Third Sunday of Lent Mass Readings: Page 160 – 163 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: on Mt Horeb (also known as Mt Sinai) Moses encounters God (‘I Am’) in the burning bush who promises, in his compassion for his people, to deliver them from slavery in Egypt. Psalm: a psalm of…
Second Sunday of Lent Mass Readings: Page 156 – 159 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: God enters into a covenant with Abram, the man of faith, a very early direct encounter of a man with God. Psalm: a psalm of confident faith and trust in God. Second Reading: some people make…
First Sunday of Lent Mass Readings: Page 153 – 156 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: an early creed or confession of faith, recalling the rescuing of the people of God in the Exodus. The ‘wandering Aramaean’ refers to Jacob. Psalm: this is a rare occasion when the psalm refers to the…
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Page 135 – 138 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: Isaiah is called to be a prophet, and in the process he has a vision of heaven in which he sees the seraphim make their threefold cry of ‘Holy’. This is known as the Trisagion;…
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Page 132 – 135 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: Jeremiah is called by God to be a prophet. What he has to say will not be always popular, and like Jesus later he will experience hostility from the people. Psalm: an old man looks…
Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Page 129 – 132 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: after the return to Jerusalem of the people from exile Ezra the scribe reads from the Book of the Law from a wooden dais. This would become the way in which the scriptures were read…
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Mass Readings: Page 127 – 129 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: the prophet Isaiah compares God’s relationship with his people to that of a husband with his wife. The Old Testament frequently uses Marriage to explain God’s covenant with his people. Psalm: like Isaiah in the…
Baptism of the Lord Mass Readings: Page 118 – 122 Order of Mass: Pages 6 – 60 First Reading: the prophet delivers a message of consolation and hope: the Lord is “like a shepherd feeding his flock”. Psalm: this is the first psalm at the Easter Vigil, the night of Baptisms. It speaks of God…
