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23 August 2024 Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Saint Rose of Lima, Murfreesboro, TNReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingEzekiel 37:1-14A vision of Israel's death and resurrectionThe hand of the Lord was laid on me, and he carried me away by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley, a valley full of bones. He made me walk up and down among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the ground the whole length of the valley; and they were quite dried up. He said to me,...

22 August 2024 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Altar "Our Lady Queen of Angels", Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 36:23-28I will remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of fleshThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘I mean to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And...

21 June 2024Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious on Friday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt. Aloysius Church, SpokaneReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Kings 11:1-4,9-18,20Saved from the massacre, the true king is anointed by the high priestWhen Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah learned that her son was dead, she promptly did away with all those of royal stock. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, secretly took away Jehoash, her brother’s son, from among the sons of the king who were being murdered, and...

29 October 2023 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Gaetano Errico Adoration Chapel, Fairfield, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 22:20-26 ©If you are harsh with the widow and orphan, my anger will flare against youThe Lord said to Moses, ‘Tell the sons of Israel this: ‘“You must not molest the stranger or oppress him, for you lived as strangers in the land of Egypt. You must not be harsh with the widow, or with the orphan; if you are harsh with them, they will surely cry out to me, and be sure I shall hear their...

22 October 2023 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Altar Portrait of John Paul II, Krakow Basilica, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 45:1,4-6 ©I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations before himThus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,whom he has taken by his right handto subdue nations before himand strip the loins of kings,to force gateways before himthat their gates be closed no more:‘It is for the sake of my servant Jacob,of Israel my chosen one,that I have called you by your name,conferring a title though you do not know...

15 October 2023 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Teresa of Avila, Sheffield Village, OHReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 25:6-10 ©The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nationOn this mountain,the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoplesa banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines,of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.On this mountain he will removethe mourning veil covering all peoples,and the shroud enwrapping all nations,he will destroy Death for ever.The Lord will wipe awaythe tears from every cheek;he will take away his people’s shameeverywhere on earth,for the Lord has said...

25 August 2023 Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Chapel of St Louis in the church of San Luigi in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingRuth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 ©Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by NaomiIn the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left. These married Moabite women: one was named Orpah and the other Ruth....

21 June 2023 Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious on Wednesday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt. Aloysius Church, Spokane, WAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Corinthians 9:6-11 ©There is no limit to the blessings which God can send youDo not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for God loves a cheerful giver. And there is no limit to the...

19 August 2022 Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time St John Eudes Catholic Church, Chatsworth, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEzekiel 37:1-14 ©A vision of Israel's death and resurrectionThe hand of the Lord was laid on me, and he carried me away by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the middle of a valley, a valley full of bones. He made me walk up and down among them. There were vast quantities of these bones on the ground the whole length of the valley; and they were quite dried up. He said...

18 August 2022Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Turquoise altar by Pinzel(restored after the Soviets made the church into a hardware store) Buchach, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEzekiel 36:23-28 ©I will remove the heart of stone from your bodies and give you a heart of fleshThe word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘I mean to display the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them. And the nations will learn that I am...

21 June 2022Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious on Tuesday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St. Aloysius Church Washington, DC Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading2 Kings 19:9-11,14-21,31-36 ©The Lord protects Jerusalem from Sennacherib and the AssyriansSennacherib, King of the Assyrians, sent messengers to Hezekiah saying, ‘Tell this to Hezekiah king of Judah, “Do not let your God on whom you are relying deceive you, when he says: Jerusalem shall not fall into the power of the king of Assyria. You have learnt by now what the kings of...

August 20th , 2021Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church Kandahar, Afghanistan (Dec. 23, 2001) -- U.S. navy chaplain commander Joseph Scordo of Pleasantville, NY, performs Catholic Mass for U.S. military personnel at a forward operating base in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRuth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 ©Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by NaomiIn the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons –...

August 19, 2021 Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time St John Eudes Catholic ChurchChatsworth, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingJudges 11:29-39 ©Jephthah sacrifices his daughter in fulfilment of a vowThe spirit of the Lord came on Jephthah, who crossed Gilead and Manasseh, passed through to Mizpah in Gilead, and from Mizpah in Gilead made his way to the rear of the Ammonites. And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, ‘If you deliver the Ammonites into my hands, then the first person to meet me from the door of my house when I return in triumph from fighting...

June 21 , 2021 Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, Oxford, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 12:1-9 ©'Leave your country, your family, and your father's house'The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make your name so famous that it will be used as a blessing.‘I will bless those who bless you:I will curse those who...

October 25 2020 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 148 Reading 1 EX 22:20-26 Thus says the LORD: "You shall not molest or oppress an alien, for you were once aliens yourselves in the land of Egypt. You shall not wrong any widow or orphan. If ever you wrong them and they cry out to me, I will surely hear their cry. My wrath will flare up, and I will kill you with the sword; then your own wives will be widows, and your children orphans. "If you lend money to one of your poor neighbors among my people,...

October 18 2020 Memorial of Saint Luke the Evangelist Twenty-eighth Saturday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 145 Reading 1 IS 45:1, 4-6 Thus says the LORD to his anointed, Cyrus,whose right hand I grasp,subduing nations before him,and making kings run in his service,opening doors before himand leaving the gates unbarred:For the sake of Jacob, my servant,of Israel, my chosen one,I have called you by your name,giving you a title, though you knew me not.I am the LORD and there is no other,there is no God besides me.It is I who arm you, though you know me not,so that toward the rising...

October 11 2020 Sunday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 142 Reading 1 IS 25:6-10A On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he will destroy death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face; the reproach of his people he will remove from the whole earth; for the LORD...

October 2 2020 Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time - Memorial of St Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Twenty-sixth Friday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 422 Reading 1 EZ 36:23-28 Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,when in their sight I prove my holiness through you.For I will take you away from among the nations,gather you from all the foreign lands,and bring you back to your own land.I...

August 21, 2020 Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope Reading 1 EZ 37:1-14 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and led me out in the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the center of the plain, which was now filled with bones. He made me walk among the bones in every direction so that I saw how many they were on the surface of the plain. How dry they were! He asked me: Son of man, can these bones come to life? I answered, “Lord GOD, you alone know that.” Then he said to me: Prophesy...

August 20, 2020 Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 EZ 36:23-28 Thus says the LORD:I will prove the holiness of my great name, profaned among the nations, in whose midst you have profaned it.Thus the nations shall know that I am the LORD, says the Lord GOD,when in their sight I prove my holiness through you.For I will take you away from among the nations,gather you from all the foreign lands,and bring you back to your own land.I will sprinkle clean water upon youto cleanse you from all your impurities,and from all your idols...