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Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -SATURDAY, 19 July 2025 |Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryLISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 19, 2025 | Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary Do you have a long list of things you think God should do? Do you pray with the hope that persistence will make Him grant your requests? If your prayers align with His will, they will bear fruit. But if they stem from your own desires, no amount of prayer will make them so. If this is your struggle, begin again by fixing your eyes on the Suffering Servant. Remember that God’s ways are often far ab...
2025-07-1812 min
Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer - FRIDAY, 18 July 2025 |Fifteenth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - July 18, 2025 | Fifteenth Week in Ordinary TimeReflect today on any tendency you may have to judge or condemn others. If you notice this in yourself, consider the example of the Pharisees—their self-righteousness was both harmful and unattractive. Let their example serve as a warning, and choose instead to reject judgmental thoughts the moment they arise.Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever yo...
2025-07-1713 min
Sunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 12, 2025 - Feast of the Baptism of the LordFeast of the Baptism of the Lord|Sunday Mass Readings - January 12, 2025 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Is 40:1–5, 9–11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1b–2, 3–4, 24–25, 27–28, 29–30
Second Reading: Ti 2:11–14; 3:4–7
Gospel: Lk 3:15–16, 21–22
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Collect
O God, whose Only Begotten Son
has appeared in our very flesh,
grant, we pray, that we may be inwardly transformed
through him whom we recognize as outwardly like ourselves.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
2025-01-1106 minSunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 05, 2025 - Solemnity of the Epiphany of the LordSolemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord|Sunday Mass Readings - January 05, 2025 (Cycle C)
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First Reading:Is 60:1–6
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 72:1–2, 7–8, 10–11, 12–13
Second Reading: Eph 3:2–3a, 5–6
Gospel: Mt 2:1–12
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Collect
O God, who on this day
revealed your Only Begotten Son to the nations
by the guidance of a star,
grant in your mercy,
that we, who know you already by faith,
may be brought to behold the beauty of your sublime glo...
2025-01-0406 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 29, 2024 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and JosephFeast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph| Sunday Mass Readings - December 29, 2024 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Sir 3:2–6, 12–14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128:1–2, 3, 4–5
Second Reading: Col 3:12–21
Gospel: Lk 2:41–52
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who were pleased to give us
the shining example of the Holy Family,
graciously grant that we may imitate them
in practicing the virtues of family life and in the b...
2024-12-2805 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 15, 2024 - Third Sunday of Advent3rd Sunday of Advent| Sunday Mass Readings - December 15, 2024 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Zep 3:14–18a
Responsorial Psalm: Isaiah 12:2–3, 4, 5–6
Second Reading: Phil 4:4–7
Gospel: Lk 3:10–18
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Nativity,
enable us, we pray,
to attain the joys of so great a salvation
and to celebrate them always
2024-12-1405 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 08, 2024 - Second Sunday of Advent2nd Sunday of Advent| Sunday Mass Readings - December 08, 2024 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Bar 5:1–9
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 126:1–2, 2–3, 4–5, 6
Second Reading: Phil 1:4–6, 8–11
Gospel: Lk 3:1–6
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in haste to meet your Son,
but may our learning of heavenly wisdom
gain us admittance to his company.
Who lives an...
2024-12-0706 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 01, 2024 - First Sunday of Advent1st Sunday of Advent| Sunday Mass Readings - December 01, 2024 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Jer 33:14–16
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25:4–5, 8–9, 10, 14
Second Reading: 1 Thes 3:12—4:2
Gospel: Lk 21:25–28, 34–36
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
with righteous deeds at his coming,
so that, gathered at his right hand,
they may be worthy to possess t...
2024-11-3004 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 24, 2024 - Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the UniverseSolemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe | Sunday Mass Readings - November 24, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dn 7:13 – 14
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 93:1, 1–2, 5
Second Reading: Rv 1:5 – 8
Gospel: Jn 18:33b – 37
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
whose will is to restore all things
in your beloved Son, the King of the universe,
grant, we pray,
that the whole creation, set free from slavery...
2024-11-2304 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 01, 2024 - First Sunday of Advent1st Sunday of Advent| Sunday Mass Readings - December 01, 2024 (Cycle C)
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First Reading: Jer 33:14–16
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25:4–5, 8–9, 10, 14
Second Reading: 1 Thes 3:12—4:2
Gospel: Lk 21:25–28, 34–36
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
with righteous deeds at his coming,
so that, gathered at his right hand,
they may be worthy to possess t...
2024-11-1804 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 17, 2024 - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - November 17, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dn 12:1 – 3
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 16:5, 8, 9 – 10, 1
Second Reading: Heb 10:11 – 14, 18
Gospel: Mk 13:24 – 32
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant us, we pray, O Lord our God,
the constant gladness of being devoted to you,
for it is full and lasting happiness
to serve with constancy
the author of all that is good.
Throug...
