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The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm Lectionary: 160 Reading 1 Ez 34:11-12, 15-17 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it… | Continue reading..
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111923.cfm Lectionary: 157 Reading 1 Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 When one finds a worthy wife, her value is far beyond pearls. Her husband, entrusting his heart to her, has an unfailing prize. She brings him good, and not evil, all the days of her life. She obtains wool and flax and works with loving hands…. | Continue reading..
Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111223.cfm Lectionary: 154 Reading 1 Wis 6:12-16 Resplendent and unfading is wisdom, and she is readily perceived by those who love her, and found by those who seek her. She hastens to make herself known in anticipation of their desire; Whoever watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed, for he shall find her… | Continue reading..
Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110523.cfm Lectionary: 151 Reading 1 Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10 A great King am I, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations. And now, O priests, this commandment is for you: If you do not listen, if you do not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name,… | Continue reading..
Solemnity of All Saints – 11/01/23
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110123.cfm Lectionary: 667 Reading 1 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, “Do not damage the land or the sea… | Continue reading..
Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/daily-bible-reading Lectionary: 142 Reading 1 Is 25:6-10a On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples a feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, the web that is woven over all nations; he… | Continue reading..
Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100123.cfm Lectionary: 136 Reading 1 Ez 18:25-28 Thus says the LORD: You say, “The LORD’s way is not fair!” Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair? When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies, it is because of the… | Continue reading..
Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082723.cfm Lectionary: 121 Reading 1 Is 22:19-23 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace: “I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your… | Continue reading..
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm Lectionary: 118 Reading 1 Is 56:1, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants— all… | Continue reading..
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081523-Day.cfm Lectionary: 622 Reading 1 RV 11:19A; 12:1-6A, 10AB God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars…. | Continue reading..
