HOLY MASS WEDNESDAY SEVENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2024

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Wednesday, 2024-05-22:

• Saint Rita of Cascia, Religious 2024:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 25:13-21

  13Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Berni'ce arrived at Caesare'a to welcome Festus. 14And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix; 15and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews gave information about him, asking for sentence against him. 16I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up any one before the accused met the accusers face to face, and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him. 17When therefore they came together here, I made no delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought in. 18When the accusers stood up, they brought no charge in his case of such evils as I supposed; 19but they had certain points of dispute with him about their own superstition and about one Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive. 20Being at a loss how to investigate these questions, I asked whether he wished to go to Jerusalem and be tried there regarding them. 21But when Paul had appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of the emperor, I commanded him to be held until I could send him to Caesar."

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20

  1Bless the LORD, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless his holy name! 2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits, 11For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; 12as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us. 19The LORD has established his throne in the heavens, and his kingdom rules over all. 20Bless the LORD, O you his angels, you mighty ones who do his word, hearkening to the voice of his word!

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  John 21:15-19

  15When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs." 16A second time he said to him, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I love you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep." 17He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, "Do you love me?" And he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep. 18Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were young, you girded yourself and walked where you would; but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will gird you and carry you where you do not wish to go." 19(This he said to show by what death he was to glorify God.) And after this he said to him, "Follow me."

• WEDNESDAY SEVENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME 2024:

  Ordinary Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  jas 4:13-17

  Beloved:
  Come now, you who say,
  “Today or tomorrow we shall go into such and such a town,
  spend a year there doing business, and make a profit”–
  you have no idea what your life will be like tomorrow.
  You are a puff of smoke that appears briefly and then disappears.
  Instead you should say,
  “If the Lord wills it, we shall live to do this or that.”
  But now you are boasting in your arrogance.
  All such boasting is evil.
  So for one who knows the right thing to do
  and does not do it, it is a sin.
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  ps 49:2-3, 6-7, 8-10, 11

  R. (Matthew 5:3) Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
  Hear this, all you peoples;
  hearken, all who dwell in the world,
  Of lowly birth or high degree,
  rich and poor alike.
  R. Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
  Why should I fear in evil days
  when my wicked ensnarers ring me round?
  They trust in their wealth;
  the abundance of their riches is their boast.
  R. Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
  Yet in no way can a man redeem himself,
  or pay his own ransom to God;
  Too high is the price to redeem one’s life; he would never have enough
  to remain alive always and not see destruction.
  R. Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
  For he can see that wise men die,
  and likewise the senseless and the stupid pass away,
  leaving to others their wealth.
  R. Blessed are the poor in spirit; the Kingdom of heaven is theirs!
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  mk 9:38-40

  John said to Jesus,
  “Teacher, we saw someone driving out demons in your name,
  and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow us.”
  Jesus replied, “Do not prevent him.
  There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
  who can at the same time speak ill of me.
  For whoever is not against us is for us.”