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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072323.cfm Lectionary: 106 Reading 1 Wis 12:13, 16-19 There is no god besides you who have the care of all, that you need show you have not unjustly condemned. For your might is the source of justice; your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all. For you show your might when the perfection… | Continue reading..
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071623.cfm Lectionary: 103 Reading 1 Is 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my… | Continue reading..
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070923.cfm Lectionary: 100 Reading 1 Zec 9:9-10 Thus says the LORD: Rejoice heartily, O daughter Zion, shout for joy, O daughter Jerusalem! See, your king shall come to you; a just savior is he, meek, and riding on an ass, on a colt, the foal of an ass. He shall banish the chariot from Ephraim,… | Continue reading..
Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062523.cfm Lectionary: 94 Reading 1 Jer 20:10-13 Jeremiah said: “I hear the whisperings of many: ‘Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!’ All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. ‘Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail, and take our vengeance on him.’ But… | Continue reading..
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061123.cfm Lectionary: 167 Reading 1 Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Moses said to the people: “Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. He therefore let… | Continue reading..
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060423.cfm Lectionary: 164 Reading 1 Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinai as the LORD had commanded him, taking along the two stone tablets. Having come down in a cloud, the LORD stood with Moses there and proclaimed his name, “LORD.” Thus the LORD passed before him and cried out,… | Continue reading..
Pentecost Sunday Mass during the Day
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052823-Day.cfm Lectionary: 63 Reading I Acts 2:1-11 When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which… | Continue reading..
The Ascension of the Lord
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052123-Ascension.cfm Lectionary: 58 Reading 1 Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. He presented himself alive to them by many proofs after he had suffered,… | Continue reading..
Sixth Sunday of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051423.cfm Lectionary: 55 Reading 1 Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ to them. With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said by Philip when they heard it and saw the signs he was doing. For unclean spirits, crying out in a loud voice,… | Continue reading..
Fifth Sunday of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050723.cfm Lectionary: 52 Reading 1 Acts 6:1-7 As the number of disciples continued to grow, the Hellenists complained against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. So the Twelve called together the community of the disciples and said, “It is not right for us to neglect the word of God… | Continue reading..
