1st Reading: Romans 4:1-8 Faith is credited as justifying us. It is how Abraham was justified What then are we to say was gained by Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh? For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. For what does the scripture say?…
Saint Paul of the Cross, priest (opt mem.); Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, martyrs (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Romans 3:21-30 All have sinned, but are freely justified by faith in Jesus Christ But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the…
First Reading: 2 Timothy 4:10-17 Only Luke is with Paul, in his final imprisonment Do your best to come to me soon, for Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him…
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr (Memorial) 1st Reading: Romans 1:16-25 Refusal to worship the true God leads to immorality I am not ashamed of the gospel; it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness…
Saint Hedwig (opt mem.); Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (opt mem.); Saint Gall (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Romans 1:1-7 Jesus, son of David is known as Son of God by the resurrection From Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through…
We gather as fellow-pilgrims at this Sunday’s Eucharist, all journeying to the great banquet of heaven. In our Communion today, we get a taste of what is to come.
St Teresa of Avila, virgin and doctor of the Church By baptism we are called to salvation, to take our place in the kingdom of God. Somehow, we must wear a wedding garment, so as to take our assigned seat at the wedding feast. Our eucharist recalls our invitation and prompts reflection on how we…
Saint Callistus (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Joel 4:12-21 A time of peace and prosperity will come to God’s holy mountain “Let the nations rouse themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the neighbouring nations. Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Go in,…
1st Reading: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2 A solemn fast to avert the plague, preparing for the day of the Lord Priests, put on sackcloth and lament; wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, pass the night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God! Grain offering and drink offering are withheld from the house of your God….
1st Reading: Malachi 3:13-18 Religion may seems to brings no benefit.. but all will be revealed You have spoken harsh words against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, “How have we spoken against you?” You have said, “It is vain to serve God. What do we profit by keeping his command or by going…
Saint John XXIII (opt mem.); Saint Canice (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Jonah 4:1-11 Jonah complains, angry that God has mercy on Nineveh Jonah was displeased and became very angry. He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord! Is not this what I said while I was still in my own country? That is why…
1st Reading: Jonah 3:1-10 At Jonah’s preaching, the people of Nineveh repent and so save their city The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time, saying, “Get up, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah set out and went to Nineveh,…
Saints Denis and Companions, martyrs (opt.mem.) ; Saint John Leonardi (opt.mem.); Bl. John Henry Newman. (opt.mem.) 1st Reading: Jonah 1:1–2:1 Jonah is swallowed by the whale and brought back to Israel Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, “Go at once to Nineveh, that great city, and cry out…
Songs at Mass (Suggestions) ‘Praise to the Holiest’; ‘Eat This Bread’; ‘Holy God We Praise Thy Name’; ‘Make me a Channel of your Peace’. Opening Comment There are reassuring sentiments for us in God’s Word, with Paul reminding us that there is no need for us to worry. If there is anything we need, we…
The church is like a Vineyard, planted to produce fruit. We can grow to our full potential in the sunshine of God’s grace. But the vineyard can fall into disuse, or fail to produce fruits of loving mercy. We pray that our lives may not be soured by bitterness or disillusionment. 1st Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7…
This feast was established in memory of the Christian naval victory over the Turks (at Lepanto 1571). Our Lady is daily honoured in the Rosary, which invites us to meditate the mysteries of the life, death and resurrection of Christ her son. 1st Reading: Acts 1:12-14. Our Lady with the apostles and other disciples in…
Saint Bruno, priest (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Baruch 1:15-22 From our time in Egypt until now, we have disregarded the voice of the Lord The Lord our God is in the right, but there is open shame on us today, on the people of Judah, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on our kings, our…
1st Reading: Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7-12 Ezra gets his people to renew their loyalty to God and to share their gifts In the seventh month all the people gathered together into the square before the Water Gate. They told the scribe Ezra to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the Lord had…
Saint Francis of Assisi, friar. (Memorial) 1st Reading: Nehemiah 2:1-8 King Artaxerxes sends Nehemiah to Jerusalem, to restore its walls and graves In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was served him, I carried the wine and gave it to the king. Now, I had never been sad…
Blessed Columba Marmion, abbot (opt mem.) 1st Reading: Zechariah 8:20-23 Peoples of every nationality will want to share the faith of the Jews Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Peoples shall yet come, the inhabitants of many cities; the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Come, let us go to entreat the…
