Use the information and the links in the page below to access the Readings for each week.
DATE / LINK TO READINGS | FEAST | 1st Reading | Psalm | 2nd Reading | Gospel |
Sunday May 19 | 5th Sunday of Easter, Year C | Paul situates Jesus as the goal of the history of God’s people | I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God | The vision of a new world, portrayed as the new, heavenly Jerusalem | Jesus gives the new commandment, to love one another |
Sunday May 26 | 6th Sunday of Easter, Year C | At this Council, the leaders made decisions with the consent of the congregation | O God, let all the nations praise you! | In his exile on Patmos, John paints a dazzling picture of the new Jerusalem | Our Lord’s words at the Last Supper, in view of his imminent departure |
Sunday June 2 | Ascension of Our Lord, Year C | The Ascension of Jesus prepares for the gift of the Holy Spirit | God goes up with shouts of joy, the Lord goes up with trumpet blast | Christ our high priest has opened for us the door of salvation | Jesus promises his followers the Holy Spirit and sends them out to witness |
Sunday June 9 | Pentecost Sunday, Year C | The Spirit of God gives energy to the apostles and sends them out on their mission | Lord, send out your Spirit and renew the face of the earth | You are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit | The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, will teach you everything |
Sunday June 16 | Holy Trinity, Year C | Wisdom is the first-born of creation | O Lord our God, How wonderful your name in all the earth | Peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ | When the Spirit of truth comes |
Sunday June 23 | Body & Blood of Christ, Year C | Melchizedek brought bread and wine and pronounced a blessing | You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek | Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the death of the Lord. | They all ate and were filled |
Sunday, June 30 | 13th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year C | Elisha immediately answers his call; leaving all he follows Elijah | You are my inheritance, O Lord | Resisting the flesh which draws us back towards sin and slavery | Jesus resolutely takes the road to Jerusalem, calling others to follow him |
Sunday July 7 | 14th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | After the Exile, Jerusalem is like a mother nursing her child at the breast | Let all the earth cry out to God with joy | Paul bears the marks of Christ’s passion on his own body | Jesus sent the seventy missionaries to share in his powerful ministry |
Sunday July 14 | 15th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | To God’s chosen people the Law is not a burden but a privelege | Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live | A hymn to Christ, head of the Church and universal mediator | The parable of the Good Samaritan |
Sunday July 21 | 16th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Welcoming the strangers, Abraham was really in the presence of God | The just will live in the presence of the Lord | Paul suffers for his converts as part of his ministry of calling them to salvation | The welcome offered by the sisters, Martha and Mary, in Bethany |
Sunday July 28 | 17th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Abraham intercedes and haggles with God to spare the city of Sodom | Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me | Through baptism into his death and resurrection, we rise to a new life | When asked how we should pray, Jesus teaches the “Our Father.” |
Sunday August 4 | 18th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | “Vanity of vanities!” You can’t take it with when die | In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge | Since Christ has returned to the Father, we must seek the things that are above | The Rich Fool, a warning against greed and selfishness |
Sunday August 11 | 19th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Learn from the Exodus: God will save us from all dangers | Happy the people the Lord has chosen to be his own | In praise of faith, and of Abraham, our father in faith | Fear not, little flock. But be vigilant, faithful |
Sunday August 18 | 20th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Jeremiah is dropped into a well to die, but is saved by a foreigner | Lord, Come to my aid. | Persevere with Jesus, for we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses | Christ calls for total loyalty, even if it causes severe dissension |
Sunday August 25 | 21st Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | The returning Jews bring non-Jews to join in the worship of God | Go out to the world and tell the Good News | As a father disciplines a child, so our God trains us | People from every nation can enter in by the “narrow door” |
Sunday September 1 | 22nd Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | A person attentive to God will never reject wisdom | God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor | Mount Sinai prefigures our destiny, in the future, glorious Zion | Place-seeking at a banquet: Jesus urges humility |
Sunday September 8 | 23rd Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | God gives us all the knowledge we need to be saved | In every age, O Lord, you have been our refuge | Paul appeals to a wealthy convert, for the runaway slave Onesimus | Jesus calls to self-renunciation with two short parables |
Sunday September 15 | 24th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | When the people worshipped idols, Moses won God’s pardon for them | I will arise and go to my father | Paul’s own conversion is a living proof of the mercy of God | The parables of the Lost Sheep, the Lost Coin, and the Prodigal Son |
Sunday September 22 | 25th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | God is concerned for justice and fair play | Praise the Lord who lifts up the poor. | We pray for everyone, including public officials, hoping that all will be saved | You cannot serve God and wealth |
Sunday September 29 | 26th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Amos laments the wealthy who care nothing for the poor | Praise the Lord, my soul | Christians should keep the faith they have professed | From deep in Hades, Mr. Rich (Dives) sees Mr. Poor (Lazarus) sitting at Abraham’s side |
Sunday October 6 | 27th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | When the prophet mourns injustice, God promises a day of justice | If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. | Like his teacher Paul, Timothy must make sacrifices for his ministry | Faith the size of a mustard seed can achieve great things |
Sunday October 13 | 28th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | When Naaman heeds Elisha and washes in the Jordan he is cured | The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power | Preaching is a hard vocation; but we will also reign with Christ | Of the ten lepers cured, only one returned to express thanks |
Sunday October 2o | 29th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | When Moses prays with arms outstretched, God gives victory to his people | Our help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. | Timothy stays with the sound doctrine he has been taught since childhood | Like the persevering widow calling for justice, we are never to grow discouraged |
Sunday October 27 | 30th Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | The prayer of the humble will reach to the clouds | he Lord hears the cry of the poor | Paul has fought the good fight and will receive the crown of glory | Two men went up to the temple to pray; two contrasting approaches to God |
Sunday November 3 |
31st Sunday
in ordinary Time, Year C (All Saints /Holy Souls) | Wisdom makes us humble in God’s presence | I will praise your name for ever, my king and my God | Warning against being too alarmed about the Day of the Lord | Jesus dines with Zacchaeus, searching for what was lost |
Sunday November 10 | 32nd Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | Martyrdom of the brothers and their mother: faith in the resurrection | Lord, when your glory appears, my joy will be full | May the Lord direct your hearts!” Paul prays for their fidelity in the faith | J Jesus teaches resurrection, because God is truly a God of the livin |
Sunday November 17 | 33rd Sunday in ordinary Time, Year C | The Day of the Lord will bring condemnation or salvation | The Lord comes to rule the earth with justice | All should try to earn their own living and not be burden to others | Jesus warns his disciples to beware of false prophets |
Sunday November 24 | Christ The King, Year C | David becomes king of a united people | Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord | A hymn to Jesus as the living head of the Church | The crucified Jesus is the King who leads into paradise |
Sunday December 1 | 1st Sunday Advent, Year A | ||||
Sunday December 8 | 2nd Sunday Advent, Year A | ||||
Sunday December 15 | 3rd Sunday Advent, Year A | ||||
Sunday December 22 | 4th Sunday Advent, Year A | ||||
Sunday December 29 | Holy Family, Year A |