2024-11-1605 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 10, 2024 - Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - November 10, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 1 Kgs 17:10 – 16
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 146:7, 8 – 9, 9 – 10
Second Reading: Heb 9:24 – 28
Gospel: Mk 12:38 – 44
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty and merciful God,
graciously keep from us all adversity,
so that, unhindered in mind and body alike,
we may pursue in freedom of heart
the things that are yours.
Through our Lord Jesus Chri...
2024-11-0905 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 03, 2024 - Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time31st Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - November 03, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dt 6:2 – 6
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 18:2 – 3, 3 – 4, 47, 51
Second Reading: Heb 7:23 – 28
Gospel: Mk 12:28b – 34
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty and merciful God,
by whose gift your faithful offer you
right and praiseworthy service,
grant, we pray, that we may hasten without
stumbling to receive the things you have promised.
Through our Lord J...
2024-11-0205 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 27, 2024 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - October 27, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jer 31:7 – 9
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 126:1 – 2, 2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6
Second Reading: Heb 5:1 – 6
Gospel: Mk 10:46 – 52
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
increase our faith, hope and charity,
and make us love what you command,
so that we may merit what you promise.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives...
2024-10-2605 min
Praying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -FRIDAY, 25 OCTOBER 2024 | Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - October 25, 2024 | 29th Week in Ordinary Time
"... Every human person, created in the image of God, has the natural right to be recognized as a free and responsible being. All owe to each other this duty of respect. the right to the exercise of freedom, especially in moral and religious matters..." (Catechism of the Catholic Church, n 1738)
Join the universal Church in praying the Office of Lauds, wherever...
2024-10-2414 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 20, 2024 - Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - October 20, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 53:10 – 11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:4 – 5, 18 – 19, 20, 22
Second Reading: Heb 4:14 – 16
Gospel: Mk 10:35 – 45 or 10:42 – 45
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
grant that we may always conform our will to yours
and serve your majesty in sincerity of heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God...
2024-10-1905 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 13, 2024 - Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time28th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - October 13, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Wis 7:7 – 11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 90:12 – 13, 14 – 15, 16 – 17
Second Reading: Heb 4:12 – 13
Gospel: Mk 10:17 – 30 or 10:17 – 27
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COLLECT PRAYER:
May your grace, O Lord, we pray,
at all times go before us and follow after
and make us always determined
to carry out good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the uni...
2024-10-1206 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 06, 2024 - Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time27th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - October 06, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Gn 2:18 – 24
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128:1–2, 3, 4–5, 6
Second Reading: Heb 2:9–11
Gospel: Mk 10:2 – 16
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us
to pardon what conscience dreads
and to give what prayer does not dare to ask.
2024-10-0505 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 29, 2024 - Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time26th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - September 29, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Nm 11:25 – 29
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 19:8, 10, 12 – 13, 14
Second Reading: Jas 5:1 – 6
Gospel: Mk 9:38 – 43, 45, 47 – 48
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who manifest your almighty power
above all by pardoning and showing mercy,
bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us
and make those hastening to attain your promises
heirs to the treasures of heaven.
Through our Lord Jesus Chri...
2024-09-2805 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 22, 2024 - Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time25th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - September 22, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Wis 2:12, 17 – 20
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 54:3 – 4, 5, 6 – 8
Second Reading: Jas 3:16 — 4:3
Gospel: Mk 9:30 – 37
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we may merit to attain eternal life.
Through ou...
2024-09-2105 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 15, 2024 - Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time24th Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - September 15, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 50:5 – 9a
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 116:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 8 – 9
Second Reading: Jas 2:14 – 18
Gospel: Mk 8:27 – 35
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Look upon us, O God,
Creator and ruler of all things,
and, that we may feel the working of your mercy, grant that we may serve you with all our heart.
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2024-09-1405 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 08, 2024 - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - September 08, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 35:4 – 7a
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 146:7, 8 – 9, 9 – 10
Second Reading: Jas 2:1 – 5
Gospel: Mk 7:31 – 37
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters, that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom
and an everlasting inheritance.
2024-09-0704 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 01, 2024 - Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - September 01, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dt 4:1 – 2, 6 – 8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 15:2 – 3, 3 – 4, 4 – 5
Second Reading: Jas 1:17 – 18, 21b – 22, 27
Gospel: Mk 7:1 – 8, 14 – 15, 21 – 23
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COLLECT PRAYER:
God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by y our watchful care, k...
2024-08-3105 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 25, 2024 - Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time21st Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - August 25, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jos 24:1 – 2a, 15 – 17, 18b
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34:2 – 3, 16 – 17, 18 – 19, 20 – 21
Second Reading: Eph 5:21 – 32 or 5:2a, 25 – 32
Gospel: Jn 6:60 – 69
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who cause the minds of the faithful to unite in a single purpose, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what you promise, that, amid the uncertainties of t...
2024-08-2406 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 18, 2024 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time20th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - August 18, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Prv 9:1 – 6
Responsorial Psalm:Ps 34:2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7
Second Reading:Eph 5:15 – 20
Gospel: Jn 6:51 – 58
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, you have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray with the warmth of your love,
so that, loving you in all things and above all things...
