First Sunday of Advent

Reading 1 IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7 You, LORD, are our father,our redeemer you are named forever.Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways,and harden our hearts so that we fear you not?Return for the sake of your servants,the tribes of your heritage.Oh, that you would rend the heavens and come down,with the … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Thanksgiving Day Readings for the Thanksgiving Day Reading 1 RV 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9A I, John, saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth became illumined by his splendor. He cried out in a mighty voice:“Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great. She has become a haunt for … [Read more…]

Thanksgiving Day

Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Readings for the Thanksgiving Day The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading 1 Sir 50:22-24 And now, bless the God of all,who has done wondrous things on earth;Who fosters people’s growth from their mother’s womb,and … [Read more…]

Thanksgiving Day

Readings for the Thanksgiving Day Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeThanksgiving Day   – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, 1970 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine; … [Read more…]

Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 RV 15:1-4 I, John, saw in heaven another sign, great and awe-inspiring: seven angels with the seven last plagues, for through them God’s fury is accomplished. Then I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire. On the sea of glass were standing those who had won the victory over the … [Read more…]