The Roman Missal

THE ROMAN MISSAL

RESTORED BY DECREE OF THE SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF THE VATICAN AND PROMULGATED BY AUTHORITY OF POPE PAUL VI

LECTIONARY FOR MASS

FOR USE IN THE DIOCESES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECOND TYPICAL EDITION

Volume I: Sundays, Solemnities, Feasts of the Lord and the Saints

NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS

CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP. New Jersey 1998

3 CONTENTS

Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, 1st Edition ...... 7 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, 2nd Edition ...... 8 Decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments ...... 10 Decree of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops...... 11

INTRODUCTION: PREAMBLE Chapter I: General Principles for the Liturgical Celebration of the Word of God ...... 13

FIRST PART: THE WORD OF GOD IN THE CELEBRATION OF MASS Chapter II: The Celebration of the Liturgy of the Word at Mass ...... 16 Chapter III: Offices and Ministries in the Celebration of the Liturgy of the Word within Mass ...... 20

SECOND PART: THE STRUCTURE OF THE ORDER OF READINGS FOR MASS Chapter IV: The General Arrangement of Readings for Mass...... 23 Chapter V: Description of the Order of Readings ...... 29 Chapter VI: Adaptations, Translations and Format of the Order of Readings...... 33

TABLES Table I: Principal Celebrations of the Liturgical Year ...... 36 Table II: Order of the Second Reading for Sundays in Ordinary Time ...... 38

Abbreviations of the Books of the Bible ...... 39

PROPER OF SEASONS SUNDAY READINGS Season of Advent...... 43 Season of Christmas ...... 95 Season of Lent ...... 167 Easter Triduum and Season of Easter ...... 301 Ordinary Time ...... 499

5 SACRED CONGREGATION FOR THE SACRAMENTS AND DIVINE WORSHIP

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DECREE REGARDING THE SECOND TYPICAL EDITION

The Order of Readings for Mass, first published in editio typica in 1969, was promulgated on 25 May of that year by special mandate of the Supreme Pontiff Paul VI, in accordance with the requirement of the Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, in order to provide Bishops’ Conferences with the references for the individual biblical readings at Mass with a view to the preparation of lectionaries in the vernacular languages in the different regions. In that edition were lacking the biblical references of readings for celebration of the sacraments and other rites that have been published since May 1969. More- over, following the issuing of the Neo-Vulgate edition of the Sacred Scriptures, it was laid down by the Apostolic Constitution Scripturarum thesaurus of 25 April 1979 that thereafter the text of the Neo-Vulgate must be adopted as the typical edition for liturgical use. Since the first editio typica is no longer available, it seemed opportune to prepare a second edition, having the following features with regard to the previous one: 1. The text of the Introduction has been expanded.

2. In compliance with the Apostolic Constitution Scripturarum thesaurus, the Neo-Vulgate edition of the Sacred Scriptures has been used in indi- cating the biblical references. 3. There have been incorporated all the biblical references to be found in the lectionaries for the celebration of sacraments and sacramentals that have been published since the first edition of the Order of Readings for Mass. 4. The biblical references have also been added for readings for certain Masses “for various needs” and for readings in other Masses which were inserted into the Roman Missal for the first time in its second edition of 1975. 5. As regards the celebrations of the Holy Family, the Baptism of the Lord, the Ascension, and Pentecost, references have been added for optional readings in such a way that biblical texts arranged for cycles A, B, and C in the Lectionary for Sundays and feasts are completed.

8 11 FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT B

FIRST READING The kingdom of David shall endure for ever before the Lord.

A reading from the second Book of Samuel 7:1–5, 8b–12, 14a, 16 hen King David was settled in his palace, W and the LORD had given him rest from his enemies on every side, he said to Nathan the prophet, “Here I am living in a house of cedar, while the ark of God dwells in a tent!” Nathan answered the king, “Go, do whatever you have in mind, for the LORD is with you.” But that night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said: “Go, tell my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD: Should you build me a house to dwell in? “ ‘It was I who took you from the pasture and from the care of the flock to be commander of my people Israel. I have been with you wherever you went, and I have destroyed all your enemies before you. And I will make you famous like the great ones of the earth. I will fix a place for my people Israel; I will plant them so that they may dwell in their place without further disturbance. Neither shall the wicked continue to afflict them as they did of old, since the time I first appointed judges over my people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies.

