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Tuesday 20 December 202220 December Santi Vincenzo e Anastasio Church, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 7:10-14 ©The maiden is with childThe Lord spoke to Ahaz and said, ‘Ask the Lord your God for a sign for yourself coming either from the depths of Sheol or from the heights above.’ ‘No,’ Ahaz answered ‘I will not put the Lord to the test.’ Then Isaiah said:‘Listen now, House of David:are you not satisfied with trying the patience of menwithout trying the patience of my God, too?The Lord himself, therefore,will give you a sign.It is this: the maiden is...

15 December 2022Thursday of the 3rd week of Advent Saint Nino and Nino Cross, Jvari Monastery, Mtskheta, Georgia According to traditional accounts, on this location in the early 4th century Saint Nino credited with converting King Mirian III of Iberia Kingdom to Christianity, erected a large wooden cross on the site of a pagan temple.weepingredorger.wordpress.comReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 54:1-10 ©With great love I will take you backShout for joy, you barren women who bore no children!Break into cries of joy and gladness, you who were never in labour!For the sons of the forsaken one are more...

3 December 2022 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest on Saturday of the 1st week of Advent St Francis Xavier, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst 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...

2 December 2022Friday of the 1st week of Advent Saint Bibiana Church, Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 29:17-24 ©In a very short time, the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will seeThe Lord says this:In a short time, a very short time,shall not Lebanon become fertile landand fertile land turn into forest?The deaf, that day,will hear the words of a bookand, after shadow and darkness,the eyes of the blind will see.But the lowly will rejoice in the Lord even moreand the poorest exult in the Holy One of Israel;for tyrants shall be...

Wednesday 21 September 2022Saint Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist Feast St Matthews Catholic Church Monroe, Louisiana Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II).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 into one and the...

4 August 2022Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest on Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time St. John Marie Vianney ChurchSan Ramon Iriga City Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJeremiah 31:31-34 ©I will write my Law in their heartsSee, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not a covenant like the one I made with their ancestors on the day I took them...

5 July 2022Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Anthony Zaccaria Seminary, Marikina City, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHosea 8:4-7,11-13 ©They 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, the calf of Samaria shall go up...

Mmm dd, 2022TITLE ABOUT BODY The readings on this page are from the Jerusalem Bible, which is used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world. The New American Bible readings, which are used at Mass in the United States, are available in the Universalis apps, programs and downloads.You can also view this page with the Gospel in Greek and English.

4 July 2022Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Sant Elisabeth (Isabel) of Portugal and San Cayetano Church, Saragossa, Spain Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingHosea 2:16,17-18,21-22 ©I 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...

2 July 2022Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time San Bernardino Realino altar Church of Jesus, Lecce, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingAmos 9:11-15 ©I 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 the...

1 July 2022Friday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St. Junípero Serra's First Mission in California Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingAmos 8:4-6,9-12 ©A 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 up the poor for money,and the needy for a pair...

30 June 2022Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Nonnberg Abbey, Salzburg Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First readingAmos 7:10-17 ©The 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 away, seer;’ get back...

4 March 2022Friday after Ash Wednesday Church of St. Casimir Jagiellon, main altar, Kraków, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.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...

December 4th, 2021 Memorial of St. John Damascene Church of Saint Hananiya (كنيسة القديس حنانيا) , Damascus, Syria Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet 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 longer,...

December 3, 2021 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest on Friday of the 1st week of Advent The Altar of St Francis Xavier in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 29:17-24 ©In a very short time, the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will seeThe Lord says this:In a short time, a very short time,shall not Lebanon become fertile landand fertile land turn into forest?The deaf, that day,will hear the words of a bookand, after shadow and darkness,the eyes of the blind will see.But the lowly...

December 3, 2021 Saint Francis Xavier, Priest on Friday of the 1st week of Advent The Altar of St Francis Xavier in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White.Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 29:17-24 ©In a very short time, the deaf will hear and the eyes of the blind will seeThe Lord says this:In a short time, a very short time,shall not Lebanon become fertile landand fertile land turn into forest?The deaf, that day,will hear the words of a bookand, after shadow and darkness,the eyes of the blind will see.But the lowly...

September 27th , 2021Memorial of St. Vincent De Paul St. Vincent De Paul, Khar West, Mumbai, India Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White 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 the mountain of the Lord of Hosts,...

September 21st , 2021Memorial of Saint Matthew, Evangelist Crypt of Salerno Cathedral where St. Matthew's bones are interred Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: red 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 into...

July 6, 2021 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Santa Maria Goretti Parish Church, Manila Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First 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 not master him, struck him in the socket of his hip, and Jacob’s hip was dislocated...

July 7, 2021 Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Altar and tomb of St. Anthony Zaccaria Church of St Barnabas in Milan, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.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...