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9 July 2024 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Nicholas Basilica, Amsterdam and the relics of the Martyrs of GorkumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingHosea 8:4-7,11-13They have sown the wind; they will reap the whirlwindThus says the Lord:They have set up kings, but not with my consent,and appointed princes, but without my knowledge.Out of their own silver and gold they have made idols,which are doomed to destruction.I spurn your calf, Samaria,my anger blazes against it.(How long will it be before they purge themselves of this,the sons of Israel?)A workman made the thing,this cannot be God!Yes,...

8 July 2024 Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Saint Kilian Catholic Church St. Kilian, MinnesotaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingHosea 2:16,17-18,21-22I will betroth you to myself and you will come to know the name of the LordIt is the Lord who speaks:I am going to lure herand lead her out into the wildernessand speak to her heart.I am going to give her back her vineyards,and make the Valley of Achor a gateway of hope.There she will respond to me as she did when she was young,as she did when she came out of the land...

6 July 2024 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St. Maria Goretti Church in Dyer, Indiana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 9:11-15I will restore the fortunes of my people IsraelIt is the Lord who speaks:‘That day I will re-erect the tottering hut of David,make good the gaps in it, restore its ruinsand rebuild it as it was in the days of old,so that they can conquer the remnant of Edomand all the nations that belonged to me.’It is the Lord who speaks, and he will carry this out.‘The days are coming now – it is...

5 July 2024 Friday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSan Zaccaria Altarpiece, located above a side altar in the Church of San Zaccaria in VeniceReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 8:4-6,9-12A famine not of bread, but of hearing the word of the LordListen to this, you who trample on the needyand try to suppress the poor people of the country,you who say, ‘When will New Moon be overso that we can sell our corn,and sabbath, so that we can market our wheat?Then by lowering the bushel, raising the shekel,by swindling and tampering with the scales,we can buy...

4 July 2024 Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSt Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Richmond, LondonReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingAmos 7:10-17The Lord took me from herding the flock and sent me to prophesyAmaziah the priest of Bethel sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel as follows. ‘Amos is plotting against you in the heart of the House of Israel; the country can no longer tolerate what he keeps saying. For this is what he says, “Jeroboam is going to die by the sword, and Israel go into exile far from its country.”’ To Amos, Amaziah said, ‘Go...

Sunday 12 May 2024 The Ascension of the Lord SolemnitySt. Pancras, Glendale NYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First readingActs 1:1-11 ©Jesus was lifted up while they looked onIn my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken up...

2 March 2024 Saturday of the 2nd week of Lent Saint Agnes of Bohemia, Chicago, IL (1979)Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingMicah 7:14-15,18-20 ©Have pity on us one more timeWith shepherd’s crook, O Lord, lead your people to pasture,the flock that is your heritage,living confined in a forestwith meadow land all around.Let them pasture in Bashan and Gileadas in the days of old.As in the days when you came out of Egyptgrant us to see wonders.What god can compare with you: taking fault away,pardoning crime,not cherishing anger for everbut delighting in showing mercy?Once more have pity on us,tread...

20 February 2024 Tuesday of the 1st week of Lent Saints Francisco and Jacinta Marto Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11 ©The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me emptyThus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the eating, so the word that goes from my mouth does not return to me empty, without carrying out my will and succeeding in...

16 February 2024 Friday after Ash Wednesday Saint Juliana Parish, Chicago Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 58:1-9 ©The sort of fast that pleases meThus says the Lord:Shout for all you are worth, raise your voice like a trumpet.Proclaim their faults to my people, their sins to the House of Jacob.They seek me day after day, they long to know my ways,like a nation that wants to act with integrity and not ignore the law of its God.They ask me for laws that are just, they long for God to draw near:‘Why should we fast if you...

9 December 2023 Saturday of the 1st week of Advent St. Juan Diego Catholic Church, Chandler, AZ Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 30:19-21,23-26 ©The Lord God will be gracious to you and hear your cryThus says the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: People of Zion, you will live in Jerusalem and weep no more. He will be gracious to you when he hears your cry; when he hears he will answer. When the Lord has given you the bread of suffering and the water of distress, he who is your teacher will hide no...