2024-08-1704 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 11, 2024 - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
19th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - August 11, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 1 Kgs 19:4 – 8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 34:2 – 3, 4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 9
Second Reading: Eph 4:30 — 5:2
Gospel: Jn 6:41 – 51
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
whom, taught by the Holy Spirit,
we dare to call our Father,
bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit of adoption as your sons a...
2024-08-1005 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 04, 2024 - Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time18th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - August 04, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Ex 16:2 – 4, 12 – 15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 78:3 – 4, 23 – 24, 25, 54
Second Reading: Eph 4:17, 20 – 24
Gospel: Jn 6:24 – 35
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Draw near to your servants, O Lord,
and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep safe wh...
2024-08-0306 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -THURSDAY, 01 AUGUST 2024 | Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchLISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 01, 2024 | Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
LISTEN | Morning Prayer - August 01, 2024 | Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
“Wherever we go, even to the smallest parish in the most remote corner of this earth, there is the one Church. And this is a great gift of God! The Church is one for us all.” (Francis)
2024-07-3115 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 28, 2024 - Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time17th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - July 28, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 2 Kgs 4:42 – 44
Responsorial Psalm:Ps 145:10–11, 15–16, 17–18
Second Reading: Eph 4:1 – 6
Gospel: Jn 6:1 – 15
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, protector of those who hope in you, without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy,
bestow in abundance your mercy upon us and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide, we ma...
2024-07-2705 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 21, 2024 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time16th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - July 21, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jer 23:1 – 6
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 23:1 – 3, 3 – 4, 5, 6
Second Reading: Eph 2:13 – 18
Gospel: Mk 6:30 – 34
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Show favor, O Lord, to your servants
and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace, that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.
Through ou...
2024-07-2005 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 14, 2024 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time15th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - July 14, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Am 7:12 – 15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85:9 – 10, 11 – 12, 13 – 14
Second Reading: Eph 1:3 – 14 or 1:3 – 10
Gospel: Mk 6:7 – 13
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who show the light of your truth to those who go astray,
so that they may return to the right path, give all who for the faith they profess are ac...
2024-07-1305 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 30, 2024 - Thirteenth Sunday of the Ordinary Time13th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - June 30, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Wis 1:13 – 15; 2:23 – 24
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 30:2, 4, 5 – 6, 11, 12, 13
Second Reading: 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13 – 15
Gospel: Mk 5:21 – 43 or 5:21 – 24, 35b – 43
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who through the grace of adoption
chose us to be children of light,
grant, we pray,
that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error
but always be seen to stand...
2024-06-2905 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 23, 2024 - Twelfth Sunday of the Ordinary Time12th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - June 23, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jb 38:1, 8 – 11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 107:23 – 24, 25 – 26, 28 – 29, 30 – 31
Second Reading: 2 Cor 5:14 – 17
Gospel: Mk 4:35 – 41
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant, O Lord,
that we may always revere and love your holy name,
for you never deprive of your guidance
those you set firm on the foundation of your love.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your S...
2024-06-2204 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 16, 2024 - Eleventh Sunday of the Ordinary Time11th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - June 16, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Ez 17:22 – 24
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 92:2 – 3, 13 – 14, 15 – 16
Second Reading: Cor 5:6 – 10
Gospel: Mk 4:26 – 34
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, strength of those who hope in you,
graciously hear our pleas,
and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing,
grant us always the help of your grace
that in following your commands...
2024-06-1505 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 09, 2024 - Tenth Sunday of the Ordinary Time10th Sunday of the Ordinary Time| Sunday Mass Readings - June 02, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Gn 3:9 – 15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 130:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6, 7 – 8 • 2
Second Reading: Cor 4:13 — 5:1
Gospel:Mk 3:20 – 35
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, from whom all good things come,
grant that we, who call on you in our need,
may at your prompting discern what is right,
and by your guidance do it.
Through our Lo...
2024-06-0807 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -THURSDAY, 06 June 2024 | Ninth Week in Ordinary TimeLISTEN | Morning Prayer - June 06, 2024 | 9th Week in Ordinary Time
“If the love of God has planted deep roots in a person, then he is able to love even those who do not deserve it, as God does us.” (Benedict XVI)
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2024-06-0513 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 02, 2024 - Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of ChristFeast of the Corpus Christi| Sunday Mass Readings - June 02, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Ex 24:3 – 8
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 116:12 – 13, 15 – 16, 17 – 18
Second Reading: Heb 9:11 – 15
Gospel: Mk 14:12 – 16, 22 – 26
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament
have left us a memorial of your Passion,
grant us, we pray,
so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood
that we may always exp...
