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Reading 1 Job 42:1-3, 5-6, 12-17 Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things,and that no purpose of yours can be hindered.I have dealt with great things that I do not understand;things too wonderful for me, which I cannot know.I had heard of you by word of mouth,but now … Read moreSaturday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels The Gospel for this memorial is proper. Reading 1 Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 The LORD addressed Job out of the storm and said: Have you ever in your lifetime commanded the morningand shown the dawn its placeFor taking hold of the ends of the earth,till the wicked … Read moreMemorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Job 19:21-27 Job said: Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has struck me!Why do you hound me as though you were divine,and insatiably prey upon me? Oh, would that my … Read moreMemorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Job 9:1-12, 14-16 Job answered his friends and said: I know well that it is so;but how can a man be justified before God?Should one wish to contend with him,he could not answer him once in a thousand times.God is … Read moreMemorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church

Reading 1 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 As I watched: Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his head as white as wool; His throne was flames of fire, with wheels of burning fire. A surging stream of fire flowed out from where … Read moreFeast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels

Reading 1 Job 1:6-22 One day, when the angels of God came to present themselves before the LORD,Satan also came among them.And the LORD said to Satan, “Whence do you come?”Then Satan answered the LORD and said,“From roaming the earth and patrolling it.” And the LORD said to Satan, “Have you noticed my servant Job,and that … Read moreMonday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ezekiel 18:25-28 Thus says the LORD:You say, “The LORD’s way is not fair!”Hear now, house of Israel:Is it my way that is unfair, or rather, are not your ways unfair?When someone virtuous turns away from virtue to commit iniquity, and dies,it is because of the iniquity he committed that he must die.But if … Read moreTwenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ecclesiastes 11:9—12:8 Rejoice, O young man, while you are young and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth.Follow the ways of your heart,the vision of your eyes;Yet understand that as regards all thisGod will bring you to judgment.Ward off grief from your heartand put away trouble from your presence,though the … Read moreSaturday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 There is an appointed time for everything,and a time for every thing under the heavens.A time to be born, and a time to die;a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.A time to kill, and a time to heal;a time to tear down, and a time to build.A … Read moreFriday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity!What profit has man from all the laborwhich he toils at under the sun?One generation passes and another comes,but the world forever stays.The sun rises and the sun goes down;then it presses on to the place where it rises.Blowing now toward … Read moreThursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time