MASS READINGS 1st Reading: Jeremiah 20:10-13 Jeremiah is under stress from enemies, yet holds to his confidence in God For I hear many whispering: “Terror is all around! Denounce him! Let us denounce him!” All my close friends are watching for me to stumble. “Perhaps he can be enticed, and we can prevail against him, […]

MASS READINGS 1st Reading: Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 On the heights of Sinai, Moses perceives God as compassionate, kind and faithful Moses cut two tablets of stone like the former ones; and he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand the […]

MASS READINGS 1st Reading: Acts 2:1-11 The Spirit of God gives energy to the apostles and sends them out on their mission When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the […]

MASS READINGS FIRST READING A reading from the Acts of the Apostles 6:1-7 They elected seven men full of the Holy Spirit. About this time, when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenists made a complaint against the Hebrews: in the daily distribution their own widows were being overlooked. So the Twelve called a […]