The Queenship of Mary (see below) 1st Reading: Isaiah 9:1-6 Joy and restoration will come to those who sat in darkness There will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he…
Also feast of Saint Pius X, pope, (Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto 1835–1914). See below. 1st Reading: Ruth 1:1 etc. Ruth migrates to Bethlehem, with her widowed mother-in-law In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land, and a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to live in the country of…
Feast of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (See below) 1st Reading: Judges 11:29-39 After Jephthah’s rash vow, he sacrifices his only daughter Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites….
1st Reading: Judges 9:6-15 In a riddle Jotham curses Abimelech and the people of Shechem All the lords of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount…
1st Reading: Judges 6:11-24 When Gideon doubts, his faith is confirmed by a sign from God. Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. The…
1st Reading: Judges 2:11-19 The era of the Judges alternates fall and restoration. Then the Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and worshipped the Baals; and they abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt; they followed other gods, from…
Whoever eats the flesh of the Lord and drinks his blood will live for ever. We celebrate Jesus’ promise, believing we will share the eternal destiny of all who have this divine life in them.
1st Reading: Proverbs 9:1-6 Wisdom has built her house with seven pillars. Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn herself seven pillars. She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine, she has also set her table. She has sent out her servant girls, she calls from the highest places in the town,…
We worship God who brought Mary to the glory of heaven this day. We celebrate her Assumption, the tangible reminder that the resurrection of Jesus brings victory over death for all who believe.
1st Reading: Revelation 11-12 The image of woman and dragon is applied to the Assumption Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail. A great portent appeared in heaven: a…
Feast: Maximilian Kolbe (see below) 1st Reading: Jos 24:1-13 God’s help to Israel, from the patriarchal era to entering the Promised Land. Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to…
Feast: Ss Pontian, Hippolytus and Fachtna (see below) 1st Reading: Jos 3:7-10, 11, 13-17 Carrying the Ark into the Jordan allowed the people cross safely The Lord said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, so that they may know that I will be with you…
Feast: Ss Jane Frances de Chantal; Attracta, and Muredach (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 34:1-12 The great Moses dies within sight of the Promised Land. Then Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho, and the Lord showed him the whole land: Gilead…
Feast: St Clare of Assisi (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 31:1-8 Before his death, Moses promises that God will lead his people into the promised land. When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, he said to them: “I am now one hundred twenty years old. I am no longer able to…
Feast: St Lawrence, deacon and martyr (see below) 1st Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10 The one who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the one who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each of you must give as you have made up your mind, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver….
This Sunday, Christians gather together as friends, called by the Lord to forgive each other as quickly as God forgives us.
1st Reading: First Book of Kings 19:4-8 Revived by food and drink Elijah reaches the mountain of God But he himself went a day’s journey into the desert, and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die: “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for…
Feast: St Dominic (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 6:4-13 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them…
Feast: Sts Sixtus and Cajetan (see below) 1st Reading: Deuteronomy 4:32-40 For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: has anything so great as this ever happened or has its like ever…
Theme: The apostles were priveleged to witness the inner life of Christ, when his splendour was revealed to them on the holy mountain. We pray for a deeper experience of God in our own lives, and to share in his divine life. 1st Reading: Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 Daniel sees f the Ancient One conferring power…
