Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

57th Anniversary of the Foundation of Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey!

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 24 Degrees of Excommunication
Mass: Rm 8:31b-39; Resp Ps 109; Lk 13:31-35

I will speak my thanks earnestly to the Lord, and in the midst of a throng I will praise him.

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 23 Excommunication for Faults
Mass: Rm 8:26-30; Resp Ps 13; Lk 13:22-30

My hope, O Lord, is in your mercy.

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 22 Sleeping Arrangements for Monks
Mass: Rm 8:18-25; Resp Ps 126; Lk 13:18-21

The Lord has done marvels for us.

Feast of Saints Simon and Jude

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 21 The Deans of the Monastery
Mass: Eph 2:19-22; Resp Ps 19; Lk 6:12-16

Their message goes out through all the earth.

Thirtienth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 20 Reverence in Prayer
Mass: Sir 35:12-14, 16-18; Resp Ps 34; 2 Tm 4:6-8, 16-18; Lk 18:9-14

The Lord hears the cry of the poor.

Saturday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 19 The Discipline of the Psalmody
Mass: Rm 8:1-11; Resp Ps 24; Lk 13:1-9

The Lord's are the earth and its fullness; the world and those who dwell in it.

Friday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 18:20-25
Mass: Rm 7:18-25a; Resp Ps 119; Lk 14:54-59

Lord, you are good and bountiful, teach me your statutes.

Thursday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Antony Mary Claret (1807-1870)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 18:12-19
Mass: Rm 6:19-23; Resp Ps 1; Lk 12:49-53

Whatever God does, prospers.

Wednesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint John of Capistrano (1386-1456)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 18:7-11
Mass: Rm 6:12-18; Resp Ps 124; Lk 12:39-48

Our help is in the name of the Lord.

Tuesday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 18:1-6 The Order of the Psalmody
Mass: Rm 5:12, 15b, 17-19, 20b-21; Resp Ps 40; Lk 12:35-38

Here I am, Lord; I come to do your will.

Monday of the Twenty-Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 17 The Number of Psalms to be Sung at These Hours
Mass: Rm 4:20-25; Resp Ps (Lk 1)); Lk 12:13-21

Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel; he has come to his people.

Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

World Mission Sunday

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 16 The Celebration of the Divine Office During the Day
Mass: Ex 17:8-13; Resp Ps 121; 2 Tm 3:14-4:2; Lk 18:1-8

The Lord is your guardian; the Lord is your shade; he is beside you at your right hand.

Saturday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Saints John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions (martyred 1642-1649)
Saint Paul of the Cross (1694-1775)
Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 15 The Times for Saying Alleluia
Mass: Rm 4:13, 16-18; Resp Ps 105; Lk 12:8-12

The Lord remembers his covenant forever.

Feast of Saint Luke

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 14 The Celebration of Vigils on the Anniversaries of Saints
Mass: 2 Tm 4:10-17b; Resp Ps 145; Lk 10:1-9

Let the faithful discourse of the glory of your Kingdom and speak of your might.

Thursday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Ignatius of Antioch (-107)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 13:12-14
Mass: Rm 3:21-30; Resp Ps 130; Lk 11:47-54

I trust in the Lord; my soul trusts in his word.

Wednesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Hedwig (1174-1243); Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690)

World Food Day: Our Actions are our Future. Healthy Diets for a Zero Hunger World

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 13:1-11 The Celebration of Lauds on Ordinary Days
Mass: Rm 2:1-11; Resp Ps 62; Lk 11:42-46

God is our refuge!

Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Teresa of Jesus, Teresa of Ávila: Doctor of the Church (1515-1582)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 12 The Celebration of the Solemnity of Lauds
Mass: Rom 1:16-25; Resp Ps 19; Lk 11:37-41

The heavens proclaim the glory of God.

Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Pope Saint Callistus I (-222)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 11 The Celebration of Vigils on Sunday
Mass: Rom 1:1-7; Resp Ps 98; Lk 11:29-32

The Lord has revealed to the nations his saving power.

Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Canonization of Mother Mariam Thresia Chiaramel Mankidiyan; Marguerite Bays; Mother Giuseppina Vannini; Sister Dulce Lopes Pontes; Cardinal John Henry Newman!

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 10 The Arrangement of the Night Office in Summer
Mass: 1 Kings 5:14-17; Resp Ps 98; 2 Tim 2:8-13; Lk 17:11-19

All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Virgin Mary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 9 The Number of Psalms at the Night Office
Mass: Joel 4:12-21; Resp Ps 97; Lk 11:27-28

Rejoice in the Lord, you just!

Friday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Pope Saint John XXIII (1881-1963)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 8 The Divine Office at Night
Mass: Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2; Resp Ps 9; Lk 11:15-26

I will give thanks to you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will declare all your wondrous deeds.

Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Paulinus (-644); Saint Daniel Comboni (1831-1881)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:62-70
Mass: Malachi 3:13-20b; Resp Ps 1; Lk 11:5-13

Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.

Wednesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Denis, bishop and martyr, and Companions (-258); Saint John Leonardi (1541-1609)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:60-61
Mass: Jon 4:1-11; Resp Ps 86; Lk 11:1-4

Hearken, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my pleading.

Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Our Lady of Pompeii

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:59
Mass: Jon 3:1-10; Resp Ps 130; Lk 10:38-42

With the Lord is kindness and with him is plenteous redemption.

Monday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

Our Lady of the Rosary

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:56-58
Mass: Jonah 1:1-2:2, 11;Resp Ps (Jon 2); Lk 10:25-37
For the Memorial: Acts 1:12-14; Resp Ps (Lk 1); Lk 1:26-38

The Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name.

Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time

In other years: Saint Bruno (1033-1101)

Readings of the Day
RB; Ch 7:55
Mass: Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4; Resp Ps 95; 2 Tim 1:6-8, 13-14; Lk 17:5-10

If today you hear God's voice, harden not your hearts.

Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Francis Xavier Seelos (1819-1867), German by birth, Redemptorist Priest, missionary to the United States, died in New Orleans after contracting Yellow Fever
Blessed Virgin Mary
First Saturday of the Month

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:51-54
Mass: Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29; Resp Ps 69; Lk 10:17-24

Let the heavens and the earth praise the Lord, the seas and whatever moves in them.

Friday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)
First Friday of the Month

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:49-50
Mass: Baruch 1:15-22; Resp Ps 79; Lk 10:13-16

For the glory of your name, O Lord, deliver us.

Thursday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:44-48
Mass: Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12; Resp Ps 19; Lk 10:1-12

The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few.

Wednesday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

The Holy Guardian Angels

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 7:35-43
Mass: Ex 23:20-23 or Neh 2:1-8; Resp Ps 91 or 137; Mt 18:1-5, 10

The Lord has put angels in charge of you, to guard you in all your ways.

Tuesday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, aka Thérèse of Lisieux, (1873-1897) Doctor of the Church, Co-Patron of the Missions with Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552)

Readings of the Day

RB: Ch 7:34

Mass: Zech 8:20-23; Resp Ps 87; Lk 9:51-56

God is with us.