Universal Roman Catholic Faith and Traditions

First Reading: Ezekiel 2: 2-5 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 123: 1-2, 2, 3-4 Second Reading: Second Corinthians 12: 7-10 Holy Gospel: Mark 6: 1-6 Holy Gospel: 1 Leaving that place, Jesus returned to his own country, and his disciples followed him. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began teaching in the synagogue, and most of those who heard him were astonished. They commented, “How did this come to him? What kind of wisdom has been given to him that he also performs such miracles? 3 Who is he but the carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joset and Judas and Simon? His sisters, too, are they not here among us?” So they took offense at him. 4 And Jesus said to them, “Prophets are despised only in their own country, among their relatives and in their own family.” 5 And he could work no miracles there, but only healed a few sick people by laying his hands on them. 6 Jesus himself was astounded at their unbelief. Second Reading: 7 However, I better give up lest some...

Saint Thomas, Apostle and Martyr First Reading: Ephesians 2: 19-22 Responsorial Psalm:  Psalms 117: 1, 2 Holy Gospel: John 20: 24-29 Holy Gospel: 24 Thomas, the Twin, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he replied, “Until I have seen in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger in the mark of the nails and my hand in his side, I will not believe.” 26 Eight days later, the disciples were inside again and Thomas was with them. Despite the locked doors Jesus came and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands; stretch out your hand and put it into my side. Resist no longer and be a believer.” 28 Thomas then said, “You are my Lord and my God.” 29 Jesus replied, “You believe because you see me, don’t you? Happy are those who have not seen and believe.” First Reading: 19 Now you are no longer strangers or gues...

First Reading: Acts 2: 1-11 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 104: 1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 Second Reading: First Corinthians 12: 3-7, 12-13 Holy Gospel: John 20: 19-23 Holy Gospel: 19  On the evening of that day, the first day after the Sabbath, the doors were locked where the disciples were, because of their fear of the Jews, but Jesus came and stood in their midst. He said to them, “Peace be with you”; 20  then he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples kept looking at the Lord and were full of joy. 21  Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you.” 22  After saying this he breathed on them and said to them, “Re­ceive the Holy Spirit; 23  for those whose sins you forgive, they are forgiven; for those whose sins you retain, they are retained.” First Reading: 1  When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2  And suddenly out of the sky came a sound like a strong rushing wind and it fi...

First Reading: Acts 1: 15-17, 20-26 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 103: 1-2, 11-12, 19-20 Second Reading: First John 4: 11-16 Holy Gospel: John 17:11-19 Holy Gospel: 11  I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world whereas I am going to you. Holy Father, keep them in your Name (that you have given me,) so that they may be one, just as we are. 12  When I was with them, I kept them safe in your Name, and not one was lost except the one who was already lost, and in this the Scripture was fulfilled. 13  But now I am coming to you and I leave these my words in the world that my joy may be complete in them. 14  I have given them your word and the world has hated them because they are not of the world; just as I am not of the world. 15  I do not ask you to remove them from the world but to keep them from the evil one. 16  They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world; 17  consecrate them in the truth – your word is truth. 18  I have se...

First Reading: Second Chronicles 36: 14-17, 19-23 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 137: 1-2, 3, 4-5, 6 Second Reading: Ephesians 2: 4-10 Holy Gospel: John 3: 14-21 Holy Gospel: 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 so that whoever believes in him may have eternal life. 16 Yes, God so loved the world that he gave his only Son that whoever believes in him may not be lost, but may have eternal life. 17 God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world; instead, through him the world is to be saved. 18 Whoever believes in him will not be condemned. He who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the Name of the only Son of God. 19 This is how the Judgment is made: Light has come into the world and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For whoever does wrong hates the light and doesn’t come to the light for fear that his deeds will be sho...

First Reading: Daniel 3: 25, 34-43 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 25: 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 Holy Gospel: Matthew 18: 21-35 Holy Gospel: 21 Then Peter asked him, “Lord, how many times must I forgive the offenses of my brother or sister? Seven times?” 22 Jesus answered, “No, not seven times, but seventy-seven times. 23 This story throws light on the kingdom of heaven. A king decided to settle the accounts of his servants. 24 Among the first was one who owed him ten thousand gold ingots. 25 As the man could not repay the debt, the king commanded that he be sold as a slave with his wife, children and all his goods in payment. 26 The official threw himself at the feet of the king and said, ‘Give me time, and I will pay you back everything.’ 27 The king took pity on him and not only set him free but even canceled his debt. 28 This official then left the king’s presence and he met one of his companions who owed him a hundred pieces of silver. He grabbed him by the ...

First Reading: Second Kings 5: 1-15 Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 42: 2, 3; 43: 3, 4 Holy Gospel: Luke 4: 24-30 Holy Gospel: 24 Jesus added, “No prophet is honored in his own country. 25 Truly, I say to you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens withheld rain for three years and six months and a great famine came over the whole land. 26 Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow of Zarephath, in the country of Sidon. 27 There were also many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha, the prophet, and no one was healed except Naaman, the Syrian.” 28 On hearing these words, the whole assembly became indignant. 29 They rose up and brought him out of the town, 30 to the edge of the hill on which Nazareth is built, intending to throw him down the cliff. But he passed through their midst and went his way. First Reading:  1 Naaman was the army commander of the king of Aram. This man was highly regarded and en...