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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

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest Reading 1 Proverbs 30:5-9 Every word of God is tested;he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.Add nothing to his words,lest he reprove you, and you will be exposed as a deceiver. Two things I ask of you,deny them not to me … Read moreMemorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest

Reading 1 Proverbs 21:1-6, 10-13 Like a stream is the king’s heart in the hand of the LORD;wherever it pleases him, he directs it. All the ways of a man may be right in his own eyes,but it is the LORD who proves hearts. To do what is right and justis more acceptable to the … Read moreTuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 Brothers and sisters:I, a prisoner for the Lord,urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received,with all humility and gentleness, with patience,bearing with one another through love,striving to preserve the unity of the Spiritthrough the bond of peace:one Body and one Spirit,as you were also … Read moreFeast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist

Reading 1 Isaiah 55:6-9 Seek the LORD while he may be found,call him while he is near.Let the scoundrel forsake his way,and the wicked his thoughts;let him turn to the LORD for mercy;to our God, who is generous in forgiving.For my thoughts are not your thoughts,nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD.As high … Read moreTwenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42-49 Brothers and sisters:Someone may say, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come back?”You fool!What you sow is not brought to life unless it dies.And what you sow is not the body that is to bebut a bare kernel of wheat, perhaps, or of some … Read moreSaturday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Brothers and sisters:If Christ is preached as raised from the dead,how can some among you say there is no resurrection of the dead?If there is no resurrection of the dead,then neither has Christ been raised.And if Christ has not been raised, then empty too is our preaching;empty, too, your faith.Then … Read moreFriday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 I am reminding you, brothers and sisters,of the Gospel I preached to you,which you indeed received and in which you also stand.Through it you are also being saved,if you hold fast to the word I preached to you,unless you believed in vain.For I handed on to you as of first … Read moreThursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13 Brothers and sisters:Strive eagerly for the greatest spiritual gifts. But I shall show you a still more excellent way. If I speak in human and angelic tonguesbut do not have love,I am a resounding … Read moreMemorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs

Readings for the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows Reading 1 1 Corinthians 12:12-14, 27-31a Brothers and sisters:As a body is one though it has many parts,and all the parts of the body, though many, are one body,so also Christ.For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one Body,whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or … Read moreMemorial of Our Lady of Sorrows