Sunday 9 August 2020Readings at Mass First reading1 Kings 19:9,11-13The Lord was not in the wind, or the earthquake, or the fireWhen Elijah reached Horeb, the mountain of God, he went into the cave and spent the night in it. Then he was told, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’ Then[…..]

Sunday 2 August 2020Readings at MassFirst readingIsaiah 55:1-3 Come and eatThus says the Lord:Oh, come to the water all you who are thirsty;though you have no money, come!Buy corn without money, and eat,and, at no cost, wine and milk.Why spend money on what is not bread,your wages on what fails to satisfy?Listen, listen to me, and[…..]

Sunday 26 July 2020Readings at Mass____________________ First reading1 Kings 3:5,7-12Solomon chooses the gift of wisdomThe Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream and said, ‘Ask what you would like me to give you.’ Solomon replied, ‘O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in succession to David my father. But I am a[…..]

Sunday 19 July 2020Readings at Mass ____________________ First readingWisdom 12:13,16-19You will grant repentance after sin There is no god, other than you, who cares for every thing,to whom you might have to prove that you never judged unjustly;Your justice has its source in strength,your sovereignty over all makes you lenient to all.You show your strength[…..]

First readingIsaiah 55:10-11The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me empty Thus says the Lord: ‘As the rain and the snow come down from the heavens and do not return without watering the earth, making it yield and giving growth to provide seed for the sower and bread for the[…..]

First ReadingZechariah 9:9-10See now, your king comes humbly to you The Lord says this:Rejoice heart and soul, daughter of Zion!Shout with gladness, daughter of Jerusalem!See now, your king comes to you;he is victorious, he is triumphant,humble and riding on a donkey,on a colt, the foal of a donkey.He will banish chariots from Ephraimand horses from[…..]

First reading2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16This is a holy man of God; let him rest hereOne day as Elisha was on his way to Shunem, a woman of rank who lived there pressed him to stay and eat there. After this he always broke his journey for a meal when he passed that way. She said to[…..]

First readingJeremiah 20:10-13He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil menJeremiah said:I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!”Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall,‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.Then we will master him and take our[…..]

First readingDeuteronomy 8:2-3,14-16He fed you with manna, which neither you nor your fathers had knownMoses said to the people: ‘Remember how the Lord your God led you for forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart – whether you would keep his commandments or not. He humbled you,[…..]