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HOLY MASS FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2024

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The Roman Catholic Church, according to the General Roman Calendar, celebrates the following in Sunday, 2024-03-17:

  • St. Patrick, Bishop 2024:

    FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

    Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12

    1Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and behold, water was issuing from below the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east); and the water was flowing down from below the south end of the threshold of the temple, south of the altar. 2Then he brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me round on the outside to the outer gate, that faces toward the east; and the water was coming out on the south side. 3Going on eastward with a line in his hand, the man measured a thousand cubits, and then led me through the water; and it was ankle-deep. 4Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was knee-deep. Again he measured a thousand, and led me through the water; and it was up to the loins. 5Again he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be passed through. 6And he said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he led me back along the bank of the river. 7As I went back, I saw upon the bank of the river very many trees on the one side and on the other. 8And he said to me, "This water flows toward the eastern region and goes down into the Arabah; and when it enters the stagnant waters of the sea, the water will become fresh. 9And wherever the river goes every living creature which swarms will live, and there will be very many fish; for this water goes there, that the waters of the sea may become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. 12And on the banks, on both sides of the river, there will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither nor their fruit fail, but they will bear fresh fruit every month, because the water for them flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for healing."

    RESPONSORIAL PSALM

    Psalms 46:2-3, 5-6, 8-9

    1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. 2Therefore we will not fear though the earth should change, though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; 4There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. 5God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early. 7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. [Selah] 8Come, behold the works of the LORD, how he has wrought desolations in the earth.

    GOSPEL OF THE MASS

    John 5:1-16

    1After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Hebrew called Beth-za'tha, which has five porticoes. 3In these lay a multitude of invalids, blind, lame, paralyzed. 5One man was there, who had been ill for thirty-eight years. 6When Jesus saw him and knew that he had been lying there a long time, he said to him, "Do you want to be healed?" 7The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is troubled, and while I am going another steps down before me." 8Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." 9And at once the man was healed, and he took up his pallet and walked. Now that day was the sabbath. 10So the Jews said to the man who was cured, "It is the sabbath, it is not lawful for you to carry your pallet." 11But he answered them, "The man who healed me said to me, `Take up your pallet, and walk.'" 12They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, `Take up your pallet, and walk'?" 13Now the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, as there was a crowd in the place. 14Afterward, Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "See, you are well! Sin no more, that nothing worse befall you." 15The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had healed him. 16And this was why the Jews persecuted Jesus, because he did this on the sabbath.

  • FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 2024:

    Time of Lent.

    FIRST LECTURE OF THE MASS

    Jer 31:31-34

    The days are coming, says the LORD,
    when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel
    and the house of Judah.
    It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers
    the day I took them by the hand
    to lead them forth from the land of Egypt;
    for they broke my covenant,
    and I had to show myself their master, says the LORD.
    But this is the covenant that I will make
    with the house of Israel after those days, says the LORD.
    I will place my law within them and write it upon their hearts;
    I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
    No longer will they have need to teach their friends and relatives
    how to know the LORD.
    All, from least to greatest, shall know me, says the LORD,
    for I will forgive their evildoing and remember their sin no more.

    RESPONSORIAL PSALM

    Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15.

    R. (12a)
    Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    Have mercy on me, O God, in your goodness;
    in the greatness of your compassion wipe out my offense.
    Thoroughly wash me from my guilt
    and of my sin cleanse me.
    R.Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    A clean heart create for me, O God,
    and a steadfast spirit renew within me.
    Cast me not out from your presence,
    and your Holy Spirit take not from me.
    R.Create a clean heart in me, O God.
    Give me back the joy of your salvation,
    and a willing spirit sustain in me.
    I will teach transgressors your ways,
    and sinners shall return to you.
    R.Create a clean heart in me, O God.

    SECOND LECTURE OF THE MASS

    Heb 5:7-9

    In the days when Christ Jesus was in the flesh,
    he offered prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears
    to the one who was able to save him from death,
    and he was heard because of his reverence.
    Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered;
    and when he was made perfect,
    he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him.

    GOSPEL OF THE MASS

    Jn 12:20-33

    Some Greeks who had come to worship at the Passover Feast
    came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee,
    and asked him, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus."
    Philip went and told Andrew;
    then Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus.
    Jesus answered them,
    "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
    Amen, amen, I say to you,
    unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
    it remains just a grain of wheat;
    but if it dies, it produces much fruit.
    Whoever loves his life loses it,
    and whoever hates his life in this world
    will preserve it for eternal life.
    Whoever serves me must follow me,
    and where I am, there also will my servant be.
    The Father will honor whoever serves me.
    "I am troubled now. Yet what should I say?
    'Father, save me from this hour?'
    But it was for this purpose that I came to this hour.
    Father, glorify your name."
    Then a voice came from heaven,
    "I have glorified it and will glorify it again."
    The crowd there heard it and said it was thunder;
    but others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
    Jesus answered and said,
    "This voice did not come for my sake but for yours.
    Now is the time of judgment on this world;
    now the ruler of this world will be driven out.
    And when I am lifted up from the earth,
    I will draw everyone to myself."
    He said this indicating the kind of death he would die.

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