Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 29th November, 2023 Wednesday of the Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Daniel 5:1-6. 13-14. 16-17. 23-28The fingers of a human hand appeared, and began to write. King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for his…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 28th November, 2023 Tuesday of the Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Daniel 2:31-45God will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, it will absorb all the kingdoms. Daniel…
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 27th November, 2023 Monday of the Thirty +Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Optional Memorial of St Fergal, bishop and missionary FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Daniel 1:1-6. 8-20The king found none to equal Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 26th November, 2023 Thirty -Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe At the end of our earthly life we will be judged on how we hove lived and acted. At the end of time the Kingdom of God will be established through the saving work of Christ. Then the Shepherd King…
Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 25th November, 2023 Saturday of the thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Optional Memorial of Ss Catherine of Alexandria,Clement I, pope and martyr, and Colman, bishop FIRST READING A reading from the book of Maccabees 6:1-13I am dying of melancholy because of the wrong I did in Jerusalem. King Antiochus was making his way across the upper provinces; he…
Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 24th November, 2023 Friday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Memorial of St Andrew Dung-Lac and companions , martyrs FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Maccabees 4:36-37. 52-59They celebrated the dedication of the altar, joyfully offering holocausts …
Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 23rd November, 2023 Thursday of the Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Memorial of St Columban, abbot and missionary FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Maccabees 2:15-29We will still follow the covenant of our ancestors. The commissioners…
Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 22nd November, 2023 Wednesday of the Thirty-Third week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Optional memorial of St Cecilia, virgin, martyr FIRST READING A reading from the second book of Maccabees 7:1. 20-31The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life. There were also seven brothers who were arrested with their…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 21st November, 2023 11-21 The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary FIRST READING A reading from the book of Zechariah 2:14-17Rejoice, daughter of Zion; for I am coming. Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion;for I am coming to dwell in the middle of you –it is the Lord who speaks….
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 20th November, 2023 Monday of the Thirty Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING A reading from the first book of Maccabees 1:10-15. 41-43. 54-57. 62-64It was a dreadful wrath that visited Israel. There grew a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King Antiochus; once a hostage in Rome, he became…
