Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 13th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) June 26 – July 2, 2022 Sun 26 Mon 27 Tue 28 Wed 29 Thu 30 Fri 1 Sat 2 Office 13th Sunday Weekday St Ireneaus SS Peter & Paul Office for Vocations Weekday Memorial of … Continue reading SKEMA – 13th Week in Ordinary Time
NT-LK15 06.26.22 A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Hilary of Poitiers 1 Sure of protection on the day of battle, Christ prayed: Lord, do not allow the wicked anything contrary to my desire. He who said: I have come not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me … Continue reading Vigils Reading – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time
OT‑GEN20.DOC 06.27.22 Abraham as an example of faith for all; a reading from a sermon by John Henry Newman. The lesson to be gained from the history of Abraham and Lot is obviously this - that nothing but a clear apprehension of things unseen, a simple trust in God's promises, and the greatness of mind … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Weekday
06SN2801 06.28.22 WHERE THE CHURCH IS, THERE IS THE SPIRIT OF GOD, from the writings of St Irenaeus So it is within reach of all who want to see the truth to discern the tradition of the apostles which has been manifested in the whole world. All we have to do is to list … Continue reading Vigils Reading – St Ireneaus
06SN2905 06.29.22 A Reading about the Pillars of the Earth, from a Sermon by St. Aelred of Rievaulx Though the earth and all who dwell in it may rock, it is I who uphold its pillars The pillars of the earth, my brothers, are the holy apostles, especially these two whose feast we celebrate … Continue reading Vigils Reading – SS Peter & Paul
GN-WILLIAM07 06.30 .22 From the Golden Epistle by William of St Thierry 1 To “seek the face of God” is to seek knowledge of him face to face, as Jacob saw him. It is of this knowledge the Apostle says: “Then I shall know as I am known; now we see in a confused … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Office for Vocations
OT-GEN58 07.01.22 A Commentary on the Book of Genesis by Origen “The cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is filled and their sins are very great. I have descended, therefore, to see whether their iniquities are completed as their cry to me indicates.” When responses are delivered to Abraham, God is not said to descend, but … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Weekday
MY‑52.DOC 7.02.22 In her hiddenness we find Mary's greatness; from a book by Thomas Merton. In all the great mystery of Mary, then, one thing remains most clear: that of herself she is nothing, and that God has for our sakes delighted to manifest his glory and his love in her. It is … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Memorial of the BVM
Biblical Readings for Office and Mass 14th Week in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Sunday (C), Weekdays (II) July 3 – 9, 2022 Sun 3 Mon 4 Tue 5 Wed 6 Thu 7 Fri 8 Sat 9 Office 14th Sunday Weekday Weekday Office for the Dead Weekday Bl Eugene III Memorial of the BVM Vigils … Continue reading Skema
A Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by St. Augustine 1 The gospel for today raises a question. When the Lord told his disciples that the harvest was indeed abundant but laborers were scarce and urged them to ask the Lord of the harvest to send laborers out to harvest his crop, which crop did … Continue reading Vigils Reading – 14th Wk ORD
A reading about Abraham's affection for Ishmael, from a homily by St. John Chrysostom. When the time of suckling was over, “Sarah saw the son born to Abraham by Hagar the Egyptian” the text goes on, “playing with her son Isaac. She said to Abraham, 'Send away this maidservant and her son: surely … Continue reading Vigils Reading
A reading about the wells which Isaac dug and which were filled by the Philistines, from a homily by Origen. 1 We are always encountering the habitual works of the patriarchs regarding wells. Here Scripture relates that Isaac, after the Lord blessed him and he was greatly magnified, undertook a great work. And … Continue reading Vigils Reading
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A reading from a prayer for the future life, by St. Ephrem the Syrian. In that night when all sound, all human activity shall be silent, when the voices of all peoples and nations are still, may my soul through its good works shine out in You, O Jesus, Light of the Just. … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Office for the Dead
A Reading About Key Concepts of the Old Testament, by Albert Gelin. The Old Testament, Claudel has said, is "not so much a continuous as a continuing history, upon which are super-imposed outbursts of lyricism, moral precepts, rules for ritual, and expressions of ever more precise and urgent longings with regard to the … Continue reading Vigils Reading
From the Treatise “On Consideration” written by St Bernard of Clairvaux for Pope Eugenius III It has occurred to me to write something which might edify, delight or console you, Blessed Father Eugene. But I do not know the rules for writing a formal yet intimate treatise. Two opposites, your majesty and my … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Bl Eugene III
A Reading about Mary, the Model of Christian Death & Resurrection, from a book by Fr Hans Urs von Balthasar. Just as Mary was redeemed in advance so that the Word could become Flesh, so too--now that heaven is accessible to us through Christ's death and resurrection--the holy City, the universal Church, the … Continue reading Vigils Reading – Memorial of B.V.M.
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