HOLY MASS MONDAY SECOND WEEK OF EASTER 2019

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Monday, 2019-04-29:

• St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church 2019:

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  1 John 1:5--2:2

  15This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light and in him is no darkness at all. 6If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth;7but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just, and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.21My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin;but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous;2and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Psalms 103:1-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18

  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, 3who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, 4who redeems your life from the Pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 8The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger for ever. 13As a father pities his children, so the LORD pities those who fear him. 14For he knows our frame;he remembers that we are dust. 17But the steadfast love of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon those who fear him, and his righteousness to children's children, 18to those who keep his covenant and remember to do his commandments.

  SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

  John 12:44-50

  44And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in me, believes not in me but in him who sent me. 45And he who sees me sees him who sent me. 46I have come as light into the world, that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness. 47If any one hears my sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him;for I did not come to judge the world but to save the world. 48He who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge;the word that I have spoken will be his judge on the last day. 49For I have not spoken on my own authority;the Father who sent me has himself given me commandment what to say and what to speak. 50And I know that his commandment is eternal life. What I say, therefore, I say as the Father has bidden me."

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Matthew 11:25-30

  25At that time Jesus declared, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;26yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will. 27All things have been delivered to me by my Father;and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. 28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me;for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."

• MONDAY SECOND WEEK OF EASTER 2019:

  Easter Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  Acts 4:23-31

  After their release Peter and John went back to their own people
  and reported what the chief priests and elders had told them.
  And when they heard it,
  they raised their voices to God with one accord
  and said, "Sovereign Lord, maker of heaven and earth
  and the sea and all that is in them,
  you said by the Holy Spirit
  through the mouth of our father David, your servant:
  
  Why did the Gentiles rage
  and the peoples entertain folly?
  The kings of the earth took their stand
  and the princes gathered together
  against the Lord and against his anointed.
  
  Indeed they gathered in this city
  against your holy servant Jesus whom you anointed,
  Herod and Pontius Pilate,
  together with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,
  to do what your hand and your will
  had long ago planned to take place.
  And now, Lord, take note of their threats,
  and enable your servants to speak your word
  with all boldness, as you stretch forth your hand to heal,
  and signs and wonders are done
  through the name of your holy servant Jesus."
  As they prayed, the place where they were gathered shook,
  and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit
  and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  Ps 2:1-3, 4-7a, 7b-9

  R. (see 11d) Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  Why do the nations rage
  and the peoples utter folly?
  The kings of the earth rise up,
  and the princes conspire together
  against the LORD and against his anointed:
  "Let us break their fetters
  and cast their bonds from us!"
  R. Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  He who is throned in heaven laughs;
  the LORD derides them.
  Then in anger he speaks to them;
  he terrifies them in his wrath:
  "I myself have set up my king
  on Zion, my holy mountain."
  I will proclaim the decree of the LORD.
  R. Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  The LORD said to me, "You are my Son;
  this day I have begotten you.
  Ask of me and I will give you
  the nations for an inheritance
  and the ends of the earth for your possession.
  You shall rule them with an iron rod;
  you shall shatter them like an earthen dish."
  R. Blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  Jn 3:1-8

  There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
  He came to Jesus at night and said to him,
  "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,
  for no one can do these signs that you are doing
  unless God is with him."
  Jesus answered and said to him,
  "Amen, amen, I say to you,
  unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
  Nicodemus said to him,
  "How can a man once grown old be born again?
  Surely he cannot reenter his mother's womb and be born again, can he?"
  Jesus answered,
  "Amen, amen, I say to you,
  unless one is born of water and Spirit
  he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
  What is born of flesh is flesh
  and what is born of spirit is spirit.
  Do not be amazed that I told you,
  'You must be born from above.'
  The wind blows where it wills,
  and you can hear the sound it makes,
  but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes;
  so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit."