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4th Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018
4th Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018 FIRST READING Acts of the Apostles 4:8-12 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said: “Leaders of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a cripple, namely, by what means he...
read more3rd Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018
3rd Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018 FIRST READING Acts of the Apostles 3:13-15, 17-19 Peter said to the people: “The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and...
read more2nd Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018
2nd Sunday of Easter-Cycle B-2018 FIRST READING Acts of the Apostles 4:32-35 The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common. With great power the apostles...
read moreEaster Day Mass-Cycle B-2018
Easter Day Mass-Cycle B-2018 FIRST READING Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said: “You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached, how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit...
read moreEASTER VIGIL MASS—CYCLE B—2018
EASTER VIGIL MASS—CYCLE B—2018 FIRST READING Genesis 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let...
read moreGOOD FRIDAY-2018
GOOD FRIDAY-2018 FIRST READING Isaiah 52:13-53:12 See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him—so marred was his look beyond human semblance and his appearance beyond that of the sons of man—so...
read moreHOLY THURSDAY-2018
HOLY THURSDAY-2018 FIRST READING Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 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: On the...
read morePalm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord-Lent-Cycle B-2018
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord-Lent-Cycle B-2018 FIRST READING Isaiah 50:4-7 The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may...
read more5th Sunday of Lent – Cycle B – 2018
5th Sunday of Lent - Cycle B – 2018 FIRST READING Jeremiah 31:31-34 The days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers the day I took...
read more4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) – Cycle B – 2018
4th Sunday of Lent (Laetare) - Cycle B - 2018 FIRST READING 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 In those days, all the princes of Judah, the priests, and the people added infidelity to infidelity, practicing all the abominations of the nations and polluting the Lord’s...
read more3rd Sunday of Lent – Cycle B – 2018
3rd Sunday of Lent - Cycle B - 2018 FIRST READING Exodus 20:1-17 In those days, God delivered all these commandments: “I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. You shall not have other gods besides me. You...
read more2nd Sunday of Lent – Cycle B – 2018
2nd Sunday of Lent - Cycle B - 2018 FIRST READING Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" he replied. Then God said: "Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love, and go to the land...
read more1st Sunday of Lent—Cycle B—2018
1st Sunday of Lent—Cycle B—2018 FIRST READING Genesis 9:8-15 God said to Noah and to his sons with him: "See, I am now establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you and with every living creature that was with you: all the birds, and...
read moreAsh Wednesday–2018
Ash Wednesday--2018 FIRST READING Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God. For gracious and merciful is he,...
read more6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018 FIRST READING Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or...
read more5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B–2018
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B--2018 FIRST READING Job 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...
read more4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B–2018
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B--2018 FIRST READING Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Moses spoke to all the people, saying: “A prophet like me will the Lord, your God, raise up for you from among your own kin; to him you shall listen. This is exactly what you requested of...
read more3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018 FIRST READING Jonah 3:1-5, 10 The word of the Lord came to Jonah, saying: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that I will tell you.” So Jonah made ready and went to Nineveh, according to the...
read more2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B—2018 FIRST READING 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 Samuel was sleeping in the temple of the Lord where the ark of God was. The Lord called to Samuel, who answered, “Here I am.” Samuel ran to Eli and said, “Here I am. You called...
read moreHomily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Cycle B–2018
Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany, Cycle B--2018 FIRST READING Isaiah 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon...
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