2024-06-0107 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 26, 2024 - Solemnity of the Most Holy TrinitySolemnity of the Most Holy Trinity| Sunday Mass Readings - May 19, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dt 4:32 – 34, 39 – 40
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 33:4 – 5, 6, 9, 18 – 19, 20, 22
Second Reading: Rom 8:14 – 17
Gospel: Mt 28:16 – 20
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COLLECT PRAYER:
God our Father, who by sending into the world
the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification
made known to the human race your wondrous mystery,
grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith,
we may ackno...
2024-05-2504 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 19, 2024 - Solemnity of PentecostSolemnity of Pentecost| Sunday Mass Readings - May 19, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 2:1 – 11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 104:1, 24, 29 – 30, 31, 34
Second Reading: Gal 5:16 – 25
Gospel: Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who by the mystery of today’s great feast
sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation,
pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit
across the face of the earth
and, with the divi...
2024-05-1806 minPraying the Lauds - Your Daily Christian Morning PrayerMorning Prayer -SATURDAY, 18 May 2024 | Seventh Week of EastertideLISTEN | Morning Prayer - May 18, 2024 | 7th Week of Eastertide
“The disciple of Christ must not only keep the faith and live on it, but also profess it, confidently bear witness to it, and spread it: ‘All however must be prepared to confess Christ before men and to follow him along the way of the Cross, amidst the persecutions which the Church never lacks’ (Second Vatican Council)” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, Nº 1816)
2024-05-1711 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 12, 2024 - Seventh Sunday of Easter7th Sunday of Easter| Sunday Mass Readings - May 12, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 1:15 – 17, 20a, 20c – 26
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 103:1 – 2, 11 – 12, 19 – 20
Second Reading: 1 Jn 4:11 – 16
Gospel: Jn 17:11b – 19
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Gladden us with holy joys, almighty God, and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation, and, where the Head has gone before us in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope. Through our Lord Jesus Chr...
2024-05-1106 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 05, 2024 - Sixth Sunday of Easter6th Sunday of Easter| Sunday Mass Readings - May 05, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 10:25 – 26, 34 – 35, 44 – 48
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98:1, 2 – 3, 3 – 4
Second Reading: 1 Jn 4:7 – 10
Gospel: Jn 15:9 – 17
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant, almighty God,
that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy,
which we keep in honor of the risen Lord,
and that what we relive in remembrance
we may always hold to in what we do.
Through...
2024-05-0405 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 28, 2024 -Fifth Sunday of EasterFifth Sunday of Easter| Sunday Mass Readings - April 28, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 9:26 – 31
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 22:26 – 27, 28, 30, 31 – 32
Second Reading: 1 Jn 3:18 – 24
Gospel: Jn 15:1 – 8
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal.
Through our Lord Jesus Chri...
2024-04-2705 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 21, 2024 -Fourth Sunday of Easter—Good Shepherd SundayFourth Sunday of Easter—Good Shepherd Sunday| Sunday Mass Readings - April 21, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 4:8 – 12
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:1, 8 – 9, 21 – 23, 26, 28, 29
Second Reading: 1 Jn 3:1 – 2
Gospel: Jn 10:11 – 18
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
lead us to a share in the joys of heaven,
so that the humble flock may reach
where the brave Shepherd has gone before.
Who lives and reigns with you in the unity...
2024-04-2004 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 14, 2024 - Third Sunday of EasterThird Sunday of Easter| Sunday Mass Readings - April 14, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 3:13 – 15, 17 – 19
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 4:2, 4, 7 – 8, 9
Second Reading: 1 Jn 2:1 – 5a
Gospel: Lk 24:35 – 48
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COLLECT PRAYER:
May your people exult for ever, O God,
in renewed youthfulness of spirit,
so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope
to the rejoicing of the day of resurre...
2024-04-1305 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 7, 2024 - Sunday of Divine Mercy—Second Sunday of EasterSunday of Divine Mercy—Second Sunday of Easter|
Sunday Mass Readings - April 07, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Acts 4:32 – 35
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 118:2 – 4, 13 – 15, 22 – 24
Second Reading: 1 Jn 5:1 – 6
Gospel: Jn 20:19 – 31
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COLLECT PRAYER:
God of everlasting mercy,
who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast
kindle the faith of the people you have made your own, increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed, that all may grasp and...
2024-04-0606 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 24, 2024 - Palm Sunday of the Passion of the LordPalm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord|
Sunday Mass Readings - March 24, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 50:4-7
Responsorial Psalm: 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24
Second Reading: Phil 2:6-11
Gospel: Mk 14:1—15:47
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty and ever-living God,
who as an example of humility for the human race to follow caused our Savior to take flesh and submit to the Cross, graciously grant that we ma...
2024-03-2323 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 17, 2024 - Fifth Sunday of LentFIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT| Sunday Mass Readings - March 17, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jer 31:31-34
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15
Second Reading: Heb 5:7-9
Gospel: Jn 12:20-33
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COLLECT PRAYER:
By your help, we beseech you, Lord our God,
may we walk eagerly in that same charity
with which, out of love for the world,
2024-03-1605 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 10, 2024 - Fourth Sunday of LentFOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT| Sunday Mass Readings - March 10, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 2 Chr 36:14-16, 19-23
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5,6
Second Reading: Eph 2:4-10
Gospel: Jn 3:14-21
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who through your Word
reconcile the human race to yourself in a wonderful way, grant, we pray,
that with prompt devotion and eager...
