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Reading 1  Isaiah 55:1-3 Thus says the LORD:All you who are thirsty,come to the water!You who have no money,come, receive grain and eat;Come, without paying and without cost,drink wine and milk!Why spend your money for what is not bread;your wages for what fails to satisfy?Heed me, and you shall eat well,you shall delight in rich … Read moreEighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Reading 1  Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 The priests and prophets said to the princes and to all the people,“This man deserves death;he has prophesied against this city,as you have heard with your own ears.”Jeremiah gave this answer to the princes and all … Read moreMemorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Reading 1  Jeremiah 26:1-9 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim,son of Josiah, king of Judah,this message came from the LORD:  Thus says the LORD:Stand in the court of the house of the LORDand speak to the people of all the cities of Judahwho … Read moreMemorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest

Reading 1 Jeremiah 18:1-6 This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;there I will give you my message.I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.Whenever the object of clay which he was makingturned out badly in his hand, he tried again,making of the … Read moreThursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Reading 1  Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth!a man of strife and contention to all the land!I neither borrow nor lend,yet all curse me.When I found your words, I devoured them;they became my joy and the happiness of my … Read moreMemorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus

Reading 1 Jeremiah 14:17-22 Let my eyes stream with tearsday and night, without rest,Over the great destruction which overwhelmsthe virgin daughter of my people,over her incurable wound.If I walk out into the field,look! those slain by the sword;If I enter the city,look! those consumed by hunger.Even the prophet and the priestforage in a land they … Read moreTuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1  Jeremiah 13:1-11 The LORD said to me: Go buy yourself a linen loincloth;wear it on your loins, but do not put it in water.I bought the loincloth, as the LORD commanded, and put it on.A second time the word of the LORD came to me thus:Take the loincloth which you bought and are … Read moreMonday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12 The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.” Solomon answered:“O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant, kingto succeed my father David;but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I … Read moreSeventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Brothers and sisters: We hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in … Read moreFeast of Saint James, Apostle

Reading 1  Jeremiah 3:14-17 Return, rebellious children, says the LORD,for I am your Master;I will take you, one from a city, two from a clan,and bring you to Zion.I will appoint over you shepherds after my own heart,who will shepherd you wisely and prudently.When you multiply and become fruitful in the land,says the LORD,They will … Read moreFriday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time