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Daily mass readings :Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin Reading 1 : 1 Kgs 12:26-32; 13:33-34 Jeroboam thought to himself:“The kingdom will return to David’s house.If now this people go up to offer sacrificesin the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem,the hearts of this people will return to their master,Rehoboam, king of Judah,and they will kill…

Daily mass readings : Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : 1 kgs 11:29-32; 12:19 Jeroboam left Jerusalem,and the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road.The two were alone in the area,and the prophet was wearing a new cloak.Ahijah took off his new cloak,tore it into twelve pieces, and…

Daily mass readings : Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : 1 Kgs 11:4-13 When Solomon was old his wives had turned his heart to strange gods,and his heart was not entirely with the LORD, his God,as the heart of his father David had been.By adoring Astarte, the goddess of the…

Daily mass readings : Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : 1 Kgs 10:1-10 The queen of Sheba, having heard of Solomon’s fame,came to test him with subtle questions.She arrived in Jerusalem with a very numerous retinue,and with camels bearing spices,a large amount of gold, and precious stones.She came to Solomon…

Daily mass readings: Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 : 1 Kgs 8:22-23, 27-30 Solomon stood before the altar of the LORDin the presence of the whole community of Israel,and stretching forth his hands toward heaven,he said, “LORD, God of Israel,there is no God like you in heaven above or on…

Daily mass readings : Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 : 1 Kgs 8:1-7, 9-13 The elders of Israel and all the leaders of the tribes,the princes in the ancestral houses of the children of Israel,came to King Solomon in Jerusalem,to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenantfrom the City of…

Daily mass readings: Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Jb 7:1-4, 6-7 Job spoke, saying:Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?Are not his days those of hirelings?He is a slave who longs for the shade,a hireling who waits for his wages.So I have been assigned months of misery,and troubled nights have been…