2024-03-1006 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 03, 2024 - Third Sunday of LentTHIRD SUNDAY OF LENT| Sunday Mass Readings - March 03, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Ex 20:1-3, 7-8, 12-17
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
Second Reading: 1 Cor 1:22-25
Gospel: Jn 2:13-25
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, author of every mercy and of all goodness,
who in fasting, prayer and almsgiving
have shown us a remedy for sin,
look graciously on this...
2024-03-0205 minSunday Mass ReadingsFebruary 25, 2024 - Second Sunday of LentSECOND SUNDAY OF LENT| Sunday Mass Readings - Febraury 25, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Gn 22:1 – 2, 9a, 10 – 13, 15 – 18
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 116:10, 15, 16 – 17, 18 – 19
Second Reading: Rom 8:31b – 34
Gospel: Mk 9:2 – 10
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who have commanded us
to listen to your beloved Son,
be pleased, we pray,
to nourish us inwardly by your word,
that, with spiritual sight made pure,
we may rejoice to behold your glory.
...
2024-02-2406 minSunday Mass ReadingsFebruary 18, 2024 - First Sunday of LentFIRST SUNDAY OF LENT| Sunday Mass Readings - Febraury 18, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Gn 9:8 – 15
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25:4 – 5, 6 – 7, 8 – 9
Second Reading: 1 Pt 3:18 – 22
Gospel: Mk 1:12 – 15
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant, almighty God,
through the yearly observances of holy Lent,
that we may grow in understanding
of the riches hidden in Christ
and by worthy conduct pursue their effects.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives...
2024-02-1704 minSunday Mass ReadingsFebruary 11, 2024 - Sixth Sunday in Ordinary TimeSIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - Febraury 11, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Lv 13:1 – 2, 44 – 46
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 32:1 – 2, 5, 11
Second Reading: 1 Cor 10:31 — 11:1
Gospel: Mk 1:40 – 45
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COLLECT PRAYER:
O God, who teach us that you abide
in hearts that are just and true,
grant that we may be so fashioned by your grace
as to become a dwelling pleasing to you.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
2024-02-1004 minSunday Mass ReadingsFebruary 04, 2024 - Fifth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - Febraury 04, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jb 7:1 – 4, 6 – 7
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 147:1 – 2, 3 – 4, 5 – 6
Second Reading: 1 Cor 9:16 – 19, 22 – 23
Gospel: Mk 1:29 – 39
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Keep your family safe, O Lord, with unfailing care,
that, relying solely on the hope of heavenly grace,
they may be defended always by your protection.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity...
2024-02-0305 minSunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 28, 2024 - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary TimeFOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - January 28, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Dt 18:15-20
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 7-9
Second Reading: 1 Cor 7:32-35
Gospel: Mk 1:21-28
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Grant us, Lord our God,
that we may honor you with all our mind,
and love everyone in truth of heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in...
2024-01-2905 minSunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 21, 2024 - Third Sunday in Ordinary TimeTHIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - January 21, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Jon 3:1-5, 10
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
Second Reading: 1 Cor 7:29-31
Gospel:Mk 1:14-20
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
direct our actions according to your good pleasure,
that in the name of your beloved Son
we may abound in good works.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who...
2024-01-2004 minSunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 14, 2024 - Second Sunday in Ordinary TimeSECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - January 14, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 1 Sm 3:3b-10, 19
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10
Second Reading: 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20
Gospel: Jn 1:35-42
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
who govern all things,
both in heaven and on earth,
mercifully hear the pleading of your people
and bestow your peace on our times.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ...
2024-01-1306 minSunday Mass ReadingsJanuary 07, 2024 - The Epiphany of the LordTHE EPIPHANY OF THE LORD | Sunday Mass Readings - January 07, 2024 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or Is 55:1-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13
Second Reading: Acts 10:34-38 or 1 Jb 5:1-9
Gospel: Mk 1:7-11
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COLLECT PRAYER:
Almighty ever-living God,
who, when Christ had been baptized in the River Jordan
and as the Holy Spirit descended upon him,
solemnly declared...
2024-01-0604 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 31, 2023 -Solemnity of the Holy FamilySOLEMNITY OF THE HOLY FAMILY | Sunday Mass Readings - December 31, 2023 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Sir 3:2-7, 12-14 or Gen 15:1-6; 21:1-3
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 or Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
Second Reading: Col 3:12-21 or 3:12-17
Gospel: Luke 2:22-4
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who were pleased to give...