86 96 December 25 THE NATIVITY OF THE LORD (Christmas)

13 At the Vigil Mass A B C

These readings are used at Mass celebrated on the evening of December 24, either before or after Evening Prayer I of Christmas. The texts that follow may also be used for Masses on Christmas Day, with the option of choosing from one or other of the three sets of readings according to the pastoral needs of each congregation.

FIRST READING The Lord delights in you. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 62:1–5 or Zion’s sake I will not be silent, Ffor Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory; you shall be called by a new name pronounced by the mouth of the LORD. You shall be a glorious crown in the hand of the LORD, a royal diadem held by your God. No more shall people call you “Forsaken,” or your land “Desolate,” but you shall be called “My Delight,” and your land “Espoused.” For the LORD delights in you and makes your land his spouse. As a young man marries a virgin, your Builder shall marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices in his bride so shall your God rejoice in you. The word of the Lord.

97 19 SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS A B C

FIRST READING

The wisdom of God lives in his people.

A reading from the Book of Sirach 24:1–2, 8–12 isdom sings her own praises and is honored in God, Wbefore her own people she boasts; in the assembly of the Most High she opens her mouth, in the presence of his power she declares her worth, in the midst of her people she is exalted, in holy fullness she is admired; in the multitude of the chosen she ﬁnds praise, and among the blessed she is blessed. “The Creator of all commanded and said to me, and he who formed me chose the spot for my tent, saying, ‘In Jacob make your dwelling, in Israel your inheritance, and among my chosen put down your roots.’ “Before all ages, in the beginning, he created me, and through all ages I shall not cease to be. In the holy tent I ministered before him, and in Zion I ﬁxed my abode. Thus in the chosen city I have rested, in Jerusalem is my domain. I have struck root among a glorious people, in the portion of the LORD, his heritage; and in the company of the holy ones do I linger.” The word of the Lord.

141 [38] PALM SUNDAY, AT THE MASS — A, B, C 259

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 22:8–9, 17–18, 19–20, 23–24

r (2a) My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? All who see me scoff at me; they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him, let him rescue him, if he loves him.” r My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Indeed, many dogs surround me, a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; they have pierced my hands and my feet; I can count all my bones. r My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? They divide my garments among them, and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O LORD, be not far from me; O my help, hasten to aid me. r My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I will proclaim your name to my brethren; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you: “You who fear the LORD, praise him; all you descendants of Jacob, give glory to him; revere him, all you descendants of Israel!” r My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? 322 41 EASTER SUNDAY A B C

THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD

At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter

Nine readings are assigned to the Easter Vigil: seven from the Old Testament and two from the New. If circumstances demand in individual cases, the num- ber of prescribed readings may be reduced. Three selections from the Old Tes- tament, however, should be read before the epistle and Gospel, although when necessary, two may be read. In any case, the reading from Exodus about the escape through the Red Sea (reading 3) should never be omitted.

FIRST READING

A LONGER FORM

God looked at everything he had made, and he found it very good.

A reading from the Book of Genesis 1:1—2:2 n the beginning, when God created the heavens and the I earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” Thus evening came, and morning followed—the ﬁrst day. Then God said, “Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters, to separate one body of water from the other.”

323 84 EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C

FIRST READING Praise no one before he speaks.

A reading from the Book of Sirach 27:4–7 hen a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; Wso do one’s faults when one speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in tribulation is the test of the just. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so too does one’s speech disclose the bent of one’s mind. Praise no one before he speaks, for it is then that people are tested. The word of the Lord.

RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 92:2–3, 13–14, 15–16 r (cf. 2a) Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.

It is good to give thanks to the LORD, to sing praise to your name, Most High, to proclaim your kindness at dawn and your faithfulness throughout the night. r Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. The just one shall ﬂourish like the palm tree, like a cedar of Lebanon shall he grow. They that are planted in the house of the LORD shall ﬂourish in the courts of our God. r Lord, it is good to give thanks to you. They shall bear fruit even in old age; vigorous and sturdy shall they be, declaring how just is the LORD, my rock, in whom there is no wrong. r Lord, it is good to give thanks to you.

591 118 TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME A

FIRST READING

I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain.

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 56:1, 6–7

hus says the LORD: TObserve what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed.

The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, ministering to him, loving the name of the LORD, and becoming his servants— all who keep the sabbath free from profanation and hold to my covenant, them I will bring to my holy mountain and make joyful in my house of prayer; their burnt offerings and sacriﬁces will be acceptable on my altar, for my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. The word of the Lord.

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SECOND READING

Receive him no longer as a slave but as a beloved brother.

