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15 July 2024 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Bonaventure Parish, Plymouth, MAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst 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...

27 February 2024 Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church) St. Gregory of Narek Armenian Church, Cleveland OhioReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20 ©Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says the Lord.Though your...

Tuesday 2 January 2024 Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors on 2 January St. Basil the Great Byzantine Catholic Church, Irving, Texas Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 2:22-28 ©The anointing he gave you teaches you everythingThe man who denies that Jesus is the Christ –he is the liar,he is Antichrist;and he is denying the Father as well as the Son,because no one who has the Father can deny the Son,and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as...

5 November 2023 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Elizabeth, Pocahontas, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingMalachi 1:14-2:2,8-10 ©You have strayed from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your teachingI am a great king, says the Lord of Hosts, and my name is feared throughout the nations. And now, priests, this warning is for you. If you do not listen, if you do not find it in your heart to glorify my name, says the Lord of Hosts, I will send the curse on you and curse your very blessing. But you, you have...

30 August 2023 Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Narcisa de Jesús Sanctuary, Nobol, PeruReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 ©We slaved night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of youLet me remind you, brothers, how hard we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming God’s Good News to you. You are witnesses, and so is God, that our treatment of you, since you became believers, has been impeccably right and fair....

Monday 28 August 2023 Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor on Monday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Saint Augustine Catholic Church, Lebanon, KYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Thessalonians 1:1-5,8-10 ©You broke with idolatry when you were converted to GodFrom Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you...

26 August 2023 Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time The Bishop presides over the Feast of Santa Teresa Jornet in the Little Sisters of Torreperogil, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingRuth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17 ©Ruth gives birth to Obed, the grandfather of DavidNaomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, well-to-do and of Elimelech’s clan. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the fields and glean among the ears of corn in the footsteps of some man who will look on me with favour.’ And she said to her, ‘Go,...

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...

7 March 2023Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs) Chapel of Saints Perpetua and Felicity At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20 ©Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says...

28 January 2023Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor on Saturday of week 3 in Ordinary Time Saint Thomas Aquinas University Parish Charlottesville, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingHebrews 11:1-2,8-19 ©Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by GodOnly faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain unseen. It was for faith that our ancestors were commended. It was by faith that Abraham obeyed the call to set out for a country...

Monday 2 January 2023Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Doctors Church of Santa Maria della Concezione in Campo Marzio Chapel of St Gregory Nazianzen Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 John 2:22-28 ©The anointing he gave you teaches you everythingThe man who denies that Jesus is the Christ –he is the liar,he is Antichrist;and he is denying the Father as well as the Son,because no one who has the Father can deny the Son,and to acknowledge the Son is to have the Father as...

23 August 2022Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. Rose of Lima, Sacramento Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First reading2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,14-17 ©Stand firm and keep the traditions we have taught youTo turn, brothers, to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and how we shall all be gathered round him: please do not get excited too soon or alarmed by any prediction or rumour or any letter claiming to come from us, implying that the Day of the Lord has already arrived. Never let anyone deceive you in this way. Through the Good News that we brought...

22 August 2022Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Monday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Our Lady Queen of Martyrs 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 reading2 Thessalonians 1:1-5,11-12 ©We thank God for your faith and your loveFrom Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We feel we must be continually thanking God for you, brothers;...

20 August 2022Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time Saint Bernard Cistercian church interior. Holy Cross side altar (1737) Eger, Hungary. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 43:1-7 ©The vision of the coming of the glory of the Lord to the TempleThe angel took me to the gate, the one facing east. I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with it, like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with...

Friday 15 July 2022Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor Friday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St._Bonaventure, Raeville, Nebrasca Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8 ©The Lord hears Hezekiah's prayer and heals himHezekiah fell ill and was at the point of death. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘The Lord says this, “Put your affairs in order, for you are going to die, you will not live.”’ Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and addressed this prayer to the Lord, ‘Ah,...

15 March 2022Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent St. Clement Mary Hofbauer Church, Baltimore, Maryland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20 ©Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says the Lord.Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson,they shall be...

August 25th , 2021Memorial of Bl. Louis Baba, Japanese Martyr Toshima Church, Tokyo, Japan Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Thessalonians 2:9-13 ©We slaved night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of youLet me remind you, brothers, how hard we used to work, slaving night and day so as not to be a burden on any one of you while we were proclaiming God’s Good News to you. You are witnesses, and so is God, that our treatment of you, since you became believers, has been impeccably right and fair. You can remember...

August 23rd , 2021Memorial of St. Rose of Lima St. Rose of Lima & the Korean martyrs Church, Hampton, VA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First reading1 Thessalonians 1:1-5,8-10 ©You broke with idolatry when you were converted to GodFrom Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you all, and constantly remember before God our Father how you have shown your faith in...

August 21st , 2021Memorial of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Greenville, South Carolina Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRuth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17 ©Ruth gives birth to Obed, the grandfather of DavidNaomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, well-to-do and of Elimelech’s clan. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the fields and glean among the ears of corn in the footsteps of some man who will look on me with favour.’ And she said...

March 02 2021 St. Angela of the Cross Seville Cathedral, Spain Lectionary 231Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20 ©Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says the Lord.Though your sins are like scarlet,they shall be as white as snow;though they are red as crimson,they shall be like wool.‘If you are...