Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 16th June, 2024 The Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year BDay for LifeWe often acclaim the new and the immediate experience; instant products sell best!The patience of the farmer who waits from seed time to harvest is not the image presented to us.The Church moves too slowly for many today. The parables of growth…
Liturgical Readings Saturday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time FIRST READING A reading from the first Book of Kings 19:9. 19-21Elisha rose and followed Elijah. Leaving Mount Horeb, Elijah came on Elisha son of Shaphat as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah passed near to him…
Liturgical Readings Friday of the Tenth Week of Ordinary Time Optional memorial of St Davnet, virgin FIRST READING A reading from the first Book of Kings 19:9. 11-16Stand on the mountain before your Lord God. When Elijah reached Horeb, the mountain of God, he went into the cave and spent the night in it. Then he…
Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 13th June, 2024 Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2 Memorial of St Anthony of Padua, priest and doctor of the Church FIRST READING A reading from the first Book of the Kings 18:41-46Elijah prayed and the sky gave rain. Elijah said to Ahab, ‘Go back, eat and drink; for I hear the…
Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 12th June, 2024 Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2 FIRST READING A reading from the First Book of Kings 18:20-39May this people may know that you, the Lord, are God and are winning back their hearts. King Ahab called all Israel together and assembled the prophets…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 11th June, 2024 06- 11 St Barnabas, apostle FIRST READING A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 11:21-26. 13:1-3I want Barnabas and Saul set apart for the work to which I have called them. A great number believed and were converted to the Lord. The church in Jerusalem heard about this and…
Catholic Ireland Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 10th June, 2024 Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2 Optional memorials of Ss Ephrem, deacon and doctor of the Churchand Columba, (Colum Cille) abbot and missionary FIRST READING A reading from the first Book of Kings 17:1-6Elijah served the Lord God of Israel.Elijah the Tishbite, of Tishbe in Gilead said to Ahab,‘As…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 9th June, 2024 The Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Cycle B FIRST READING A reading from the Book of Genesis 3:9.15I will make you enemies of each other: you and the woman, your offspring and her offspring. The Lord God called to the man after he had eaten of…
Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 8th June, 2024 The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Memorial FIRST READING A reading from the book of the Prophet Isaiah 61:9-11I exult for joy in the Lord, my soul rejoices in my God Their race will be famous throughout the nations, their descendants throughout the peoples.All who see them will admit that…
The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus(World Day of Prayer for Priests) FIRST READING A reading from the Book of the Prophet Hosea 11:1.3-4. 8-9My heart recoils from it. Listen to the word of the Lord:When Israel was a child I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.I myself taught Ephraim to walk, I…
