Month: March 2021

Reading I Is 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me      a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to speak to the weary     a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning     he opens my ear that I may hear; And I have not rebelled,     have not turned back. I gave […]

Reading I Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands,     listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth,     from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword     and concealed me in the shadow of his arm. He made me a polished arrow,     in his […]

Reading I Is 42:1-7 Here is my servant whom I uphold,     my chosen one with whom I am pleased, Upon whom I have put my Spirit;     he shall bring forth justice to the nations, Not crying out, not shouting,     not making his voice heard in the street. A bruised reed he shall […]

At the Procession with Palms – Gospel Mk 11:1-10 When Jesus and his disciples drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives,  he sent two of his disciples and said to them,  “Go into the village opposite you, and immediately on entering it,  you will find a colt tethered on […]

Reading I Ez 37:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take the children of Israel from among the nations     to which they have come,     and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land. I will make them one nation upon the land,     in the mountains of Israel, […]

Reading I Jer 20:10-13 I hear the whisperings of many:     “Terror on every side!     Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends     are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,     and take our vengeance on him.” But the […]

Reading I Is 7:10-14; 8:10 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God; let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered, “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!” Then Isaiah said:  Listen, O house of David! Is […]

Reading I Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95 King Nebuchadnezzar said: “Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you will not serve my god, or worship the golden statue that I set up? Be ready now to fall down and worship the statue I had made, whenever you hear the sound of the trumpet, flute, lyre, […]

Reading I Nm 21:4-9 From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, “Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there […]