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30 July 2026 Thursday of week 17 in Ordinary Time The Chapel of St Peter Chrysologus in Ravenna Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 18:1-6When the clay goes wrong, the potter starts afreshThe word that was addressed to Jeremiah by the Lord, ‘Get up and make your way down to the potter’s house; there I shall let you hear what I have to say.’ So I went down to the potter’s house; and there he was, working at the wheel. And whenever the vessel he was making came out wrong, as happens with the clay handled by potters,...

29 July 2026 Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus on Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary TimeSt. Lazarus Church of Bethany, near Jerusalem, Israel Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJeremiah 15:10,16-21They will not overcome you, because I am with you‘Woe is me, my mother, for you have borne meto be a man of strife and of dissension for all the land.I neither lend nor borrow,yet all of them curse me.‘When your words came, I devoured them:your word was my delightand the joy of my heart;for I...

28 July 2026 Tuesday of week 17 in Ordinary Time Saint Victor Catholic Church West Hollywood, CAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 14:17-22We confess our wickedness; you, God, are our hopeThe Lord said to me:Say this word to the people:‘Tears flood my eyesnight and day, unceasingly,since a crushing blow falls on the daughter of my people,a most grievous injury.If I go into the countryside,there lie men killed by the sword;if I go into the city,I see people sick with hunger;even prophets and priestsplough the land: they are at their wit’s end.’‘Have you rejected Judah altogether?Does your very...

27 July 2026 Monday of week 17 in Ordinary TimeChurch of Saint-Pantaléon, Troyes, France.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 13:1-11Let this evil people become good for nothingThe Lord said this to me, ‘Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it round your waist. But do not dip it in water.’ And so, as the Lord had ordered, I bought a loincloth and put it round my waist. A second time the word of the Lord was spoken to me, ‘Take the loincloth that you have bought and are wearing round your waist; up! Go to the...

26 July 2026 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time St Joachim And Anne Church, Elizabeth PaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Kings 3:5,7-12Solomon chooses the gift of wisdomThe Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you.’ Solomon replied, ‘O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in succession to David my father. But I am a very young man, unskilled in leadership. Your servant finds himself in the midst of this people of yours that you have chosen, a people so many its number cannot be...

25 July 2026 Saint James, Apostle Feast Basilica of St. James, Chioggia, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First reading2 Corinthians 4:7-15Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from usWe are only the earthenware jars that hold this treasure, to make it clear that such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us. We are in difficulties on all sides, but never cornered; we see no answer to our problems, but never despair; we have been persecuted, but never deserted; knocked down, but never killed; always, wherever we may be, we carry with us...

24 July 2026 Friday of week 16 in Ordinary Time monastery of Daimiel, SpainReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 3:14-17Come back, my disloyal childrenCome back, disloyal children – it is the Lord who speaks – for I alone am your Master. I will take one from a town, two from a clan, and bring you to Zion. I will give you shepherds after my own heart, and these shall feed you on knowledge and discretion. And when you have increased and become many in the land, then – it is the Lord who speaks – no one...

23 July 2026 Thursday of week 16 in Ordinary Time St. Bridget of Sweden Catholic Church - Lindstrom, MNReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 2:1-3,7-8,12-13I brought you to a fertile country and you defiled itThe word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying, ‘Go and shout this in the hearing of Jerusalem:‘“The Lord says this:I remember the affection of your youth,the love of your bridal days:you followed me through the wilderness,through a land unsown.Israel was sacred to the Lord,the first-fruits of his harvest;anyone who ate of this had to pay for it,misfortune came to them –it...

22 July 2026 Saint Mary Magdalen Feast Church of Saint Mary Magdalene in Prilisce, Croatia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingSong of Songs 3:1-4I found him whom my heart lovesThe bride says this:On my bed, at night, I sought himwhom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.So I will rise and go through the City;in the streets and in the squaresI will seek him whom my heart loves.I sought but did not find him.The watchmen came upon meon their rounds in the City:‘Have you seen him whom my heart loves?’Scarcely had I passed themwhen I...

21 July 2026 Tuesday of week 16 in Ordinary Time St. Lawrence of Brindisi Catholic Church, Los AngelesReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingMicah 7:14-15,18-20Have 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...

20 July 2026 Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time Basilica of Saint Apollinaris in Classe Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingMicah 6:1-4,6-8The Lord asks only this: to act justly, to love tenderly, to walk humblyListen to what the Lord is saying:Stand up and let the case begin in the hearing of the mountains and let the hills hear what you say.Listen, you mountains, to the Lord’s accusation, give ear, you foundations of the earth,for the Lord is accusing his people, pleading against Israel:My people, what have I done to you, how have I been a burden...

Sunday 19 July 202616th Sunday in Ordinary Time right arm of Macrina the Younger at the monastery of Saint George in Pomorie, BulgariaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingWisdom 12:13,16-19You will grant repentance after sinThere is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly.Your justice has its source in strength,your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.You show your strength when your sovereign power is questionedand you expose the insolence of those who know it;but, disposing of such strength, you are mild in judgement,you govern...

18 July 2026 Saturday of week 15 in Ordinary Time Sanctuary of St Jadwiga – Trzebnica PolandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingMicah 2:1-5The plotters of evil will not escapeWoe to those who plot evil,who lie in bed planning mischief!No sooner is it dawn than they do it– their hands have the strength for it.Seizing the fields that they covet,they take over houses as well,owner and house they confiscate together,taking both man and inheritance.So the Lord says this:Now it is I who plotsuch mischief against this breedas your necks will not escape;nor will you be able to walk...

17 July 2026 Friday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeAltar of Church at Skalka in Krakow, Poland Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 38:1-6,21-22,7-8The 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, Lord, remember, I beg you, how I have behaved faithfully and with...

16 July 2026 Thursday of week 15 in Ordinary TimeNewport News, VirginiaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 26:7-9,12,16-19'Awake and exult, all you who lie in the dust'The path of the upright man is straight,you smooth the way of the upright.Following the path of your judgements,we hoped in you, O Lord,your name, your memory are all my soul desires.At night my soul longs for youand my spirit in me seeks for you;when your judgements appear on earththe inhabitants of the world learn the meaning of integrity.O Lord, you are giving us peace,since you treat usas our deeds deserve.Distressed,...

15 July 2026 Saint Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor on Wednesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Bonaventure - Plymouth, MA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 10:5-7,13-16Assyria's arrogance and coming ruinThe Lord of hosts says this:Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger,the club brandished by me in my fury!I sent him against a godless nation;I gave him commission against a people that provokes me,to pillage and to plunder freelyand to stamp down like the mud in the streets.But he did not intend this,his heart...

14 July 2026 Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on Tuesday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church, Lagrangeville, NYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 7:1-9Isaiah tells the king not to fearIn the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Razon the king of Aram went up against Jerusalem with Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, to lay siege to it; but he was unable to capture it. The news was brought to the House of David. ‘Aram’ they...

13 July 2026 Monday of week 15 in Ordinary Time St. Henry Catholic Church - Nashville, Tennessee Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First 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 trample over my courts?Bring me your worthless offerings no more,the smoke of them fills...

12 July 2026 15th Sunday in Ordinary TimeVallombrosa Abbey, Tuscany, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingIsaiah 55:10-11The 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 what it was sent to...

11 July 2026 Saint Benedict, Abbot on Saturday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Benedict Church, Ridgely MDReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingIsaiah 6:1-8Isaiah's lips cleansed with a burning coalIn the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord of Hosts seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings: two to cover its face, two to cover its feet, and two for flying. And they cried out to one another in this...