor on Saturday of week 26 in Ordinary Time Saint Therese of the Child Jesus Church in Porządzie, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJob 42:1-3,5-6,12-17 ©In dust and in ashes I repentThis was the answer Job gave to the Lord:I know that you are all-powerful: what you conceive, you can perform.I am the man who obscured your designs with my empty-headed words.I have been holding forth on matters I cannot understand, on marvels beyond me and...

11 August 2022Saint Clare, Virgin on Thursday of week 19 in Ordinary Time St. Clare Church, Queens, New York Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 12:1-12 ©The oracle of exile against the whole House of IsraelThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, you are living with that set of rebels who have eyes and never see, ears and never hear, for they are a set of rebels. You, son of man, pack an exile’s bundle and emigrate by daylight...

9 August 2022Tuesday of week 19 in Ordinary Time Dormition of the Mother of God Church, Odessaa, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEzekiel 2:8-3:4 ©He gave me the scroll to eat and it was as sweet as honeyI, Ezekiel, heard a voice speaking. It said, ‘You, son of man, listen to the words I say; do not be a rebel like that rebellious set. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.’ I looked. A hand was there, stretching out to me and holding a scroll. He unrolled it in front of me;...