Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day
Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3,13-14ab,14c-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Our psalm today is a prayerful connection for each of us to the birth we celebrate
June 24, 2020
Is 49:1-6; Ps 139:1b-3,13-14ab,14c-15; Acts 13:22-26; Lk 1:57-66, 80 Our psalm today is a prayerful connection for each of us to the birth we celebrate
2Kgs 17:5-8,13-15a,18; Ps 60:3,4,5,12,13; Mt 7:1-5 Our responsorial psalm for this Mass is painful to pray. It is the prayer of a people who are
2Kgs 19:9b-11,14-21,31-35a,36; Ps 48:2,3ab,3cd,4,10,11; Mt 7:6,12-14 Even the mountain where the LORD dwells is the joy of all the earth. His praise is great in
Is 61:9-11; Sm 2:1,4-5,6-7,8; Lk 2:41-51 Hannah is given a song to sing and a son to give to God. She exults that the LORD
Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-8,10; 1Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 Frequently Saint John Vianney used to preach to his congregation, “My people your hearts are too small!
Sir 48:1-14; Ps 97:1-7; Mt 6:7-15 The LORD is king. There is no other universal and sovereign LORD. This is the reason for worldwide rejoicing.
2Kgs 2:1,6-14; Ps 31:20,21,24; Mt 6:1-6,16-18 The LORD hides us in the shelter of his presence. The LORD screens us within his abode. In his
1Kgs 21:17-29; Ps 51:3-6,11,16; Mt 5:43-48 When will our tongues revel in the justice of God? Only when we have cried out for mercy, will
1Kgs 21:1-16; Ps 5:2-7; Mt 5:38-42 The psalm gives voice to the voiceless; it reveals the power of the powerless. Those who have nothing in
1 Kgs 19:19-21; Ps 16:1-10; Mt 5:33-37 Saint Anthony of Padua lost himself in the love of Christ. He is called upon in popular
1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-16; Ps 27:7-8a, 8b-9abc, 13-14; Mt 5:27-32 With the Psalmist and with all the saints we cry out, “LORD, hide
Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3; Psalm 98:1-3ab, 3dc-6; Mt 5:17-19 Because of Saint Barnabas and all the other Apostles, all the ends of the earth have
1Kgs 18:20-39; Ps 16:1b,2,4,5,8,11; Mt 5:17-19 Life is full of suffering, and then you die. This is true, but it’s not the whole truth.
1 Kgs 17:7-16; Ps 4:2-8; Mt 5:13-16 Today’s psalm asks some very pointed and painful questions of leaders; men of rank, they are called. “How
1Kgs 17:1-6; Ps 121:1-8; Mt 5:1-12 Because the LORD God neither slumbers nor sleeps, the prophet of the LORD God can rest in safety.
2Tm 4:1-8; Ps 71:8,9,14-17,22; Mk 12:38-44 Simply, yet wonderfully have we been taught from our youth, and till the present we still proclaim His wondrous
2Tm 3:10-17; Ps 119:157,160,161,165,166,168; Mk 12: 35-37 Even after one has endured many years of exile and a great deal of suffering, still his heart
2Tm 2:8-15; Ps 25:4-5ab,8-10,14; Mk 12: 28-34 The friendship of the LORD is the Kingdom of God. The LORD makes known to us his ways,
2 Tm 1:1-3, 6-12; Ps 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef; Mk 12:18-27 Saint Charles Lwanga and his fellow martyrs cried out from the depths of their chaste hearts,
2Pt 3:12-15a, 17,18; Ps 90:2-4,10,14,16; Mk 12:13-17 We plead with today’s psalm that the LORD will fill us at daybreak with his kindness that we