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Category: Reflections
First Sunday of Lent
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022623.cfm Lectionary: 22 Reading 1 Gn 2:7-9; 3:1-7 The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being. Then the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there the man whom he… | Continue reading..
Ash Wednesday
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022223.cfm Lectionary: 219 Reading 1 Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD, your God. For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in kindness, and relenting in punishment. Perhaps… | Continue reading..
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021223.cfm Lectionary: 76 Reading 1 Sir 15:15-20 If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand. Before man are life and death, good and evil, whichever he… | Continue reading..
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020523.cfm Lectionary: 73 Reading 1 Is 58:7-10 Thus says the LORD: Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own. Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and your wound shall quickly be healed;… | Continue reading..
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012923.cfm Lectionary: 70 Reading 1 Zep 2:3; 3:12-13 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people humble and lowly, who shall take… | Continue reading..
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012223.cfm Lectionary: 67 Reading 1 Is 8:23—9:3 First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land west of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there is no gloom where but… | Continue reading..
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011523.cfm Lectionary: 64 Reading 1 Is 49:3, 5-6 The LORD said to me: You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory. Now the LORD has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to him; and I am made… | Continue reading..
The Epiphany of the Lord – 01/08/23
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010823.cfm Lectionary: 20 Reading I Is 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the LORD shines, and over you appears his glory. Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by… | Continue reading..
The Octave Day of Christmas Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010123.cfm Lectionary: 18 Reading I Nm 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look… | Continue reading..
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) Mass during the Night
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122522-night.cfm Lectionary: 14 Reading I Is 9:1-6 The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwelt in the land of gloom a light has shone. You have brought them abundant joy and great rejoicing, as they rejoice before you as at the harvest, as people make merry when… | Continue reading..
