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Catholic Sunday Readings CATHOLIC SUNDAY READINGS Formatted to fit on a single page. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Text copyright 1998, 1997, 1970 by Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission. Permission is granted to the United States military to reprint the Sunday Readings for Catholic personnel deployed outside the United States in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by an information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. The English translation of some Psalm responses, some Alleluia and Gospel verses and the Lenten Gospel Acclamations from the Lectionary for Mass copyright 1968, 1981, 1997, International Committee on English in the Liturgy, Inc., Washington D.C. All rights reserved. The poetic English translation of the sequences of the Roman Missal are taken from the Roman Missal approved by the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of the United States, copyright 1964 by the National Catholic Welfare Conference, Inc. All rights reserved. -i- CONTENTS With few exceptions, the Sunday Readings are formatted to fit on a SINGLE PAGE: — C, 9 = Denotes Cycle C readings found on page 9 — ABC, 9 = Denotes readings are identical for Cycles A, B, C — ABC (2 pages), 9 = Denotes exception to single page for Sunday Readings For Sundays with READING(S) OPTIONS that exceed one page—where possible—options are given in sequence to permit one-page-per-Sunday: — C (2 pages), 9 = Includes all optional readings — C, (w/ 1st Reading Option A only), 11 = Denotes text option as described — C, (w/ 1st Reading Option B only), 12 EXCEPTIONS to Sunday Readings on a single page: Palm (Passion) Sunday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil, and Corpus Christi. In addition, the Christmas Vigil (Cycles ABC), the 3rd, 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent (Cycle A); and the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C) are two pages if the longer form of the Gospel is used. All Souls (November 2) is the only Mass in which there are options for all readings. PAGE NUMBERS are given in Adobe Acrobat Reader. SEASON OF ADVENT 1st Sunday of Advent — Year A, page 15 — B, 16 — C, 17 2nd Sunday of Advent — A, 18 -ii- — B, 19 — C, 20 3rd Sunday of Advent — A, 21 — B, 22 — C, 23 4th Sunday of Advent — A, 24 — B, 25 — C, 26 SEASON OF CHRISTMAS Christmas (Vigil) — ABC, 27 — ABC (2 pages), 28 — ABC (w/ shorter form of Gospel only), 30 Christmas (Midnight) — ABC, 31 Christmas (Dawn) — ABC, 32 Christmas (Day) — ABC, 33 Holy Family — A, 34 — B, 35 — C, 36 — B (Optional readings for Year B), 37 — C (Optional readings for Year C), 38 Epiphany — ABC, 39 2nd Sunday after Christmas — ABC, 40 -iii- Baptism of the Lord — ABC, 41 — B (Optional readings for Year B), 41 — C (Optional readings for Year B), 43 SEASON OF LENT Ash Wednesday — ABC, 44 1st Sunday of Lent — A, 45 — B, 46 — C, 47 2nd Sunday of Lent — A, 48 — B, 49 — C, 50 3rd Sunday of Lent — A (2 pages), 51 — A, (w/ shorter form of Gospel only), 53 — B, 54 — C, 55 4th Sunday of Lent — A (2 pages), 56 — A (w/ shorter form of Gospel only), 58 — B, 59 — C, 60 5th Sunday of Lent — A (2 pages), 61 — A (w/ shorter form of Gospel only), 63 — B, 64 -iv- — C, 65 Palm (Passion) Sunday — A (4 pages), 66 — B (4 pages), 70 — C (4 pages), 74 EASTER TRIDUUM and SEASON OF EASTER Holy Thursday — ABC, 78 Good Friday — ABC (4 pages), 79 Holy Saturday (Easter Vigil) — ABC (8 pages), 83 Easter (Day) — ABC, 91 2d Sunday of Easter — A, 92 — B, 93 — C, 94 3rd Sunday of Easter — A, 95 — B, 96 — C, 97 4th Sunday of Easter — A, 98 — B, 99 — C, 100 5th Sunday of Easter — A, 101 — B, 102 — C, 103 6th Sunday of Easter — A, 104 -v- — B, 105 — C, 106 Ascension — A, 107 — B, 108 — C, 109 7th Sunday of Easter — A, 110 — B, 111 — C, 112 Pentecost Sunday (Vigil) — ABC (2 pages), 113 — ABC (w/ 1st Reading Option A only), 115 — ABC (w/ 1st Reading Option B only), 116 — ABC (w/ 1st Reading Option C only), 117 — ABC (w/ 1st Reading Option D only), 118 Pentecost Sunday (Day) — A, 119 — B (2 pages), 120 — B (w/ 2nd Reading Option A, Gospel A only), 122 — B (w/ 2nd Reading Option A, Gospel B only), 123 — B (w/ 2nd Reading Option B, Gospel A only), 124 — B (w/ 2nd Reading Option B, Gospel B only), 125 — C (2 pages), 126 — C (w/ 2nd Reading Option A, Gospel A only), 128 — C (w/ 2nd Reading Option A, Gospel B only), 129 -vi- — C (w/ 2nd Reading Option B, Gospel A only), 130 — C (w/ 2nd Reading Option B, Gospel B only), 131 ORDINARY TIME 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 132 — B, 133 — C, 134 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 135 — B, 136 — C, 137 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 138 — B, 139 — C, 140 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 141 — B, 142 — C, 143 