2023-12-3007 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 24, 2023 -Fourth Sunday of AdventFOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 24, 2023 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: 2 Sm 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
Second Reading: Rom 16:25-27
Gospel: Lk 1:26-38
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COLLECT Prayer:
Pour forth, we beseech you, O Lord,
your grace into our hearts,
...
2023-12-2306 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 17, 2023 -Third Sunday of AdventTHIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 17, 2023 (Cycle B)
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First Reading:Is 61:1-2a, 10-11
Responsorial Psalm: Lk 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54
Second Reading: 1 Thes 5:16-24
Gospel: Jn 1:6-8, 19-28
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who see how your people
faithfully await the feast of the Lord’s Na...
2023-12-1605 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 10, 2023 - Second Sunday of AdventSECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 10, 2023 (Cycle B)
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First Reading: Is 40:1-5, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14
Second Reading: 2 Pt 3:8-14
Gospel: Mk 1:1-8
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in...
2023-12-0906 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 03, 2023 - First Sunday of AdventFIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 03, 2023 (Cycle A)
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First Reading: IS 63:16B-17, 19B; 64:2-7
Responsorial Psalm: PS 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19
Second Reading: 1 COR 1:3-9
Gospel: MK 13:33-37
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COLLECT Prayer:
Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God,
the resolve to run forth to meet your Christ
2023-12-0205 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 26, 2023 - FEAST OF CHRIST THE KINGFEAST OF CHRIST THE KING | Sunday Mass Readings - November 26, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Ez 34:11-12, 15-17
Resp. Psalm: Ps 23:1-2, 2-3, 5-6
2nd Reading: 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28
Gospel: Mt 25:31-46
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God,
2023-11-2507 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 19, 2023 - Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - November 19, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31
Resp. Psalm: Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 5:1-6
Gospel: Mt 25:14-30 or Mt 25:14-15, 19-21
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COLLECT Prayer:
2023-11-1806 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 12, 2023 - Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - November 12, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Wis 6:12-16
Resp. Psalm: Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 4:13-18 or 4:13-14
Gospel: Mt 25:1-13
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty and...
2023-11-1105 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 10, 2023 - First Sunday of AdventSECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 10, 2023 (Cycle A)
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First Reading: Is 40:1-5, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14
Second Reading: 2 Pt 3:8-14
Gospel: Mk 1:1-8
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in...
2023-11-0906 minSunday Mass ReadingsDecember 10, 2023 - Second Sunday of AdventSECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT | Sunday Mass Readings - December 10, 2023 (Cycle A)
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First Reading: Is 40:1-5, 9-11
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 85:9-10-11-12, 13-14
Second Reading: 2 Pt 3:8-14
Gospel: Mk 1:1-8
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty and merciful God,
may no earthly undertaking hinder those
who set out in...
2023-11-0906 minSunday Mass ReadingsNovember 05, 2023 - Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)THIRTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - November 05, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Mal 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10
Resp. Psalm: Ps 131:1, 2, 3
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 2:7b-9, 13
Gospel: Mt 23:1-12
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty and merciful God,
2023-11-0405 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 29, 2023 - Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - October 29, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Ex 22:20-26
Resp. Psalm: Ps 18:2-3, 3-4, 47, 51
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 1:5c-10
Gospel: Mt 22:34-40
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living...
2023-10-2804 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 22, 2023 - Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - October 22, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Is 45:1, 4-6
Resp. Psalm: Ps 96:1, 3, 4-5, 7-8, 9-10
2nd Reading: 1 Thes 1:1-5b
Gospel: Mt 22:15-21
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COLLECT Prayer:
...
2023-10-2104 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 15, 2023 - Twenty-Eight Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-EIGHT SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - October 15, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Is 25:6-10a
Resp. Psalm: Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6
2nd Reading: Phil 4:12-14, 19-20
Gospel: Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10
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COLLECT Prayer:
2023-10-1405 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 08, 2023 - Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - October 08, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Is 5:1-7
Resp. Psalm: Ps 80:9, 12, 13-14, 15-16, 19-2
2nd Reading: Phil 4:6-9
Gospel: Mt 21:33-43
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God,
who in the abundance of your kindness
surpass the merits and the desires of those...
2023-10-0706 minSunday Mass ReadingsOctober 01, 2023 - Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - October 01, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Ez 18:25-28
Resp. Psalm: Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2nd Reading: Phil 2:1-11 or 2:1-5
Gospel: Mt 21:28-32
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who manifest your almighty power
above all by pardoning and showing mercy,
bestow, we...
2023-09-3005 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 24, 2023 - Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - September 24, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Is 55:6-9
Resp. Psalm: Ps 145:2-3, 8-9, 17-18
2nd Reading: Phil 1:20c-24, 27a
Gospel: Mt 20:1-16a
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who founded all the commands of your sacred Law upon love of you and of our neighbor,
grant that, by keeping your precepts,
we may merit to attain eternal life.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
...
