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Daily mass readings : First Sunday of Lent Reading 1 : Gn 9:8-15 God said to Noah and to his sons with him:“See, I am now establishing my covenant with youand your descendants after youand with every living creature that was with you:all the birds, and the various tame and wild animalsthat were with you…

Daily mass readings : Saturday after Ash Wednesday Reading 1 : Is 58:9b-14 Thus says the LORD:If you remove from your midst oppression,false accusation and malicious speech;If you bestow your bread on the hungryand satisfy the afflicted;Then light shall rise for you in the darkness,and the gloom shall become for you like midday;Then the LORD…

Daily mass readings : Friday after Ash Wednesday Reading 1 : Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD:Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;Tell my people their wickedness,and the house of Jacob their sins.They seek me day after day,and desire to know my ways,Like a nation that has done what…

Daily mass readings: Thursday after Ash Wednesday Reading 1 : Dt 30:15-20 Moses said to the people:“Today I have set before youlife and prosperity, death and doom.If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your God,which I enjoin on you today,loving him, and walking in his ways,and keeping his commandments, statutes and decrees,you will live…

Mass readings : Ash Wednesday If the blessing and distribution of ashes take place outside Mass, it is appropriate that the Liturgy of the Word precede it, using texts assigned to the Mass of Ash Wednesday. Reading 1 : Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,with fasting, and weeping, and…

Daily mass readings : Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Jas 1:12-18 Blessed is he who perseveres in temptation,for when he has been proven he will receive the crown of lifethat he promised to those who love him.No one experiencing temptation should say,“I am being tempted by God”;for God is…

Daily mass readings : Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Jas 1:1-11 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,to the twelve tribes in the dispersion, greetings. Consider it all joy, my brothers and sisters,when you encounter various trials,for you know that the testing of your faith…