Author: Pradeep Augustine

Lenten Weekday First Reading: Isaiah 55: 10-11 10 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and…

Lenten Weekday First Reading: Leviticus 19: 1-2, 11-18 1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 2 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and thou shalt…

FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT First Reading: Genesis 9: 8-15 8 Thus also said God to Noe, and to his sons with him, 9 Behold I will establish my covenant…

Saturday after Ash Wednesday/ Seven Founders of the Order of Servites, Religious First Reading: Isaiah 58: 9b-14 9 Thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If…

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…