HOLY MASS THURSDAY FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 2021

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Thursday, 2021-04-29:

• St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the Church 2021:

  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."

• THURSDAY FOURTH WEEK OF EASTER 2021:

  Easter Time.

  FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

  acts 13:13-25

  From Paphos, Paul and his companions
  set sail and arrived at Perga in Pamphylia.
  But John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
  They continued on from Perga and reached Antioch in Pisidia.
  On the sabbath they entered into the synagogue and took their seats.
  After the reading of the law and the prophets,
  the synagogue officials sent word to them,
  “My brothers, if one of you has a word of exhortation
  for the people, please speak.”
  
  So Paul got up, motioned with his hand, and said,
  “Fellow children of Israel and you others who are God-fearing, listen.
  The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors
  and exalted the people during their sojourn in the land of Egypt.
  With uplifted arm he led them out,
  and for about forty years he put up with them in the desert.
  When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan,
  he gave them their land as an inheritance
  at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.
  After these things he provided judges up to Samuel the prophet.
  Then they asked for a king.
  God gave them Saul, son of Kish,
  a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.
  Then he removed him and raised up David as their king;
  of him he testified,
  I have found David, son of Jesse, a man after my own heart;
  he will carry out my every wish.
  From this man’s descendants God, according to his promise,
  has brought to Israel a savior, Jesus.
  John heralded his coming by proclaiming a baptism of repentance
  to all the people of Israel;
  and as John was completing his course, he would say,
  ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he.
  Behold, one is coming after me;
  I am not worthy to unfasten the sandals of his feet.’“
  

  RESPONSORIAL PSALM

  ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25 and 27

  R. (2) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  The favors of the LORD I will sing forever;
  through all generations my mouth shall proclaim your faithfulness.
  For you have said, “My kindness is established forever”;
  in heaven you have confirmed your faithfulness.
  R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  “I have found David, my servant;
  with my holy oil I have anointed him,
  That my hand may be always with him,
  and that my arm may make him strong.”
  R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  “My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him,
  and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
  He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
  my God, the Rock, my savior.’”
  R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
  or:
  R. Alleluia.
  

  GOSPEL OF THE MASS

  jn 13:16-20

  When Jesus had washed the disciples’ feet, he said to them:
  “Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is greater than his master
  nor any messenger greater than the one who sent him.
  If you understand this, blessed are you if you do it.
  I am not speaking of all of you.
  I know those whom I have chosen.
  But so that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
  The one who ate my food has raised his heel against me.
  From now on I am telling you before it happens,
  so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
  Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
  receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”