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Thursday of week 33 in Ordinary Time First reading 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 ‘Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances’ The commissioners of King Antiochus who were enforcing the apostasy came to the town of Modein to make them sacrifice. Many Israelites gathered round them, but Mattathias and his sons drew apart. The … Read moreThu 20 November

Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time First reading 2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life There were seven brothers who were arrested with their mother. The king tried to force them to taste pig’s flesh, which the Law forbids, by torturing them with whips and … Read moreWed 19 November

Tuesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time, or Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles First reading 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 ‘I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws’ Eleazar, one of the foremost teachers of the Law, a man already advanced in years and of most noble … Read moreTue 18 November

Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious First reading 1 John 3:14-18 We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers We have passed out of death and into life,and of this we can be surebecause we love our brothers.If you refuse to love, you must remain dead;to hate your brother is to be a … Read moreMon 17 November

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time First reading Malachi 3:19-20 For you the sun of righteousness will shine out The day is coming now, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and the evil-doers will be like stubble. The day that is coming is going to burn them up, says the Lord of Hosts, leaving … Read moreSun 16 November

Saturday of week 32 in Ordinary Time, or Saint Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor , or Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary First reading Wisdom 18:14-16,19:6-9 The Red Sea became an unimpeded way When peaceful silence lay over all,and night had run the half of her swift course,down from the heavens, from the royal … Read moreSat 15 November

Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time First reading Wisdom 13:1-9 How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master? Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have … Read moreFri 14 November

Thursday of week 32 in Ordinary Time First reading Wisdom 7:22-8:1 Wisdom is a breath of the power of God Within Wisdom is a spirit intelligent, holy,unique, manifold, subtle,active, incisive, unsullied,lucid, invulnerable, benevolent, sharp,irresistible, beneficent, loving to man,steadfast, dependable, unperturbed,almighty, all-surveying,penetrating all intelligent, pureand most subtle spirits;for Wisdom is quicker to move than any motion;she … Read moreThu 13 November

Saint Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr First reading Ephesians 4:1-7,11-13- We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God I, the prisoner in the Lord, implore you to lead a life worthy of your vocation. Bear with one another charitably, in complete selflessness, gentleness and patience. Do all you … Read moreWed 12 November

Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop First reading Isaiah 61:1-3 He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord The spirit of the Lord has been given to me,for the Lord has anointed me.He has sent me to bring good news to the poor,to bind up hearts that are broken; to proclaim … Read moreTue 11 November