2023-09-2305 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 17, 2023 - Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - September 17, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Sir 27:30-28:7
Resp. Psalm: Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11-12
2nd Reading: Rom 14:7-9
Gospel: Mt 18:21-35
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COLLECT Prayer:
Look upon us, O God,
Creator and ruler of all things,
and, that we may feel the working of your mercy,
grant that we may serve you with all our heart.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
...
2023-09-1606 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 10, 2023 - Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - September 10, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Ez 33:7-9
Resp. Psalm: Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9
2nd Reading: Rom 13:8-10
Gospel: Mt 18:15-20
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, by whom...
2023-09-0904 minSunday Mass ReadingsSeptember 03, 2023 - Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - September 03, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Jer 20:7-9
Resp. Psalm: Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9
2nd Reading: Rom 12:1-2
Gospel: Mt 16:21-27
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COLLECT Prayer:
God of might, giver...
2023-09-0204 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 27, 2023 - Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - August 27, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Isaiah 22:19-23
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 137(138):1-3,6,8
2nd Reading: Romans 11:33-36
Gospel: Matthew 16:13-20
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who cause the minds of the faithful to unite in a single purpose, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what...
2023-08-2604 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 20, 2023 - Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - August 20, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: Isaiah 56:1,6-7
Resp. Psalm: Psalm 66(67):2-3,5-6,8
2nd Reading: Romans 11:13-15,29-32
Gospel: Matthew 15:21-28
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who have prepared for those who love you good things which no eye can see, fill our hearts, we pray, with the warmth...
2023-08-1904 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 13, 2023 - Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - August 13, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading: 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-13A
Resp. Psalm: Psalms 85:9,10,11-12,13-14
2nd Reading: Romans 9:1-5
Gospel Matthew 14:22-33
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God, whom, taught by the Holy Spirit, we dare to call our Father, bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit of adoption as your sons and daughters, that we may merit to enter into the...
2023-08-1205 minSunday Mass ReadingsAugust 6, 2023 - Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord (Cycle A)Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord | Sunday Mass Readings - August 06, 2023 (Cycle A)
1st Reading Daniel 7:9-10,13-14
Resp. Psalm Psalm 97:1-2,5-6,9
2nd Reading 2 Peter 1:16-19
Gospel Matthew 17:1-9
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who in the glorious Transfiguration of your Only Begotten Son confirmed the mysteries of faith by the witness of the Fathers and wonderfully prefigured our full adoption to sonship, grant, we pray, to your servants, that, listening to the voice of your beloved Son, we may merit to become...
2023-08-0505 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 30, 2023 - Seventeeth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - July 30, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading 1 Kings 3:5,7-12
Resp. Psalm Psalm 118(119):57,72,76-77,127-130
2nd Reading Romans 8:28-30
Gospel Matthew 13:44-52
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, protector of those who hope in you, without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy, bestow in abundance your mercy upon us and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may use the good things that pass in such a way...
2023-07-2906 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 23, 2023 - Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - July 23, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Wis 12:13, 16-19
Resp. Psalm Ps 86:5-6, 9-10, 15-16
2nd Reading Rom 8:26-27
Gospel Mt 13:24-43
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COLLECT Prayer:
Show favor, O Lord, to your servants and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace, that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of...
2023-07-2205 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 16, 2023 - Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - July 16, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Isaiah 55:10-11
Resp. Psalm Psalms 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14
2nd Reading Romans 8:18-23
Gospel Matthew 13:1-23
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who show the light of your truth to those who go astray, so that they may return to the right path, give all who for the faith they profess are accounted Christians the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ and to strive after all that d...
2023-07-1507 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 9, 2023 - Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - July 9, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Zechariah 9:9-10
Resp. Psalm Psalms 145:1-2, 8-9, 10-11, 13-14
2nd Reading Romans 8:9, 11-13
Gospel Matthew 11:25-30
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who in the abasement of your Son have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin you bestow eternal gladness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the...
2023-07-0805 minSunday Mass ReadingsJuly 2, 2023 - Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - July 2, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16A
Resp. Psalm Psalms 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19
2nd Reading Romans 6:3-4, 8-11
Gospel Matthew 10:37-42
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who through the grace of adoption chose us to be children of light, grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives...
2023-07-0106 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 25, 2023 - Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - June 25, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Jeremiah 20:10-13
Resp. Psalm Psalms 69:8-10, 14, 17, 33-35
2nd Reading Romans 5:12-15
Gospel Mt. 10:26-33
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COLLECT Prayer:
Grant, O Lord, that we may always revere and love your holy name, for you never deprive of your guidance those you set firm on the foundation of your love. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ev...
2023-06-2406 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 18, 2023 - Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - June 18, 2023 (Cycle A)
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1st Reading Exodus 19:2-6
Resp. Psalm Psalms 100:1-2, 3., 5
2nd Reading Rom 5:6-11
Gospel Mt. 9:36-10:8
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, strength of those who hope in you, graciously hear our pleas, and, since without you mortal frailty can do nothing, grant us always the help of your grace, that in following your commands we may please you by our resolve and our deeds. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and re...