27 September 2023 Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest on Wednesday of week 25 in Ordinary Time St. Vincent de Paul Church, Kansas City, MO Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzra 9:5-9 ©'God has not forgotten us in our slavery'At the evening sacrifice I, Ezra, came out of my stupor and falling on my knees, with my garment and cloak torn, I stretched out my hands to the Lord my God, and said: ‘My God, I am ashamed, I blush to lift my face to you,...

Thursday 21 September 2023 Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Feast Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle, Washington, DC Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First readingEphesians 4:1-7,11-13 ©We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of GodI, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you can to preserve the unity of the Spirit by the peace that binds you together. There is one Body, one Spirit, just as you were all called...

4 August 2023 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest on Friday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Heart of St John Vianney on altar of St Catherine of Siena Parish Church, Trumbull, CTReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingLeviticus 23:1,4-11,15-16,27,34-37 ©The law of the festivals of the LordThe Lord spoke to Moses. He said: ‘These are the Lord’s solemn festivals, the sacred assemblies to which you are to summon the sons of Israel on the appointed day. ‘The fourteenth day of the first month, between the two evenings,...

11 July 2023 Saint Benedict, Abbot on Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Benedict's Church, Nebraska City, NebraskaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingGenesis 32:23-33 ©Jacob wrestles with GodJacob rose, and taking his two wives and his two slave-girls and his eleven children he crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream and sent all his possessions over too. And Jacob was left alone. And there was one that wrestled with him until daybreak who, seeing that he could...

10 July 2023Monday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Canute's Cathedral, Odense, DenmarkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 28:10-22 ©Jacob's dream of the ladder at BethelJacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. When he had reached a certain place he passed the night there, since the sun had set. Taking one of the stones to be found at that place, he made it his pillow and lay down where he was. He had a dream: a ladder was there, standing on the ground with its top reaching to heaven; and there were angels of God going up...

8 July 2023Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSt. Kilian Roman Catholic Church in St. Kilian, MinnesotaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 27:1-5,15-29 ©Jacob obtains Isaac's blessing by fraudIsaac had grown old, and his eyes were so weak that he could no longer see. He summoned his elder son Esau. ‘My son!’ he said to him, and the latter answered, ‘I am here.’ Then he said, ‘See, I am old and do not know when I may die. Now take your weapons, your quiver and bow; go out into the country and hunt me some game. Make me...

7 July 2023Friday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSt Maelruan's Church, TallaghtReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 23:1-4,19,24:1-8,62-67 ©'Choose a wife for my son Isaac'The length of Sarah’s life was a hundred and twenty-seven years. She died at Kiriath-arba, or Hebron, in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn and grieve for her. Then leaving his dead, Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth: ‘I am a stranger and a settler among you,’ he said. ‘Let me own a burial-plot among you, so that I may take my dead wife and bury her.’ After this,...

6 July 2023Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary TimeSanta Maria Goretti Parish Church, ManilaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingGenesis 22:1-19 ©The sacrifice of IsaacGod put Abraham to the test. ‘Abraham, Abraham’ he called. ‘Here I am’ he replied. ‘Take your son,’ God said ‘your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him as a burnt offering, on a mountain I will point out to you.’ Rising early next morning Abraham saddled his ass and took with him two of his servants and his son Isaac. He chopped wood...

18 June 2023 11th Sunday in Ordinary TimeAltar of St. Elisabeth of Schönau (with the reliquary in which Elisabeth's skull is kept) in the monastery church of St. Florin, Kloster Schönau im TaunusReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingExodus 19:2-6 ©I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nationFrom Rephidim the sons of Israel set out again; and when they reached the wilderness of Sinai, there in the wilderness they pitched their camp; there facing the mountain Israel pitched camp. Moses then went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, saying, ‘Say...

24 February 2023Friday after Ash Wednesday St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church, Magnolia, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 58:1-9 ©The sort of fast that pleases meThus says the Lord:Shout for all you are worth, raise your voice like a trumpet.Proclaim their faults to my people, their sins to the House of Jacob.They seek me day after day, they long to know my ways,like a nation that wants to act with integrity and not ignore the law of its God.They ask me for laws that are just, they long for God to draw near:‘Why should we fast...