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Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062925-Mass.cfm Lectionary: 591 Reading I Acts 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the Church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword, and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also. –It was the feast… | Continue reading..
Fifth Sunday of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051825.cfm Lectionary: 54 Reading I Acts 14:21-27 After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good news to that city and made a considerable number of disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch. They strengthened the spirits of the disciples and exhorted them to persevere in the faith, saying, “It is necessary… | Continue reading..
Fourth Sunday of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051125.cfm Lectionary: 51 Reading 1 Acts 13:14, 43-52 Paul and Barnabas continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia. On the sabbath they entered the synagogue and took their seats. Many Jews and worshipers who were converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to remain faithful to… | Continue reading..
Third Sunday of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050425.cfm Lectionary: 48 Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, “We gave you strict orders, did we not, to stop teaching in that name? Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and… | Continue reading..
Second Sunday of Easter Sunday of Divine Mercy
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042725.cfm Lectionary: 45 Reading I Acts 5:12-16 Many signs and wonders were done among the people at the hands of the apostles. They were all together in Solomon’s portico. None of the others dared to join them, but the people esteemed them. Yet more than ever, believers in the Lord, great numbers of men and… | Continue reading..
The Resurrection of the Lord The Mass of Easter Day
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042025.cfm Lectionary: 42 Reading 1 Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the… | Continue reading..
Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041925.cfm Lectionary: 41 Reading I Genesis 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God… | Continue reading..
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Lectionary: 40 Reading I Isaiah 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him– so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of man– so shall he startle… | Continue reading..
First Sunday of Lent
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm Lectionary: 24 Reading I Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the LORD, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt… | Continue reading..
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030225.cfm Lectionary: 84 Reading I Sirach 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..
