April 13, 2017. Holy Thursday (Mass of the Last Supper)
Readings First Reading: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 Israel’s departure from Egypt — to be celebrated for all time The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: […]
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April 9, 2017. Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
Readings First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-7 The Suffering Servant shall not be put to shame The Lord God has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. The Lord God […]
Read more02 April, 2017. 5th Sunday of Lent
First Reading: Ezekiel 37:12-14 During the exile, God’s people were like a pile of dried bones Therefore prophesy, and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: I am going to open your graves, and bring you up from your graves, O my people; and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. […]
Read more26 March, 2017. 4th Sunday of Lent
First Reading: 1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 Samuel selects and anoints young David as future king of Israel The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul? I have rejected him from being king over Israel. Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, […]
Read more19 March, 2017. 3rd Sunday of Lent
1st Reading: Exodus 17:3-7 (God provides water for his people on their way through the wilderness. Help is never far from us). The people thirsted for water; and they complained against Moses and said, “Why did you bring us out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst?” So Moses cried […]
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