A reading from the Letter of Saint Paul to Philemon 9–10, 12–17 Paul, an old man, I, and now also a prisoner for Christ Jesus, urge you on behalf of my child Onesimus, whose father I have become in my imprisonment; I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. I should have liked to retain him for myself, so that he might serve me on your behalf in my imprisonment for the gospel, but I did not want to do anything without your consent, so that the good you do might not be forced but voluntary. Perhaps this is why he was away from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a brother, beloved especially to me, but even more so to you, as a man and in the Lord. So if you regard me as a partner, welcome him as you would me. The word of the Lord.

ALLELUIA Ps 119:135

r Alleluia, alleluia. Let your face shine upon your servant; and teach me your laws. r Alleluia, alleluia. [156] THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — C 923

GOSPEL

A LONGER FORM

He is not God of the dead, but of the living.

= A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke 20:27–38 ome Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, Scame forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers; the ﬁrst married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? For all seven had been married to her.” Jesus said to them, “The children of this age marry and remarry; but those who are deemed worthy to attain to the coming age and to the resurrection of the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. They can no longer die, for they are like angels; and they are the children of God because they are the ones who will rise. That the dead will rise even Moses made known in the passage about the bush, when he called out ‘Lord,’ the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob; and he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for to him all are alive.” The Gospel of the Lord. APPENDIX I: SEQUENCES 1159

Da tuis ﬁdelibus, Da virtutis meritum, in te conﬁdentibus, da salutis exitum, sacrum septenarium. da perenne gaudium. ( 1974, pp. 253–255) Graduale Romanum The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ This sequence may be sung in its entirety, or in the shorter form beginning with the verse * Ecce panis (Lo! the angel’s food is given).

