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Processional Gospel           Matthew 21:1–11 1 When they had come near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.  … [Read more…]

First Reading                              Ezekiel 37:1–14 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones.  2 He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, … [Read more…]

First Reading                           1 Samuel 16:1–13 1 The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul?  I have rejected him from being king over Israel.  Fill your horn with oil and set out; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.”  2 … [Read more…]

First Reading                               Exodus 17:1–7 1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”  Moses said to them, … [Read more…]

First Reading                         Genesis 12:1–4a  1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be … [Read more…]

First Reading                     Genesis 2:15–17; 3:1–7 Chapter 2  15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge … [Read more…]

First Reading                          Exodus 24:12–18   12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”  13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses … [Read more…]

First Reading                      Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18  1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:             2 Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them:  You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.  9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 30:15–20 15 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the LORD your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Micah 6:1–8 1 Hear what the LORD says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. … [Read more…]