Author: Pradeep Augustine

Friday after Ash Wednesday, Day of abstinence from meat (age 14 and up) First Reading: Isaiah 58: 1-9a 1 Cry, cease not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet,…

Thursday after Ash Wednesday First Reading: Deuteronomy 30: 15-20 15 Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and…

Ash Wednesday, Begin Lenten preparation for the Easter Triduum, NOT a holy day of obligation, Day of fast (ages 18-59) and abstinence from meat (age 14 and up) First…

Ordinary Weekday First Reading: James 1: 12-18 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation; for when he hath been proved, he shall receive a crown of life, which…

Ordinary Weekday First Reading: James 1: 1-11 1 James the servant of God, and of our Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. 2…

SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME First Reading: Leviticus 13: 1-2, 44-46 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: 2 The man in whose skin or flesh…

Scholastica, Virgin, Religious Obligatory Memorial First Reading: First Kings 12: 26-32; 13: 33-34 26 And Jeroboam said in his heart: Now shall the kingdom return to the house of…

Ordinary Weekday First Reading: First Kings 11: 29-32; 12: 19 29 So it came to paste at that time, that Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, and the prophet Ahias…

Ordinary Weekday/ Jerome Emiliani, Priest, Religious Founder/ Josephine Bakhita, Virgin First Reading: First Kings 11: 4-13 4 And when he was now old, his heart was turned away by…

Ordinary Weekday First Reading: First Kings 10: 1-10 1 And the queen of Saba, having; heard of the fame of Solomon in the name of the Lord, came to…