Lauda, Sion, Salvatorem, Quod in cena Christus gessit, lauda ducem et pastorem faciendum hoc expressit in hymnis et canticis. in sui memoriam. Quantum potes, tantum aude: Docti sacris institutis, quia maior omni laude, panem, vinum in salutis nec laudare sufficis. consecramus hostiam. Laudis thema specialis, Dogma datur Christianis, panis vivus et vitalis quod in carnem transit panis, hodie proponitur. et vinum in sanguinem. Quem in sacra mensa cenæ, Quod non capis, quod non vides, turba fratrum duodenæ animosa firmat fides, datum non ambigitur. præter rerum ordinem. Sit laus plena, sit sonora, Sub diversis speciebus, sit iucunda, sit decora signis tantum, et non rebus, mentis iubilatio. latent res eximiæ. Dies enim sollemnis agitur, Caro cibus, sanguis potus: in qua mensæ prima recolitur manet tamen Christus totus, huius institutio. sub utraque specie. In hac mensa novi Regis, A sumente non concisus, novum Pascha novæ legis non confractus, non divisus: Phase vetus terminat. integer accipitur. Vetustatem novitas, Sumit unus, sumunt mille: umbram fugat veritas, quantum isti, tantum ille: noctem lux eliminat. nec sumptus consumitur. Sunday Weekday Sunday Weekday ABCI II I, II ABCI II I, II GENESIS 21—15:1 ...... 396 1:1—2:2* ...... 41 41 41 16:1-5, 9-15...... 397 1-19 ...... 329 2-4, 12-15...... 113 20—2:4a ...... 330 17:1-7 ...... 236 236 2:4b-9, 15-17...... 331 3-7 ...... 28 7-9; 3:1-7...... 22 8-13 ...... 147 18-25 ...... 332 19:1-2, 9-11, 16-20b ...... 398 18-24 ...... 140 2-6a ...... 91 3:1-8 ...... 333 3-8a, 16-20b...... 62 62 62 9-24 ...... 334 20:1-17* ...... 29 399 9-15 ...... 89 22:20-26 ...... 148 4:1-15, 25 ...... 335 24:3-8 ...... 168 400 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10...... 336 32:7-14 ...... 247 247 8:6-13, 20-22...... 337 7-11, 13-14...... 132 9:1-13 ...... 338 15-24, 30-34...... 401 8-15 ...... 23 33:7-11; 34:5b-9, 28...... 402 11:1-9 ...... 62 62 62 339 34:4b-6, 8-9...... 164 12:1-9 ...... 371 29-35 ...... 403 1-4a ...... 25 40:16-21, 34-38...... 404 13:2, 5-18 ...... 372 LEVITICUS 14:18-20 ...... 169 13:1-2, 44-46...... 77 15:1-12, 17-18...... 373 19:1-2, 11-18...... 224 224 1-6; 21:1-3...... 17 1-2, 17-18...... 79 5-12, 17-18...... 27 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34b-37 .. 405 16:1-12, 15-16*...... 374 25:1, 8-17 ...... 406 17:1, 9-10, 15-22...... 375 NUMBERS 3-9 ...... 254 254 6:22-27 ...... 18 18 18 18:1-15 ...... 376 11:4b-15 ...... 407 1-10a ...... 108 25-29 ...... 137 16-33 ...... 377 12:1-13 ...... 408 20-32 ...... 111 13:1-2, 25—14:1, 26-29, 34-35 409 19:15-29 ...... 378 20:1-13 ...... 410 21:5, 8-20 ...... 379 21:4-9 ...... 252 252 22:1-19 ...... 380 24:2-7, 15-17a...... 187 187 1-18* ...... 41 41 41 DEUTERONOMY 1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 ...... 26 4:1-2, 6-8...... 125 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 ...... 381 1:5-9 ...... 239 239 27:1-5, 15-29...... 382 32-40 ...... 411 28:10-22a ...... 383 32-34, 39-40...... 165 32:22-32 ...... 384 5:12-15 ...... 86 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28 ...... 234 234 6:2-6 ...... 152 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a ...... 385 4-13 ...... 412 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 ...... 386 7:6-11 ...... 170 46:1-7, 28-30...... 387 8:2-3, 14b-16a...... 167 49:2, 8-10 ...... 193 193 10:12-22 ...... 413 29-32; 50:15-26a...... 388 11:18, 26-28, 32 ...... 85 EXODUS 18:15-20 ...... 71 1:8-14, 22 ...... 389 26:4-10 ...... 24 2:1-15a ...... 390 16-19 ...... 229 229 3:1-8a, 13-15...... 30 30:10-14 ...... 105 1-6, 9-12...... 391 15-20 ...... 220 220 13-20 ...... 392 31:1-8 ...... 414 11:10—12:14 ...... 393 34:1-12 ...... 415 12:1-8, 11-14...... 39 39 39 JOSHUA 37-42 ...... 394 3:7-10a, 11, 13-17...... 416 14:5-18 ...... 395 5:9a, 10-12 ...... 33 15—15:1 ...... 41 41 41 24:1-13 ...... 417 * The long and short readings of the same pericope are indicated by an asterisk. The numbers refer to chapters and verses, not to pages. 1162 APPENDIX III TABLE OF RESPONSORIAL PSALMS AND CANTICLES I. RESPONSORIAL PSALMS Ps 1...... 