Monday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 73 This Rule Only a Beginning of Perfection
Mass: 1 Cor 2:1-5; Resp Ps 119; Lk 4:16-30

Lord, I love your commands.

Sunday of the Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 72 The Good Zeal of Monks
Mass: Jer 20:7-9; Resp Ps 63; Rom 12:1-2; Mt 16:21-27

My soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.

Saturday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Beatrice of Nazareth, Flemish Cistercian Nun, First Prioress of Our Lady of Nazareth Abbey in Belgium, our Motherhouse (1200-1268)
The Beheading of John the Baptist

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 71 Mutual Obedience
Mass: Jer 1:17-19; Resp Ps 71 or 1 Cor 26-31; Resp Ps 33; Mk 6:17-29
For the memorial of Beatrice of Nazareth: Songs 8:6-7 or 1 Cor 13:4-13; Resp Ps 44; Jn 17:20-26

How beautiful you are, how pleasing, my love, my delight!

Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Augustine (354-430), Bishop, Doctor, Son of Saint Monica (331-387)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 70 The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery
Mass: 1 Cor 1:17-25; Resp Ps 33; Mt 25:1-13

The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Monica (331-387), mother of Saint Augustine (354-430)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 69 The Presumption of Defending Another in the Monastery
Mass: 1 Cor 1:1-9; Resp Ps 145; Mt 24:42-51

Generation after generation praises your works and proclaims your might.

Wednesday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time

Blessed Dominic Barberi (1792-1849)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 68 The Assignment of Impossible Tasks
Mass: 2 Th 3:6-10, 16-18; Resp Ps 128; Mt 23:27-32

Blessed are you who fear the Lord, and who walk in His ways!

Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

Saint Louis of France (1214-1270)
Saint Joseph of Calasanz (1557-1648)

Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 67 Those Sent on a Journey
Mass: 2 Th 2:1-3a, 14-17; Resp Ps 96; Mt 23:23-26

Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea and what fills it resound.