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Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061426.cfm Lectionary: 91 Reading 1 Exodus 19:2-6a In those days, the Israelites came to the desert of Sinai and pitched camp. While Israel was encamped here in front of the mountain, Moses went up the mountain to God. Then the LORD called to him and said, “Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob;… | Continue reading..
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060726.cfm Lectionary: 167 Reading 1 Deuteronomy 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/053126.cfm Lectionary: 164 Reading 1 Exodus 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..
Second Sunday of Easter (or Sunday of Divine Mercy)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041226.cfm Lectionary: 43 Reading 1 Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselves to the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common;… | Continue reading..
Holy Thursday-Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Holy Thursday-Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Lectionary: 39 Reading I Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth… | Continue reading..
Second Sunday of Lent
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030126.cfm Lectionary: 25 Reading 1 Genesis 12:1-4a The LORD said to Abram: “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you. “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you… | Continue reading..
First Sunday of Lent
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022226.cfm Lectionary: 22 Reading 1 Genesis 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/021826.cfm Lectionary: 219 Reading 1 Joel 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 of Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021526.cfm Lectionary: 76 Reading 1 Sirach 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..
The Epiphany of the Lord
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010426.cfm Lectionary: 20 Reading I Isaiah 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..
