CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Friday of the First Week of Lent 3.15.19 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“‘Hear another parable. … a landowner … planted a vineyard …. leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. … The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes …. the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.’ …”

CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Thursday of the First Week of Lent 3.14.19 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“‘Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. … Which one of you would hand his son a stone when he asked for a loaf of bread … how much more will your Heavenly Father give good things to those who ask Him. ‘Do to others whatever you would have them do to you. This is the law and the prophets.'”

CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent 3.13.19 – Catholic TV (Archdiocese of Boston)

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CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent 3.13.19 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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VIDEO: CATHOLIC MASS READINGS & HOMILY: Wednesday of the First Week of Lent 3.13.19 – EWTN (Alabama)

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Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily from EWTN in Alabama.
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“Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.” – Catholic Divine Office/ Liturgy of the Hours

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[The Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, begins the Liturgical Day with “A Call to Praise God” in the form of the Invitatory Psalm, usually Psalm 95, in stanzas, or strophes, interspersed with an antiphon. For Sundays and weekdays during Lent, from Ash Wednesday to the Saturday of the Fifth Week of Lent, the antiphon is “Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.” or “Today if you hear the Voice of the Lord, harden not your hearts.” Below, the first alternative is set out with the stanzas of the Psalm.]

[Prior to the Psalm is an introductory phrase taken from Psalm 51 and a quote from the Letter to the Hebrews]

Lord, open my lips.

— And my mouth will proclaim Your Praise.
Encourage each other daily, while it is still today (Hebrews 3:13)

Holy Trinity and Scenes From ScriptureCome, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

Come, let us sing to the Lord
and shout with joy to the Rock Who Saves us.
Let us approach Him with Praise and Thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs to the Lord.

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

The Lord is God, the Mighty God,
the Great King over all the gods,
He holds in His Hands the depths of the earth
and the highest mountains as well.
He made the sea; it belongs to Him,
the dry land, too, for it was formed by His Hands.

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

Come then, let us bow down and worship,
bending the knee before the Lord, our Maker.
For He is our God, and we are His People,
the Flock He Shepherds.

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

Today, listen to the Voice of the Lord:
Do not grow stubborn, as your fathers did
in the wilderness,
when at Meribah and Massah
they challenged me and provoked me,
Although they had seen all of my works.

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

Forty years I endured that generation.
I said, “They are a People whose hearts go astray
and they do not know My Ways.”
So I swore in my anger,
“The shall not enter into my rest.”

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever.
Amen.

Come, let us worship Christ the Lord, Who for our sake endured temptation and suffering.

[The Divine Office also indicates that Psalm 100, Psalm 67 or Psalm 24 may be used, and indicates that the psalm may be omitted when the Invitatory precedes Morning Prayer. An added note provides that, in individual recitation, the antiphon may be said once, at the beginning, rather than with each strophe.]

[As can be seen, the psalm presents a a wide-ranging encounter with God’s Greatness and our Relationship to Him. We are exhorted to approach God, to sing and shout with joy, praise and thanksgiving. God is Almighty and our Creator, indeed holding creation in His Hands.

We are to worship and follow Him in His Greatness. Yet He also is a Person Whose Voice we are to listen to and follow, Who Shepherds us as His Flock. At times, there are those who stubbornly failed to follow him, challenging Him and provoking His Wrath. In particular, with the reference to Meribah and Massah, the psalm recalls the Israelites grumbling and challenging God at points during their exodus in the desert.]

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CATHOLIC MASS READINGS: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent 3.12.19 – USCCB/ NABRE

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“Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful … so shall My Word Be that goes forth from My Mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but shall do My Will, achieving the end for which I Sent It.”

CATHOLIC MASS VIDEO: Tuesday of the First Week of Lent 3.12.19 – Loretto Abbey (Archdiocese of Toronto)

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VIDEO: CATHOLIC MASS READINGS & HOMILY: Monday of the First Week of Lent 3.11.19 – EWTN (Alabama)

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Catholic televised Mass Readings and Homily from EWTN in Alabama. [Click here for Mass Readings]


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