78, 185, 220, 233, 344, 464, 469, 476, 479, 497, 549, 595, Ps 41...... 80 598, 652, 674, 739, 808 Ps 42...... 41, 237, 279, 484, 753, 762, 793, 798, 1013, 1019 Ps 2...... 212, 267, 283, 879 Ps 43...... 41, 237, 279, 453, 753, 762, 793, 798, 1013, 1019 Ps 3...... 323, 498 Ps 44...... 308 Ps 4...... 47, 360 Ps 45...... 439, 622, 681, 709, 733, 813, 854 Ps 5...... 365, 378, 437 Ps 46...... 245, 671, 703 Ps 6...... 793 Ps 47...... 58, 174, 295, 296, 316 Ps 7...... 249 Ps 48...... 326, 372, 390 Ps 8...... 166, 264, 306, 330, 472, 753, 884, 904 Ps 49...... 343, 344, 447, 904 Ps 9...... 394, 412, 465, 502 Ps 50...... 88, 231, 311, 335, 348, 377, 379, 389, 395, 400, 500 Ps 10...... 302, 394 Ps 51...... 22, 35, 41, 132, 174, 219, 221, 226, 242, 321, 322, 366, 387, Ps 12...... 340 408, 410, 418, 422, 753, 894, 950 Ps 13...... 481, 636 Ps 52...... 433 Ps 15...... 108, 125, 337, 372, 449, 498, 537, 739 Ps 54...... 134, 436 Ps 16...... 41, 46, 99, 158, 261, 300, 361, 364, 418, 441, 513, 534, 546, Ps 55...... 342, 971 583, 619, 651, 664, 721, 739, 777, 824, 845, 859 Ps 56...... 314, 448 Ps 17...... 156, 250, 384, 447, 455, 499 Ps 57...... 289, 315 Ps 18...... 148, 152, 255, 327, 412 Ps 59...... 403 Ps 19...... 29, 41, 69, 105, 137, 174, 224, 310, 341, 352, 380, 399, 458, 468, 495, 542, 561, 590, 641, 643, 657, 666, 684, 686, 727, Ps 60...... 371 748, 782, 816, 829, 840, 845, 849, 854, 874 Ps 61...... 762 Ps 21...... 310, 421 Ps 62...... 82, 437, 469 Ps 22...... 38, 53, 174, 324, 486, 766, 924, 971 Ps 63...... 96, 124, 154, 174, 352, 603, 753, 762, 793, 813, 1013 Ps 23...... 31, 49, 107, 142, 160, 172, 177, 251, 328, 421, 493, 510, Ps 65...... 103, 362, 762, 914 516, 535, 565, 578, 659, 677, 700, 721, 739, 749, 753, 758, Ps 66...... 55, 102, 174, 275, 276, 415, 753 766, 772, 787, 798, 824, 869, 978, 997, 1013, 1019 Ps 67...... 18, 57, 118, 191, 281, 406, 829, 874, 919 Ps 24...... 10, 196, 318, 320, 434, 477, 478, 491, 503, 524, 667, 777, Ps 68...... 126, 297, 298, 299, 479 813 Ps 69...... 94, 105, 259, 390, 405, 406, 460, 485, 971 Ps 25...... 3, 23, 68, 136, 174,187, 199, 238, 355, 356, 793, 829, 997, Ps 71...... 72, 195, 258, 358, 397, 586, 634, 793 1013, 1019, 1024 Ps 72...... 4, 20, 174, 176, 193, 194, 213, 214, 215, 889, 899 Ps 26...... 378 Ps 74...... 376 Ps 27...... 27, 59, 67, 174, 179, 243, 257, 271, 327, 363, 432, 458, 487, Ps 77...... 411 488, 753, 758, 762, 793, 813, 829, 845, 854, 859, 879, 1013 Ps 78...... 113, 309, 397, 416, 638, 787, 978 Ps 28...... 443 Ps 79...... 230, 349, 374, 402, 459 Ps 29...... 21, 336 Ps 80...... 2, 12, 139, 186, 316, 386, 884, 940 Ps 30...... 41, 48, 90, 98, 190, 244 Ps 81...... 86, 241, 333, 405, 407 Ps 31...... 40, 85, 232, 274, 323, 367, 527, 536, 596, 639, 692, 696, Ps 82...... 493 715, 965, 971 Ps 84...... 17, 330, 400, 404, 441, 507, 703, 772, 813, 819, 845, 859 Ps 32...... 77, 93, 325, 333, 347, 471, 753 Ps 85...... 5, 104, 115, 174, 181, 189, 315, 362, 382, 396, 420, 424, Ps 33...... 25, 41, 52, 117, 146, 165, 197, 262, 272, 339, 350, 371, 385, 474, 864, 884, 889, 899, 940, 954 429, 430, 433, 445, 471, 476, 743, 803, 813, 997 Ps 86...... 106, 222, 324, 463, 793, 960 Ps 34...... 33, 116, 119, 122, 150, 174, 188, 225, 248, 269, 270, 338, Ps 87...... 280, 456 359, 369, 370, 379, 492, 515, 517, 529, 533, 540, 550, 552, Ps 88...... 456, 457 554, 570, 574, 591, 597, 604, 607, 609, 631, 660, 678, 699, Ps 89...... 11, 13, 97, 200, 260, 282, 309, 312, 317, 319, 370, 543, 555, 715, 739, 753, 758, 787, 793, 798, 803, 808, 813, 849, 978, 581, 588, 611, 626, 670, 673, 682, 688, 721, 753, 772, 835 997 Ps 90...... 114, 129, 143, 334, 354, 428, 452, 454, 559, 793, 904, 909 Ps 36...... 398 Ps 91...... 24, 174, 353, 383, 650 Ps 37...... 321, 331, 342, 387, 435, 492, 518, 547, 560, 579, 589, 672, 693, 727 Ps 92...... 84, 92, 808 Ps 40...... 64, 65, 120, 307, 314, 318, 422, 443, 474, 514, 545, 548, Ps 93...... 161, 268, 341, 388 566, 584, 602, 637, 656, 687, 694, 721, 813, 859, 978, 982, Ps 94...... 336, 391, 484 991 Ps 95...... 28, 71, 127, 141, 174, 236, 240, 308, 410, 508, 703, 819

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