Liturgical Readings for the Week of May 19th, 2024

May 15, 2024

Sunday: Pentecost Sunday

Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Gal 5:16-25/Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 15:26-27; 16:12-15

Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord”

1 Corinthians 12:4-5, NRSVCE

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Monday: The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church

Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Jn 19:25-34

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, “Woman, here is your son.” 27 Then he said to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.”

John 19:26-27, NRSVCE

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Tuesday

Jas 4:1-10/Mk 9:30-37

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Lament and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”

James 4:7-10, NRSVCE

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Wednesday

Jas 4:13-17/Mk 9:38-40

John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him, because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not stop him; for no one who does a deed of power in my name will be able soon afterward to speak evil of me. Whoever is not against us is for us.”

Mark 9:38-40, NRSVCE

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Thursday

Jas 5:1-6/Mk 9:41-50

“Come now, you rich, weep and wail over your impending miseries. Your wealth has rotted away, your clothes have become moth-eaten, your gold and silver have corroded, and that corrosion will be a testimony against you; it will devour your flesh like a fire.”

James 5:1-3, NABRE

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Friday

Jas 5:9-12/Mk 10:1-12

For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother [and be joined to his wife], and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, no human being must separate.” “

Mark 10:7-9, NABRE

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Saturday

Jas 5:13-20/Mk 10:13-16

Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? He should summon the presbyters of the church, and they should pray over him and anoint [him] with oil in the name of the Lord, and the prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up. If he has committed any sins, he will be forgiven.”

James 5:13-15, NABRE

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