SONGS AT MASS (Suggestions): ‘Be Thou My Vision’; ‘Ag Críost an Síol’; ‘’O The Love of My Lord’; ‘The Lord hears the Cry of the Poor’; ‘Go Tell Everyone’. Opening Comment Today is World Mission Sunday and its theme is “Every Christian is a Missionary“. The Gospel story in the Mass is of the Pharisee…
1st Reading: Sirach 35:15-22 The prayer of the humble pierces the clouds The Lord is the judge, and with him there is no partiality. He will not show partiality to the poor; but he will listen to the prayer of one who is wronged. He will not ignore the supplication of the orphan, or the…
Saint John Paul II, optional memorial 1st Reading: Ephesians 4:7-16 The church led by apostles and evangelists, to teach and unify its members But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore it is said, “When he ascended on high he made captivity itself a captive; he gave gifts…
1st Reading: Ephesians 4:1-6 One body and one spirit, a warm ideal of church unity 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, bearing with one another in love, making every effort to…
1st Reading: Ephesians 3:14-21 May you grasp the depth of Christ’s love, beyond all knowledge I pray therefore that you may not lose heart over my sufferings for you; they are your glory. For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth takes its name….
Saints John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues; Paul of the Cross, optional memorials 1st Reading: Ephesians 3:2-12 Paul preaches to the gentiles the rich mystery of Christ Surely you have already heard of the commission of God’s grace that was given me for you, and how the mystery was made known to me by revelation,…
1st Reading: 2 Timothy 4:10-17 Only Luke is with Paul, at this final stage in his imprisonment Dear Timothy, 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….
Saint Ignatius of Antioch, memorial 1st Reading: Ephesians 2:1-10 We are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus My brothers and sisters. You were dead through the trespasses and sins in which you once lived, following the course of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at…
SONGS THIS SUNDAY (Suggestions) ‘Be Thou My Vision’; ‘Ag Críost an Síol’; ‘’O The Love of My Lord’; ‘Go Tell Everyone’. Opening Comment If you want results, pray without ceasing, says Jesus. God will listen and help. Penitential Rite As we prepare ourselves for this celebration, let us call to mind God’s generous mercy (pause):…
1st Reading: Book of Exodus 17:8-13 When Moses prays with arms outstretched, God gives victory to his people Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim. And Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some men for us and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the…
Saint Teresa of Avila, memorial 1st Reading: Ephesians 1:15-23 May God enlighten your vision to see the hope you are called to I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, and for this reason I do not cease to give thanks for you as I remember…
Saint Callistus, optional memorial 1st Reading Ephesians 1:11-14 We are sealed with the Holy Spirit, the down-payment God has made to his people In Christ we have also obtained an inheritance, having been destined according to the purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to his counsel and will, so that we, who were…
1st Reading: Ephesians 1:1-10 God chose us in Christ before the world began, to be holy in his sight Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord…
1st Reading: Galatians 5:18-25 The symptoms or fruits of the flesh contrasted with those of the spirit But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, envy, drunkenness, carousing,…
Saint John XXIII; St Canice, optional memorials 1st Reading: Galatians 5:1-6 In Christ Jesus, circumcision no longer counts; only faith acting through love For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be…
Saint John XXIII; St Canice, optional memorials 1st Reading: Galatians 5:1-6 In Christ Jesus, circumcision no longer counts; only faith acting through love For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be…
1st Reading: Galatians 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1 Through faith we are born free. It was for liberty that Christ freed us Now it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman. One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other,…
Songs this Sunday (Suggestions) Holy God, We Praise Thy Name; Glory and Praise to our God; Ag Críost an Síol; Now Thank We All Our God Opening Comment The Gospel gives the story of the ten lepers, of whom only one came back to thank Jesus. We praise and thank God who continues to do…
1st Reading: 2 Kings 5:14-17 When Naaman the Syrian washes in the Jordan he is cured Naaman the leper went down and immersed himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; his flesh was restored like the flesh of a young boy and he was clean. Then he…
or Saturday Mass of the BVM 1st Reading: Galatians 3:22-29 In Christ, all the baptized are equally children of God, Jew or gentile, slave or free, male or female But the scripture has imprisoned all things under the power of sin, so that what was promised through faith in Jesus Christ might be given to…
