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10 July 2026 Friday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St Canutes Cathedral, Odense, DenmarkReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 14:2-10A call to conversion and promise of safetyThe Lord says this:Israel, come back to the Lord your God;your iniquity was the cause of your downfall.Provide yourself with wordsand come back to the Lord.Say to him, ‘Take all iniquity awayso that we may have happiness againand offer you our words of praise.Assyria cannot save us,we will not ride horses any more,or say, “Our God!” to what our own hands have made,for you are the one in whom orphans...

9 July 2026 Thursday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Church of St. Nicholas, BrusselsReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 11:1-4,8-9I am the Holy One in your midst and have no wish to destroyThus says the Lord:When Israel was a child I loved him,and I called my son out of Egypt.But the more I called to them, the further they went from me;they have offered sacrifice to the Baalsand set their offerings smoking before the idols.I myself taught Ephraim to walk,I took them in my arms;yet they have not understood that I was the one looking after...

8 July 2026 Wednesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time Saint Kilian's Church, Heilbronn, GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingHosea 10:1-3,7-8,12Seek integrity and reap a harvest of kindnessIsrael was a luxuriant vineyielding plenty of fruit.The more his fruit increased,the more altars he built;the richer his land became,the richer he made the sacred stones.Their heart is a divided heart;very well, they must pay for it:the Lord is going to break their altars downand destroy their sacred stones.Then they will say,‘We have no kingbecause we have not feared the Lord.’But what can a king do for us?Samaria has had...

7 July 2026 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary TimeSt. Maelruan's Font, Tallaght, IrelandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(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, the calf of Samaria shall go up in...

6 July 2026 Monday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St Maria Goretti Catholic Church - Long Beach (California) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(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.There she will respond to me as she did when she was young,as she did when she came out of the land of Egypt.When that day comes – it is the Lord who speaks –she will...

5 July 2026 14th Sunday in Ordinary TimeAntonio Maria Zaccaria church, Rio de JaneiroReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingZechariah 9:9-10See now, your king comes humbly to youThe Lord says this:Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!See now, your king comes to you;he is victorious, he is triumphant,humble and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.He will banish chariots from Ephraimand horses from Jerusalem;the bow of war will be banished.He will proclaim peace for the nations.His empire shall stretch from sea to sea,from the River to the ends of...

4 July 2026 Saturday of week 13 in Ordinary Time St. Elizabeth of Portugal Church, Sacramento, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(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 the...

3 July 2026 Saint Thomas, Apostle FeastSt. Thomas the Apostle Church Rochester, NYReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(II).First readingEphesians 2:19-22In Christ you are no longer aliens, but citizens like usYou are no longer aliens or foreign visitors: you are citizens like all the saints, and part of God’s household. You are part of a building that has the apostles and prophets for its foundations, and Christ Jesus himself for its main cornerstone. As every structure is aligned on him, all grow into one holy temple in the Lord; and you too, in him, are being built into a...

2 July 2026Thursday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Chapel dedicated to San Bernardino Realino in the right transept of the church of the Gesù in Lecce. Under the altar are preserved the mortal remains of the saint inside an urn.Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(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...

1 July 2026 Wednesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Carmel Mission, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingAmos 5:14-15,21-24Seek good and not evil so that you may liveSeek good and not evilso that you may live,and that the Lord, God of Hosts, may really be with youas you claim he is.Hate evil, love good,maintain justice at the city gate,and it may be that the Lord, God of Hosts, will take pityon the remnant of Joseph.I hate and despise your feasts,I take no pleasure in your solemn festivals.When you offer me holocausts,I reject your oblations,and refuse to...

30 June 2026 Tuesday of week 13 in Ordinary Time Santi Protomartiri a Via Aurelia Antica, RomeReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingAmos 3:1-8,4:11-12It is for all your sins that I mean to punish youListen, sons of Israel, to this oracle the Lord speaks against you, against the whole family I brought out of the land of Egypt:You alone, of all the families of earth, have I acknowledged,therefore it is for all your sins that I mean to punish you.Do two men take the road togetherif they have not planned to do so?Does the lion roar in the...

29 June 2026 Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Solemnity Sts Peter and Paul Parish in Independence, WI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(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 3:1-10I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus, walk!Once, when Peter and John were going up to the Temple for the prayers at the ninth hour, it happened that there was a man being carried past. He...

28 June 202613th Sunday in Ordinary Time Montreal, Quebec: Saint Irenaeus ChurchReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16This is a holy man of God; let him rest hereOne day as Elisha was on his way to Shunem, a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there. After this he always broke his journey for a meal when he passed that way. She said to her husband, ‘Look, I am sure the man who is constantly passing our way must be a holy man of God. Let us build him a small...

27 June 2026 Saturday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeSt. Cyril of Alexandria Church, Tucson, ArizonaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingLamentations 2:2,10-14,18-19Cry aloud to the Lord, daughter of ZionThe Lord has pitilessly destroyed all the homes of Jacob;in his displeasure he has shattered the strongholds of the daughter of Judah;he has thrown to the ground, he has left accursed the kingdom and its rulers.Mutely they sit on the ground, the elders of the daughter of Zion;they have put dust on their heads, and wrapped themselves in sackcloth.The virgins of Jerusalem hang their heads down to the ground.My...

26 June 2026Friday of week 12 in Ordinary TimeSt. Josemaría Escrivá Temple (Guadalajara) Jalisco State, MexicoReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 25:1-12The sack of Jerusalem and the final deportationIn the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round it. The city lay under siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, when famine...

25 June 2026 Thursday of week 12 in Ordinary Time Basilica di San Prospero, Reggio Emilia, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 24:8-17The first deportation into captivity in BabylonJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. He did what is displeasing to the Lord, just as his father had done. At that time the troops of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched on Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon himself came to...

24 June 2026 The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Solemnity Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Paterson, NJ Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(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 readingJeremiah 1:4-10Go and say whatever I command you and do not fearThe word of the Lord was addressed to me, saying,‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you;before you came to birth I consecrated you;I have appointed you...

June 23, 2026 Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time St. Etheldreda’s Parish Church, Hatfield, United KingdomLectionary: 372Reading 1 2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiahwith this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah:‘Do not let your God on whom you rely deceive youby saying that Jerusalem will not be handed overto the king of Assyria.You have heard what the kings of Assyria have doneto all other countries: they doomed them! Will you, then, be saved?’”Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it;then he...

22 June 2026 Monday of week 12 in Ordinary Time St Albans Cathedral, England Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading2 Kings 17:5-8,13-15,18There was none left, but the tribe of Judah onlyThe king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them in Halah on the Habor, a river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. This happened because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their...

21 June 2026 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time The altar of the Lancellotti Chapel, containing the relics of St Aloysius, the Jesuit church of St Ignatius in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First readingJeremiah 20:10-13He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me,‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friendswatched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master himand take our revenge!’But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero;my opponents will stumble,...