Saturday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 5:13-20 Beloved: Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing a song of praise. Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the Church, and they should pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. … [Read more…]

Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 5:9-12 Do not complain, brothers and sisters, about one another, that you may not be judged. Behold, the Judge is standing before the gates. Take as an example of hardship and patience, brothers and sisters, the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. Indeed we call blessed those who have … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 5:1-6 Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire. You have stored up treasure for the … [Read more…]

Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr Reading I Jas 4:13-17 Beloved: Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town, spend a year there doing business, and make a profit”– you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow. You are … [Read more…]

Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 3:13-18 Beloved: Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show his works by a good life   in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. Wisdom of this kind does not … [Read more…]

Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep within the barricade, with his … [Read more…]

Saturday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 3:1-10 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, for you realize that we will be judged more strictly, for we all fall short in many respects. If anyone does not fall short in speech, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also. If we … [Read more…]

Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 2:14-24, 26 What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone says he has faith but does not have works?    Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 2:1-9 My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you adhere to the faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. For if a man with gold rings and fine clothes   comes into your assembly, and a poor person with shabby clothes also comes in,   and you pay attention to the one wearing … [Read more…]

Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jas 1:19-27 Know this, my dear brothers and sisters: everyone should be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger for anger does not accomplish the righteousness of God. Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to … [Read more…]