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9 September 2026 Saint Peter Claver on Wednesday of week 23 in Ordinary Time Church of St Peter Claver, West Hartford CTReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 7:25-31The world as we know it is passing awayAbout remaining celibate, I have no directions from the Lord but give my own opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, has stayed faithful. Well then, I believe that in these present times of stress this is right: that it is good for a man to stay as...

8 September 2026The Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Feast St. Adrian Catholic Church Mary Mother Of Mercy Parish, Chicago, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingMicah 5:1-4He will stand and feed his flock with the power of the LordThe Lord says this:But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,the least of the clans of Judah,out of you will be born for methe one who is to rule over Israel;his origin goes back to the distant past,to the days of old.The Lord is therefore going to abandon themtill the time when she who is to give birth gives birth.Then the remnant...

6 September 2026 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The Collegiate Church of Saint Begga, Andenne, BelgiumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingEzekiel 33:7-9If 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 wicked...

5 September 2026 Saturday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta Parish - Timbao, Biñan City, Laguna, Philippines Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:6-15What do you have that was not given to you?Take Apollos and myself as an example and remember the maxim: ‘Keep to what is written.’ It is not for you, so full of your own importance, to go taking sides for one man against another. In any case, brother, has anybody given you some special right? What do you have that was not given to you? And if...

4 September 2026 Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Rose of Viterbo Convent, La Crosse, WisconsinReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:1-5The Lord alone is our judgePeople must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at...

3 September 2026 Saint Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor on Thursday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Gregory the Great Church, Bellerose, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 3:18-23The wisdom of the world is foolishness to GodMake no mistake about it: if any one of you thinks of himself as wise, in the ordinary sense of the word, then he must learn to be a fool before he really can be wise. Why? Because the wisdom of this world is foolishness to...

2 September 2026 Wednesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time Saint-Just in Lyon, France Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 3:1-9Neither the planter nor the waterer matters, only God, who makes things growBrothers, I myself was unable to speak to you as people of the Spirit: I treated you as sensual men, still infants in Christ. What I fed you with was milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it; and indeed, you are still not ready for it since you are still unspiritual. Isn’t that obvious from all the jealousy and wrangling...

1 September 2026 Tuesday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St Giles Catholic Church,, Oak Park, IL Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 2:10-16The Spirit reaches even the depths of GodThe Spirit reaches the depths of everything, even the depths of God. After all, the depths of a man can only be known by his own spirit, not by any other man, and in the same way the depths of God can only be known by the Spirit of God. Now instead of the spirit of the world, we have received the Spirit that comes from...

31 August 2026 Monday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St Aidan of Lindisfarne, London Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 2:1-5The only knowledge I claimed was of the crucified ChristWhen I came to you, brothers, it was not with any show of oratory or philosophy, but simply to tell you what God had guaranteed. During my stay with you, the only knowledge I claimed to have was about Jesus, and only about him as the crucified Christ. Far from relying on any power of my own, I came among you in great ‘fear and trembling’...

30 August 2026 22nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeSantuario Nacional Santa Narcisa de Jesús, EcuadorReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 20:7-9The word of the Lord has meant insult for meYou have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced;you have overpowered me: you were the stronger.I am a daily laughing-stock,everybody’s butt.Each time I speak the word, I have to howland proclaim: ‘Violence and ruin!’The word of the Lord has meant for meinsult, derision, all day long.I used to say, ‘I will not think about him,I will not speak in his name any more.’Then there seemed to...

29 August 2026 The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist on Saturday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Front Royal, Virginia: Saint John the Baptist Catholic ChurchReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 1:26-31God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wiseTake yourselves for instance, brothers, at the time when you were called: how many of you were wise in the ordinary sense of the word, how many were influential people, or came from noble families? No, it was to shame the...

28 August 2026 Saint Augustine, Bishop, Doctor on Friday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. Augustine of Hippo Parish - San Juan, SiquijorReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 1:17-25We preach a crucified Christ, the power and wisdom of GodChrist did not send me to baptise, but to preach the Good News, and not to preach that in the terms of philosophy in which the crucifixion of Christ cannot be expressed. The language of the cross may be illogical to those who are not on...

27 August 2026 Saint Monica on Thursday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St. Monica Catholic Church, Moraga, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Corinthians 1:1-9You have been enriched in many ways in ChristI, Paul, appointed by God to be an apostle, together with brother Sosthenes, send greetings to the church of God in Corinth, to the holy people of Jesus Christ, who are called to take their place among all the saints everywhere who pray to our Lord Jesus Christ; for he is their...

26 August 2026 Wednesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time Iglesia de San Antolín, Spain, with likeness of St Teresa Jornet Ibars displayed Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Thessalonians 3:6-10,16-18We worked night and day not to be a burden on youIn the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we urge you, brothers, to keep away from any of the brothers who refuses to work or to live according to the tradition we passed on to you. You know how you are supposed to imitate us: now we were not idle when we were with you, nor...

25 August 2026 Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time St Louis Cathedral Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Thessalonians 2:1-3,14-17Stand 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 God...

24 August 2026 Saint Bartholomew, Apostle Feast High Altar in St. Bartholomew's Church in New York CityReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingApocalypse 21:9-14He showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heavenThe angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed me Jerusalem, the holy city, coming down from God out of heaven. It had all the radiant glory of God and glittered like...

23 August 2026 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Rose of Lima Church, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 22:19-23I place the key of the House of David on my servant's shoulderThus says the Lord of Hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace:I dismiss you from your office,I remove you from your post,and the same day I call on my servantEliakim son of Hilkiah.I invest him with your robe,gird him with your sash,entrust him with your authority;and he shall be a fatherto the inhabitants of Jerusalemand to the House of Judah.I place the key...

22 August 2026Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time St. Symphorian in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany. Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingEzekiel 43:1-7The 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 his glory. This vision...

21 August 2026 Saint Pius X, Pope on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary TimeSt. Pius X Church – Fairfield CTReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst 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...

20 August 2026 Saint Bernard, Abbot, Doctor on Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time St. Bernard Of Clairvaux Catholic church, Scottsdale, AZ Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(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 the nations will learn that I...