2023-06-1706 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 11, 2023 - Corpus Christi Sunday (Year A)CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 11, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A
Resp. Psalm Psalms 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 10:16-17
Gospel John 6:51-58
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who in this wonderful Sacrament have left us a memorial of your Passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your redemption. Who live and reign with God the Father...
2023-06-1006 minSunday Mass ReadingsJune 4, 2023 - Trinity Sunday (Year A)SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY | Sunday Mass Readings - June 4, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Exodus 34:4B-6, 8-9
Resp. Psalm Daniel 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56
2nd Reading 2 Corinthians 13:11-13
Gospel John 3:16-18
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COLLECT Prayer:
God our Father, who by sending into the world the Word of truth and the Spirit of sanctification made known to the human race your wondrous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the Trinity of eternal glory and adore your Unity, powerful in maj...
2023-06-0304 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 28, 2023 - Pentecost Sunday (Year A)PENTECOST SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - May 28, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 2:1-11
Resp. Psalm Psalms 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 12:3B-7, 12-13
Gospel John 20:19-23
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COLLECT Prayer:
O God, who by the mystery of today's great feast sanctify your whole Church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth and, with the divine grace that was at work when the Gospel was first proclaimed, fill now once more t...
2023-05-2706 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 21, 2023 - Ascension Sunday (Year A)ASCENSION SUNDAY | Sunday Mass Readings - May 21, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 1:1-11
Resp. Psalm Psalms 47:2-3, 6-7, 8-9
2nd Reading Ephesians 1:17-23
Gospel Matthew 28:16-20
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COLLECT Prayer:
Gladden us with holy joys, almighty God, and make us rejoice with devout thanksgiving, for the Ascension of Christ your Son is our exaltation, and, where the Head has gone before in glory, the Body is called to follow in hope. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the un...
2023-05-2006 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 14, 2023 - Sixth Sunday of Easter (Year A)SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 14, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 8:5-8, 14-17
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
2nd Reading 1 Peter 3:15-18
Gospel John 14:15-21
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COLLECT Prayer:
Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord, and that what we relieve in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the...
2023-05-1306 minSunday Mass ReadingsMay 7, 2023 - Fifth Sunday of Easter (Year A)FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - May 7, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 6:1-7
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19
2nd Reading 1 Peter 2:4-9
Gospel John 14:1-12
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God, constantly accomplish the Paschal Mystery within us, that those you were pleased to make new in Holy Baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joys of life eternal. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the...
2023-05-0607 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 30, 2023 - Fourth Sunday of Easter (Year A)FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - April 30, 2023 (Year A)
Good Shepherd Sunday | World Day of Prayer for Vocations
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1st Reading Acts 2:14A, 36-41
Resp. Psalm Psalms 23: 1-3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6
2nd Reading 1 Peter 2:20B-25
Gospel John 10:1-10
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COLLECT Prayer:
Almighty ever-living God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven, so that the humble flock may reach where the brave Shepherd has gone before. Who lives and reigns with you in the unity o...
2023-04-2906 minSunday Mass ReadingsApril 23, 2023 - Third Sunday of Easter (Year A)THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER | Sunday Mass Readings - April 23, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33
Resp. Psalm Psalms 16:1-2, 5, 7-8, 9-10, 11
2nd Reading 1 Peter 1:17-21
Gospel Luke 24:13-35
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COLLECT Prayer:
May your people exult for ever, O God, in renewed youthfulness of spirit, so that, rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the uni...
2023-04-2209 minSunday Mass ReadingsMarch 5, 2023 - Second Sunday of Lent (Year A)SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT | Sunday Mass Readings - March 5, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Genesis 12:1-4A
Resp. Psalm Psalms 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22
2nd Reading 2 Timothy 1:8B-10
Gospel Matthew 17:1-9
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Collect Prayer:
O God, who have commanded us to listen to your beloved Son, be pleased, we pray, to nourish us inwardly by your word, that, with spiritual sight made pure, we may rejoice to behold your glory. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, G...
2023-03-0405 min
Sunday Mass ReadingsFeb 26, 2023 - First Sunday of Lent (Year A)FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT | Sunday Mass Readings - February 26, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Resp. Psalm Psalms 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17
2nd Reading Romans 5:12-19
Gospel Matthew 4:1-11
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Collect Prayer:
Grant, almighty God, through the yearly observances of holy Lent, that we may grow in understanding of the riches hidden in Christ and by worthy conduct pursue their effects. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
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2023-02-2509 min
Sunday Mass ReadingsFeb 19, 2023 - Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME | Sunday Mass Readings - February 19, 2023 (Year A)
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1st Reading Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18
Resp. Psalm Psalms 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13
2nd Reading 1 Corinthians 3:16-23
Gospel Matthew 5:38-48
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Collect Prayer:
Grant, we pray, almighty God, that, always pondering spiritual things, we may carry out in both word and deed that which is pleasing to you. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever.
Listen, pray and...
2023-02-1806 min