Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 7th February, 2024 Wednesday of Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2Optional memorial of St Mel, bishop FIRST READING A reading from the second book of Kings 10: 1-10The queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon. The fame of Solomon having reached the queen of Sheba, she came to test…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 6th February, 2024 Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2Memorial of Ss Paul Miki and Companions, martyrs FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Kings 8:22-23, 27-30You have said, “My name shall be there.” Hear the entreaty of your…
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 5th February, 2024 Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2Memorial of St Agatha, virgin and martyr FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Kings 8:1-7, 9-13They brought the ark of the covenant into the Holy of Holies, and the cloud filled the temple. Solomon called the elders of Israel…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 4th February, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B Job speaks out as the plain man who cannot make sense of the suffering to be found in daily life. The questions that are raised by the tedium and shortness of life are asked in every age. The Christian sees a meaning…
Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 3rd February, 2024 Saturday of Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2Optional Memorials of Ss Blaise, bishop and martyr and Ansgar, bishop FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Kings 3:4-13Give your servant a heart to understand how to discern between good and evil. King Soloman went to Gibeon…
Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 2nd February, 2024 The Presentation of the LordWorld Day for Consecrated Life This feast is a remembrance of the Lord and Mary, his mother, before God’s presence, with candles in heir hands we welcome the Lord as our Light to reveal him to the nations. First Reading A reading from the prophet Malachi …
Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 1st February, 2024 St Brigid, Abbess, (Mary of the Gael)Secondary Patron of Ireland FIRST READING A reading from the Book of the prophet Job 31:16-20, 24-25, 31-32Have I been insensible to poor men’s needs, or let a widow’s eyes grow dim? Job said;Have I been insensible to poor men’s needs, or let a widow’s eyes…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 30th January, 2024 Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2Memorials of St Aidan, bishop,Bl Margaret Ball and Francis Taylor, martyrs FIRST READING A reading from the second book of Samuel 18: 9-10, 14, 24-25, 30–19:3My son Absolom! Would I had died in your place. Absalom happened to run into…
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 29th January, 2024 Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 2 FIRST READING A reading from the second book of Samuel 15: 13-14, 30; 16:5-13Let us fly, or we shall never escape Absolom. A messenger came to tell David,‘The hearts of the men of Israel are now with Absalom.‘So David said to…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 28th January, 2024 Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B A prophet speaks on behalf of God. It is God’s word that Moses speaks, and Jesus can speak with authority because they are sent by God. The teaching Church speaks with authority because it continues the work of Christ, it has a prophetic role in the world. All the…
