September 10, 2017. Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings First reading Ezekiel 33:7-9 The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows: ‘Son of man, I have appointed you as sentry to the House of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, warn them in my name. If I say to a wicked man: Wicked wretch, you are to […]
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September 3, 2017. Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings First reading Jeremiah 20:7-9 You have seduced me, Lord, and I have let myself be seduced; you have overpowered me: you were the stronger. I am a daily laughing-stock, everybody’s butt. Each time I speak the word, I have to howl and proclaim: ‘Violence and ruin!’ The word of the Lord has meant for […]
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August 27, 2017. Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings First Reading Is 22:19-23 Thus says the LORD to Shebna, master of the palace: “I will thrust you from your office and pull you down from your station. On that day I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah; I will clothe him with your robe, and gird him with your sash, and […]
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August 20, 2017. Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings First Reading Is 56:1, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants— all who keep […]
Read moreAugust 15, 2017. Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings First Reading Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab God’s temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant could be seen in the temple. A great sign appeared in the sky, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. She was […]
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