HOLY MASS FRIDAY THIRD WEEK OF LENT 2022

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Friday, 2022-03-25:

• The Annunciation of the Lord 2022:

  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.

• FRIDAY THIRD WEEK OF LENT 2022:

  Time of Lent.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Hos 14:2-10

  Thus says the LORD:
  Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God;
  you have collapsed through your guilt.
  Take with you words,
  and return to the LORD;
  Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity,
  and receive what is good, that we may render
  as offerings the bullocks from our stalls.
  Assyria will not save us,
  nor shall we have horses to mount;
  We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’
  to the work of our hands;
  for in you the orphan finds compassion.”
  
  I will heal their defection, says the LORD,
  I will love them freely;
  for my wrath is turned away from them.
  I will be like the dew for Israel:
  he shall blossom like the lily;
  He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar,
  and put forth his shoots.
  His splendor shall be like the olive tree
  and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar.
  Again they shall dwell in his shade
  and raise grain;
  They shall blossom like the vine,
  and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon.
  
  Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols?
  I have humbled him, but I will prosper him.
  “I am like a verdant cypress tree”–
  Because of me you bear fruit!
  
  Let him who is wise understand these things;
  let him who is prudent know them.
  Straight are the paths of the LORD,
  in them the just walk,
  but sinners stumble in them.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  PS 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14 and 17

  R. (see 11 and 9a) I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
  An unfamiliar speech I hear:
  “I relieved his shoulder of the burden;
  his hands were freed from the basket.
  In distress you called, and I rescued you.”
  R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
  “Unseen, I answered you in thunder;
  I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
  Hear, my people, and I will admonish you;
  O Israel, will you not hear me?”
  R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
  “There shall be no strange god among you
  nor shall you worship any alien god.
  I, the LORD, am your God
  who led you forth from the land of Egypt.”
  R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
  “If only my people would hear me,
  and Israel walk in my ways,
  I would feed them with the best of wheat,
  and with honey from the rock I would fill them.”
  R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Mk 12:28-34

  One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
  “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
  Jesus replied, “The first is this:
  Hear, O Israel!
  The Lord our God is Lord alone!
  You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
  with all your soul,
  with all your mind,
  and with all your strength.
  The second is this:
  You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
  There is no other commandment greater than these.”
  The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher.
  You are right in saying,
  He is One and there is no other than he.
  And to love him with all your heart,
  with all your understanding,
  with all your strength,
  and to love your neighbor as yourself
  is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
  And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
  he said to him,
  “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.”
  And no one dared to ask him any more questions.