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Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 27, 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022722.cfm Lectionary: 84 Reading I Sir 27:4-7 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do one’s faults when one speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in tribulation is the test of the just. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so… | Continue reading..
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 20, 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022022.cfm Lectionary: 81 Reading I 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep within the… | Continue reading..
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – February 13, 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021322.cfm Lectionary: 78 Reading I Jer 17:5-8 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, but stands in a lava waste, a… | Continue reading..
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 2/6/22
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020622.cfm Lectionary: 75 Reading I Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All the earth… | Continue reading..
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – 1/23/22
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012322.cfm Lectionary: 69 Reading I Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand. Standing at one end of the open place that was before the Water Gate, he read out of the book from daybreak till midday, in… | Continue reading..
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – 01/16/22
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011622.cfm Lectionary: 66 Reading I Is 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory; you shall be called by a… | Continue reading..
The Baptism of the Lord – 01/09/22
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010922.cfm Lectionary: 21 Reading I Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street…. | Continue reading..
The Epiphany of the Lord – January 2nd, 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010222.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 – January 1st, 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010122.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..
Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122621.cfm Lectionary: 17 Reading I 1 Sm 1:20-22, 24-28 In those days Hannah conceived, and at the end of her term bore a son whom she called Samuel, since she had asked the LORD for him. The next time her husband Elkanah was going up with the rest of his household to offer the customary… | Continue reading..
