30 June – Monday in the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ Amos 2:6-10. 13-16 The Lord says this: For the three crimes, the four crimes, of Israel I have made my decree and will not relent: because they have sold the virtuous man for silver and the poor man for a pair of sandals, because they [...]
29 June - Soleminty of Peter and Paul, Apostles ____________________ Acts 12:1-11 It was about this time that King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews he decided to arrest Peter as well. This was during the days of [...]
28 June - Memorial of St Ireneaus, bishop and martyr ____________________ Acts 3:1-10 ____________________ Galatians 1:11-20 ____________________ John 21:15-19 ____________________ Feed my sheep. When we attend Mass at our parish every weekend, we noticed that it is usually not the same priest who preaches the homily. There is usually a roster for most parishes (unless it [...]
28 June - Memorial of St Ireneaus, bishop and martyr ____________________ Lamentations 2:2. 10-14 The Lord has pitilessly destroyed all the homes of Jacob; in his displeasure he has shattered the strongholds of the daughter of Judah; he has thrown to the ground, he has left accursed the kingdom and its rulers. Mutely they sit on [...]
27 June – Friday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time ____________________ 2 Kings 25:1-12 In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw [...]
26 June – Thursday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time ____________________ 2 Kings 24:8-17 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he came to the throne, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. He did what is displeasing to the Lord, just as his father [...]
25 June – Wednesday in the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time ____________________ 2 Kings 22:8-13. 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, ‘I have found the Book of the Law in the Temple of the Lord.’’’ And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. Shaphan the secretary went to the [...]
24 June – Solemnity of St John the Baptist (Mass during the Day) ____________________ Isaiah 49:1-6 Islands, listen to me, pay attention, remotest peoples. The Lord called me before I was born, from my mother’s womb he pronounced my name. He made my mouth a sharp sword, and hid me in the shadow of his [...]
23 June – Solemnity of St John the Baptist (Vigil) ____________________ Jeremiah 1:4-10 ____________________ 1 Peter 8-12 ____________________ Luke 1:5-17 ____________________ Before I formed you in the womb I knew you. Have you ever wondered what you’re doing on Earth? Have you ever wondered where your life is heading? You could have just reached [...]
22 June – Monday in the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time ____________________ 2 Kings 17:5-8. 13-15a. 18 The king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites to Assyria. He settled them [...]
