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Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, religious
Reading I Jon 1:1–2:1-2, 11

This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai:

“Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against it;
their wickedness has come up before me.”
But Jonah made ready to flee to Tarshish away from the LORD.
He went down to Joppa,

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Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Reading I Gn 2:18-24

The LORD God said: “It is not good for the man to be alone.
I will make a suitable partner for him.”
So the LORD God formed out of the ground
various wild animals and various birds of the air,
and he brought them to the man to see what he would call them;
whatever the man called each of them would be its name.

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Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels

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Readings for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels
Reading I Bar 4:5-12, 27-29

Fear not, my people!
   Remember, Israel,
You were sold to the nations
   not for your destruction;
It was because you angered God
   that you were handed over to your foes.
For you provoked your Maker
   with sacrifices to demons, to no-gods;
You forsook the Eternal God who nourished you,

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Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church
Reading I Bar 1:15-22

During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed:
“Justice is with the Lord, our God;
and we today are flushed with shame,
we men of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem,
that we, with our kings and rulers
and priests and prophets, and with our ancestors,

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Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church

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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Jerome, priest and doctor of the Church
Reading I Neh 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12

The whole people gathered as one in the open space before the Water Gate,
and they called upon Ezra the scribe
to bring forth the book of the law of Moses
which the LORD prescribed for Israel.
On the first day of the seventh month, therefore,

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Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels

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Reading I Dn 7:9-10, 13-14

As I watched:

   Thrones were set up
       and the Ancient One took his throne.
   His clothing was bright as snow,
       and the hair on his head as white as wool;
   His throne was flames of fire,
       with wheels of burning fire.
   A surging stream of fire
       flowed out from where he sat;
   Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,

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Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time

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Reading I Zec 8:20-23

Thus says the LORD of hosts:
There shall yet come peoples,
the inhabitants of many cities;
and the inhabitants of one city shall approach those of another,
and say, “Come! let us go to implore the favor of the LORD”;
and, “I too will go to seek the LORD.”
Many peoples and strong nations shall come
to seek the Lord of hosts in Jerusalem
and to implore the favor of the LORD.

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Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest

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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, priest
Reading I Zec 8:1-8

This word of the LORD of hosts came:

Thus says the LORD of hosts:

I am intensely jealous for Zion,
stirred to jealous wrath for her.
Thus says the LORD:
I will return to Zion,
and I will dwell within Jerusalem;
Jerusalem shall be called the faithful city,

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Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Reading I Nm 11:25-29

The LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to Moses.
Taking some of the spirit that was on Moses,
the LORD bestowed it on the seventy elders;
and as the spirit came to rest on them, they prophesied.

Now two men, one named Eldad and the other Medad,
were not in the gathering but had been left in the camp.
They too had been on the list,

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Saturday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time

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Reading I Zec 2:5-9, 14-15a

I, Zechariah, raised my eyes and looked:
there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.
I asked, “Where are you going?”
He answered, “To measure Jerusalem,
to see how great is its width and how great its length.”

Then the angel who spoke with me advanced,
and another angel came out to meet him and said to him,

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