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Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Ezekiel 28:1-10  © Against the arrogance of the king of Tyre The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, tell the ruler of Tyre, “The Lord says this: Being swollen with pride, you have said: I am a god; I am sitting on the throne of God, surrounded by the seas. Though you are a man and not a god, you consider yourself the equal of God. You are wiser now than Danel; there is no sage as wise as you. By your wisdom and your intelligence you have amassed great wealth; you have piles of gold and silver inside your treasure-houses. Such is your skill in trading, your wealth has continued to increase, and with this your heart has grown more arrogant. And so, the Lord says this: Since you consider yourself the equal of God, very well, I am going to bring foreigners against you, the most barbarous of the nations. They will draw sword against your fine wisdom, they will defile your glory; they will throw

Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II). These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast These readings are for the day of the feast itself These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast: First reading 1 Chronicles 15:3-4,15-16,16:1-2  © They brought in the ark of God and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for it David gathered all Israel together to bring the ark of God up to the place he had prepared for it. David called together the sons of Aaron and the sons of Levi. And the Levites carried the ark of God with the shafts on their shoulders, as Moses had ordered in accordance with the word of the Lord.   David then told the heads of the Levites to assign duties for their kinsmen as cantors, with their various instruments of music, harps and lyres and cymbals, to play joyful tunes.   They brought the ark of God in and put it inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered holocausts before God, and

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Ezekiel 18:1-10,13,30-32  © You, not your children, will suffer for your sins: so repent, and live The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows:   ‘Why do you keep repeating this proverb in the land of Israel: “The fathers have eaten unripe grapes; and the children’s teeth are set on edge”?   ‘As I live – it is the Lord who speaks – there will no longer be any reason to repeat this proverb in Israel. See now: all life belongs to me; the father’s life and the son’s life, both alike belong to me. The man who has sinned, he is the one who shall die.   ‘The upright man is law-abiding and honest; he does not eat on the mountains or raise his eyes to the idols of the House of Israel, does not seduce his neighbour’s wife or sleep with a woman during her periods. He oppresses no one, returns pledges, never steals, gives his own bread to the hungry, his clothes to the naked. He never charges usury on loans, takes no

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Jeremiah 38:4-6,8-10  © 'Do not let the prophet die' The king’s leading men spoke to the king. ‘Let Jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by talking like this. The fellow does not have the welfare of this people at heart so much as its ruin.’ ‘He is in your hands as you know,’ King Zedekiah answered ‘for the king is powerless against you.’ So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the well of Prince Malchiah in the Court of the Guard, letting him down with ropes. There was no water in the well, only mud, and into the mud Jeremiah sank.   Ebed-melech came out from the palace and spoke to the king. ‘My lord king,’ he said ‘these men have done a wicked thing by treating the prophet Jeremiah like this: they have thrown him into the well, where he will die.’ At this the king gave Ebed-melech the Cushite the following order: ‘Take t

Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II). Readings for the feria Readings for the memorial These are the readings for the feria First reading Ezekiel 12:1-12  © The oracle of exile against the whole House of Israel The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, you are living with that set of rebels who have eyes and never see, ears and never hear, for they are a set of rebels. You, son of man, pack an exile’s bundle and emigrate by daylight when they can see you, emigrate from where you are to somewhere else while they watch. Perhaps they will admit then that they are a set of rebels. You will pack your baggage like an exile’s bundle, by daylight, for them to see, and leave like an exile in the evening, making sure that they are looking. As they watch, make a hole in the wall, and go out through it. As they watch, you will shoulder your pack and go out into the dark; you will cover your face so that you cannot see the country, since I have made you

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Ezekiel 16:1-15,60,63  © I clothed you with my own splendour but you made yourself a prostitute The word of the Lord was addressed to me as follows, ‘Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her filthy crimes. Say, “The Lord says this: By origin and birth you belong to the land of Canaan. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. At birth, the very day you were born, there was no one to cut your navel-string, or wash you in cleansing water, or rub you with salt, or wrap you in napkins. No one leaned kindly over you to do anything like that for you. You were exposed in the open fields; you were as unloved as that on the day you were born.   ‘“I saw you struggling in your blood as I was passing, and I said to you as you lay in your blood: Live, and grow like the grass of the fields. You developed, you grew, you reached marriageable age. Your breasts and your hair both grew, but you were quite naked. Then I saw

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(II). First reading 2 Corinthians 9:6-10  © God loves a cheerful giver Do not forget: thin sowing means thin reaping; the more you sow, the more you reap. Each one should give what he has decided in his own mind, not grudgingly or because he is made to, for  God loves a cheerful giver.  And there is no limit to the blessings which God can send you – he will make sure that you will always have all you need for yourselves in every possible circumstance, and still have something to spare for all sorts of good works. As scripture says:  He was free in almsgiving, and gave to the poor: his good deeds will never be forgotten.   The one who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide you with all the seed you want and make the harvest of your good deeds a larger one. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 111(112):1-2,5-9  © Happy the man who takes pity and lends. Happy the man who fears the Lord,   who takes delight in all his commands.

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Ezekiel 2:8-3:4  © He gave me the scroll to eat and it was as sweet as honey I, Ezekiel, heard a voice speaking. It said, ‘You, son of man, listen to the words I say; do not be a rebel like that rebellious set. Open your mouth and eat what I am about to give you.’ I looked. A hand was there, stretching out to me and holding a scroll. He unrolled it in front of me; it was written on back and front; on it was written ‘lamentations, wailings, moanings.’ He said, ‘Son of man, eat what is given to you; eat this scroll, then go and speak to the House of Israel.’ I opened my mouth; he gave me the scroll to eat and said, ‘Son of man, feed and be satisfied by the scroll I am giving you.’ I ate it, and it tasted sweet as honey.   Then he said, ‘Son of man, go to the House of Israel and tell them what I have said.’ Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118(119):14,24,72,103,111,131  © Your promise is sweet to my taste, O Lord. I rejoiced

  Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II). First reading Wisdom 18:6-9  © You made us glorious by calling us to you That night had been foretold to our ancestors, so that, once they saw what kind of oaths they had put their trust in, they would joyfully take courage. This was the expectation of your people, the saving of the virtuous and the ruin of their enemies; for by the same act with which you took vengeance on our foes you made us glorious by calling us to you. The devout children of worthy men offered sacrifice in secret and this divine pact they struck with one accord: that the saints would share the same blessings and dangers alike; and forthwith they had begun to chant the hymns of the fathers. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 32(33):1,12,18-20,22 Second reading Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19  © Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God Only faith can guarantee the blessings that we hope for, or prove the existence of the realities that at present remain

Saint Alphonsus Mary de' Liguori, Bishop, Doctor    on Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time   Readings at Mass Liturgical Colour: White. Year: C(II). Readings for the feria Readings for the memorial These are the readings for the feria First reading Jeremiah 28:1-17  © Jeremiah and the lying prophet Hananiah At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah in the fifth month of the fourth year, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, a Gibeonite, spoke as follows to Jeremiah in the Temple of the Lord in the presence of the priests and of all the people. ‘The Lord, the God of Israel, says this, “I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. In two years’ time I will bring back all the vessels of the Temple of the Lord which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon carried off from this place and took to Babylon. And I will also bring back Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who have gone to Babylon – it is the Lord who speaks. Yes, I am going to break the yo