1st Reading: Proverbs (2:1-10) The value of wisdom, devotion and fear of the Lord, so exemplified in Saint Benedict My child, if you accept my words and treasure up my commandments within you, making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; if you indeed cry out for insight, and raise your…
1st Reading: Hosea (8:4-7, 11-13) For their sins, they shall return to slavery in Egypt. But Hosea intercedes with God for them They made kings, but not through me; they set up princes, but without my knowledge. With their silver and gold they made idols for their own destruction. Your calf is rejected, O Samaria….
1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…
1st Reading: Hosea (2:16-18, 21-22) Israel will again show loving fidelity to her God On that day, says the Lord, you will call me, “My husband.” For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be mentioned by name no more. I will make for you a covenant on…
As weak and sinful people, we gather to ask the Lord’s mercy. We know his grace is sufficient for us. Together, we praise and thank our God for the constant care we receive.
• (In Ireland) Today is the National Day of Commemoration of those who died in past wars or on service of the United Nations.
1st Reading: Ezekiel (2:2-5) God sends Ezekiel to tell people of their sins and call them to repentance When he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. He said to me, “Mortal, I am sending you to the people of Israel,…
1st Reading: Amos (9:11-15) David’s dynasty will be restored, and the land will be blessed On that day I will raise up the booth of David that is fallen, and repair its breaches, and raise up its ruins, and rebuild it as in the days of old; in order that they may possess the remnant…
Friday Week 13
Thursday Week 13
Wednesday Week 13
1st Reading: Ephesians (2:19-21) The church is built on the foundation of the Apostles You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and also members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. In him the…
Monday Week 13
As summer takes hold of us, we give thanks to God for all the gifts we enjoy. We rejoice in God’s saving power: death itself is in his hand and all the living depend on God alone.
1st Reading: Wisdom (1:13-15, 2:23-24) Whatever God makes is wholesome. We are meant for immortality God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things so that they might exist; the generative forces of the world are wholesome, and there is no destructive poison…
1st Reading: Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19) A survivor of Jerusalem’s destruction laments in mournful tones The Lord has destroyed without mercy all the dwellings of Jacob; in his wrath he has broken down the strongholds of daughter Judah; he has brought down to the ground in dishonour the kingdom and its rulers. The elders of…
1st Reading: Acts (2:1-11) Peter is imprisoned, but an angel sets him free to continue leading the church About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. He had James, the brother of John, killed with the sword. After he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to…
(St Irenaeus, bishop & martyr (Memorial) 1st Reading: 2 Kings (24:8-17) Nebuchadnezzar’s first deportation of the Jews to Babylon, c. 597 BCE Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the…
1st Reading: 2 Kings (22:8-13; 23:1-3) When Deuteronomy is rediscovered in the temple, it leads to reform The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, “I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord.” When Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, he read it. Then Shaphan the secretary came…
1st Reading: 2 Kings (19:9-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36) The Assyrians attack Jerusalem; but Isaiah promises that a remnant will be saved When the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, “See, he has set out to fight against you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus shall you speak to King Hezekiah of Judah:…
1st Reading: 2 Kings (17:5-8, 13-15, 18) Exile of the ten northern tribes of Israel, for not listening to the prophets The king of Assyria invaded all the land and came to Samaria; for three years he besieged it. In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria; he carried the Israelites…
