biblical.ie Saint Jerome, memorial Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 Only if Job is himself divine, with the knowledge of hidden things, can he challenge God. Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Have you commanded the morning since your days began, and caused the dawn to know its place,so that it might take hold…
Some angels are given proper names to denote their special service. Thus, Michael means “Who is like God”; Gabriel is “The Strength of God”; and Raphael is “God’s Remedy” 1st Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 The vision of the Ancient One and the Son of Man, in glorious splendour As I watched, thrones were set in…
biblical.ie 1st Reading: Job 9:1-12, 14-16 God’s omnipotent control of the universe and his mysterious guidance of life Then Job answered: “Indeed I know that this is so but how can a mortal be just before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand. He is…
biblical.ie Saint Vincent de Paul, memorial 1st Reading: Job 3:1-3 Job’s anguished lament at the misfortunes heaped upon him. After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said: “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’ “Why did I not perish…
biblical.ie Saints Cosmas and Damian, optional memorial 1st Reading: Job 1:6-22 Job’s patience is tested, first with loss of property and then with the death of his children One day the heavenly beings came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come…
SONGS FOR TODAY’S MASS Lord of all Hopefulness; Ag Críost an Síol; O The Love of My Lord; Praise My Soul the King of Heaven. Opening Comment Today’s readings remind us that God is on the side of the poor, defending their rights. Penitential Rite We gather to praise God’s justice and beg God’s mercy,…
1st Reading: Amos 6:1, 4-7 Amos laments the wealthy who care nothing for the poor Alas for those who are at ease in Zion, and for those who feel secure on Mount Samaria, the notables of the first of the nations, to whom the house of Israel resorts! Alas for those who lie on beds…
biblical.ie 1st Reading: Qohelet 11:9,12:8 A wise man’s lament about the encroachments of old age. Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the inclination of your heart and the desire of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will…
biblical.ie Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, memorial 1st Reading: Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything under the sun. Yearnings stir in the human heart. For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and…
Check out biblical.ie 1st Reading: Ecclesiastes (Qohelet) 1:2-11 Nothing is new under the sun. Vanity of vanities; all is vanity! Vanity of vanities, says the Teacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. What do people gain from all the toil at which they toil under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but…
Check out biblical.ie 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Of all gifts of God to the Church, the apostles have the task of spreading the faith I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience,…
Check out biblical.ie Saint Andrew Kim and companions, memorial 1st Reading: Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 Advice about self-control from Solomon’s proverbs. The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will. All deeds are right in the sight of the doer, but the Lord weighs the…
Check out biblical.ie 1st Reading: Proverbs 3:27-34 Practical guidelines for dealing justly with one’s neighbour. Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to do it. Do not say to your neighbour, “Go, and come again, tomorrow I will give it,” when you have it with…
SONGS FOR TODAY’S MASS Sing a New Song; The Lord hears the Cry of the Poor; Be Not Afraid; Praise my Soul the King of Heaven. Opening Comment We gather to worship the Lord of glory, asking for help to be God’s servants before all else. Penitential Rite Before we listen to God’s challenging Word,…
You might like the mobile-friendly version of biblical.ie 1st Reading: Amos 8:4-7 A warning that God is concerned for justice and fair play Hear this, you that trample on the needy, and bring to ruin the poor of the land, saying, “When will the new moon be over so that we may sell grain; and…
Saint Robert Bellarmine optional memorial 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 What is sown and dies rises to new, incorruptible life. Our bodies will resemble the risen Jesus. But some one will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?” You foolish man! What you sow does not come…
Sts Cornelius and Cyprian, memorial 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Belief in the Lord’s resurrection is not superfluous, but a vital basis for hope Now if Christ is preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of…
1st Reading: Hebrews 5:7-9 Even Jesus learned obedience through what he suffered In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission. Although he was a Son, he…
1st Reading: Numbers 21:5-9 When the poisonous serpents bit the people, Moses raised the statue of a bronze serpent as an antidote, to give them healing The people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the desert? For there is no food and no…
Saint John Chrysostom, memorial 1st Reading: 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31 Many gifts, all at the service of the community, the body of Christ. For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For by one Spirit…
