Tuesday of week 21 in Ordinary Time – August 29 / 2017 First reading 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 You know yourselves, my brothers, that our visit to you has not proved ineffectual. We had, as you know, been given rough treatment and been grossly insulted at Philippi, and it was our God who gave us the courage … [Read more…]
Monday of week 21 in Ordinary Time – August 27 / 2017 First reading 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5,8-10 From Paul, Silvanus and Timothy, to the Church in Thessalonika which is in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ; wishing you grace and peace. We always mention you in our prayers and thank God for you … [Read more…]
Sunday of week 21 in Ordinary Time – August 27 / 2017 First reading Isaiah 22:19-23 Thus says the Lord of Hosts to Shebna, the master of the palace: I dismiss you from your office, I remove you from your post, and the same day I call on my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I … [Read more…]
Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 26 / 2017 First reading Ruth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17 Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, well-to-do and of Elimelech’s clan. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the fields and glean among the ears of corn in the footsteps … [Read more…]
Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 25 / 2017 First reading Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 In the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and … [Read more…]