HOLY MASS THURSDAY FIFTH WEEK OF LENT 2021

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Thursday, 2021-03-25:

• The Annunciation of the Lord 2021:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Isaiah 7:10-14;8:10

  710Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz, 11"Ask a sign of the LORD your God;let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven." 12But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, and I will not put the LORD to the test." 13And he said, "Hear then, O house of David! Is it too little for you to weary men, that you weary my God also? 14Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Imman'u-el. 810Take counsel together, but it will come to nought;speak a word, but it will not stand, for God is with us.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 40:7-11

  6Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire;but thou hast given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering thou hast not required. 7Then I said, "Lo, I come;in the roll of the book it is written of me;8I delight to do thy will, O my God;thy law is within my heart." 9I have told the glad news of deliverance in the great congregation;lo, I have not restrained my lips, as thou knowest, O LORD. 10I have not hid thy saving help within my heart, I have spoken of thy faithfulness and thy salvation;I have not concealed thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness from the great congregation.

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Hebrews 10:4-10

  4For it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.5Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me;6in burnt offerings and sin offerings thou hast taken no pleasure.7Then I said, `Lo, I have come to do thy will, O God, 'as it is written of me in the roll of the book."8When he said above, "Thou hast neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings" (these are offered according to the law),9then he added, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He abolishes the first in order to establish the second.10And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Luke 1:26-38

  26In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David;and the virgin's name was Mary. 28And he came to her and said, "Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you!"29But she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered in her mind what sort of greeting this might be. 30And the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. 32He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High;and the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, 33and he will reign over the house of Jacob for ever;and of his kingdom there will be no end." 34And Mary said to the angel, "How shall this be, since I have no husband?" 35And the angel said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you;therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God. 36And behold, your kinswoman Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son;and this is the sixth month with her who was called barren. 37For with God nothing will be impossible." 38And Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord;let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her.

• THURSDAY FIFTH WEEK OF LENT 2021:

  Time of Lent.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Gn 17:3-9

  When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him:
  “My covenant with you is this:
  you are to become the father of a host of nations.
  No longer shall you be called Abram;
  your name shall be Abraham,
  for I am making you the father of a host of nations.
  I will render you exceedingly fertile;
  I will make nations of you;
  kings shall stem from you.
  I will maintain my covenant with you
  and your descendants after you
  throughout the ages as an everlasting pact,
  to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
  I will give to you
  and to your descendants after you
  the land in which you are now staying,
  the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession;
  and I will be their God.”
  
  God also said to Abraham:
  “On your part, you and your descendants after you
  must keep my covenant throughout the ages.”

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9

  R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  Look to the LORD in his strength;
  seek to serve him constantly.
  Recall the wondrous deeds that he has wrought,
  his portents, and the judgments he has uttered.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  You descendants of Abraham, his servants,
  sons of Jacob, his chosen ones!
  He, the LORD, is our God;
  throughout the earth his judgments prevail.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
  He remembers forever his covenant
  which he made binding for a thousand generations –
  Which he entered into with Abraham
  and by his oath to Isaac.
  R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Jn 8:51-59

  Jesus said to the Jews:
  “Amen, amen, I say to you,
  whoever keeps my word will never see death.”
  So the Jews said to him,
  “Now we are sure that you are possessed.
  Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet you say,
  ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’
  Are you greater than our father Abraham, who died?
  Or the prophets, who died?
  Who do you make yourself out to be?”
  Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing;
  but it is my Father who glorifies me,
  of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
  You do not know him, but I know him.
  And if I should say that I do not know him,
  I would be like you a liar.
  But I do know him and I keep his word.
  Abraham your father rejoiced to see my day;
  he saw it and was glad.”
  So the Jews said to him,
  “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?”
  Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
  before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
  So they picked up stones to throw at him;
  but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.