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 144 — B, 145 — C, 146 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 147 — B, 148 — C, 149 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 150 -vii- — B, 151 — C, 152 9th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 153 — B, 154 — C, 155 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 156 — B, 157 — C, 158 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 159 — B, 160 — C, 161 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 162 — B, 163 — C, 164 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 165 — B, 166 — C, 167 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 168 — B, 169 — C, 170 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 171 — B, 172 -viii- — C, 173 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 174 — B, 175 — C, 176 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 177 — B, 178 — C, 179 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 180 — B, 181 — C, 182 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 183 — B, 184 — C, 185 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 186 — B, 187 — C, 188 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 189 — B, 190 — C, 191 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 192 — B, 193 — C, 194 -ix- 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 195 — B, 196 — C, 197 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 198 — B, 199 — C, 200 — C (w/ short form of Gospel only), 201 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 202 — B, 203 — C, 204 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 205 — B, 206 — C, 207 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 208 — B, 209 — C, 210 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 211 — B, 212 — C, 213 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 214 — B, 215 — C, 216 -x- 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 217 — B, 218 — C, 219 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 220 — B, 221 — C, 222 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 223 — B, 224 — C, 225 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — A, 226 — B, 227 — C, 228 34th (or Last) Sunday in Ordinary Time: Christ the King — A, 229 — B, 230 — C, 231 SOLEMNITIES and FEASTS Mary, Mother of God (January 1) — ABC, 232 Presentation of the Lord (February 2) — ABC, 233 Joseph, Husband of Mary (March 19) — ABC, 234 Annunciation (March 25) — ABC, 235 -xi- Holy Trinity (1st Sunday after Pentecost) — A, 236 — B, 237 — C, 238 Corpus Christi (2nd Sunday after Pentecost) — A (2 pages), 239 — B (2 pages), 241 — C (2 pages), 243 Sacred Heart of Jesus (Friday after Corpus Christi) — A, 245 — B, 246 — C, 247 Nativity of John the Baptist (Vigil) (June 24) — ABC, 248 Nativity of John the Baptist (Day) (June 24) — ABC, 249 SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (Vigil) (June 29) — ABC, 250 SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles (Day) (June 29) — ABC, 251 Transfiguration (August 6) — A, 252 — B, 253 — C, 254 Assumption (Vigil) (August 15) — ABC, 255 Assumption (Day) (August 15) — ABC, 256 -xii- Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14) — ABC, 257 All Saints (November 1) — ABC, 258 All Souls (November 2) — ABC (8 pages), 259 Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica (November 9) — ABC, 267 Immaculate Conception (December 8) — ABC, 268 -xiii- CATHOLIC SUNDAY READINGS BROTHERS and sisters: FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT—A You know the time; it is the hour now for you to awake from sleep. For our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed; FIRST READING (Is 2:1-5) the night is advanced, the day is at hand. Let us then throw off the works of darkness A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah: and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves properly as in the day, THIS is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, not in orgies and drunkenness, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. not in promiscuity and lust, In days to come, not in rivalry and jealousy. the mountain of the LORD’s house But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, shall be established as the highest mountain and make no provision for the desires of the flesh. and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; The word of the Lord.—R. Thanks be to God. many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us climb the LORD’s mountain, ALLELUIA (cf. Psalm 85:8) to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may instruct us in his ways, R. Alleluia, alleluia. and we may walk in his paths.” For from Zion shall go forth instruction, Lord, show us your love; and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
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