Reading 1 1 JN 2:18-21 Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming,so now many antichrists have appeared. Thus we know this is the last hour. They went out from us, but they were not really of our number;if they had been, they would have remained with us. Their desertion shows […]
Month: December 2020
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Reading 1 1 JN 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the Evil One. I write to you, children, […]
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Thomas Becket, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1 1 JN 2:3-11 Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But […]
Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
Reading 1 1 JN 1:5—2:2 Beloved: This is the message that we have heard from Jesus Christ and proclaim to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” while we continue to walk in darkness, we lie and do not act in […]
The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Reading 1 SIR 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by […]
Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr
Reading 1 ACTS 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which […]
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Day
Readings for the Christmas Readings for the Vigil Mass Readings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Night Readings for the Dawn Reading 1 Is 52:7-10 How beautiful upon the mountainsare the feet of him who brings glad tidings,announcing peace, bearing good news,announcing salvation, and saying to Zion,“Your God is […]
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Night
Readings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Day Readings for the Christmas Readings for the Vigil Mass Readings for the Dawn Reading 1 Is 9:1-6 The people who walked in darknesshave seen a great light;upon those who dwelt in the land of glooma light has shone.You have brought them […]
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – At the Vigil Mass
Readings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Day Readings for the Christmas Readings for the The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) – Mass During the Night Readings for the Dawn Reading 1 Is 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent,for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet,until […]
