Sundays | Ordinary Time IV

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 17- 23 July

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week IV
Year A
Reading 1Wis 12:13, 16-19After sin you will grant repentance.
PsalmPs 85:5-6.9-10. 15-16 r.5O Lord, you are good and forgiving.
Reading 2Rom 8:26-27The Spirit expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Eph 1:17.18May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
cf. Matt 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
GospelMatt 13:24-43Let them both grow till the harvest.
shorterMatt 13:24-30Let them both grow till the harvest.
Year B
Reading 1Jer 23:1-6The remnant of my flock I will gather and I will raise up shepherds to look after them.
PsalmPs 22 r.2The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want.
Reading 2Eph 2:13-18Christ Jesus is the peace between us, and has made the two into one.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 10:27The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
GospelMark 6:30-34They were like sheep without a shepherd.
Year C
Reading 1Gen 18:1-10Lord, do not pass your servant by.
PsalmPs 14: 2-5 r.1The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
Reading 2Col 1:24-28A mystery hidden for centuries has now been revealed to God’s saints.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Acts 16:14Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son
cf. Luke 8:15Blessed are those who, with a noble and generous heart, take the word of God themselves and yield a harvest through perseverance.
GospelLuke 10:38-42Martha welcomed Jesus into her house. Mary has chosen the better part.

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 24 – 30 July

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week I
Year A
Reading 11 Kgs 3:5, 7-12You have asked for a discerning judgment for yourself.
PsalmPs 118: 57. 72 76-77. 127-130 r.97Lord, how I love your law!
Reading 2Rom 8:28-30God intended us to become true images of his Son.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 15:15I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
cf. Matt 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
GospelMatt 13:44-52He sells everything he owns and buys the field.
shorterMatt 13:44-46He sells everything he owns and buys the field.
Year B
Reading 12 Kgs 4:42-44They will eat and have some left over.
PsalmPs 144: 10-11. 15-18 r.16You open wide your hand, O Lord, and grant our desires.
Reading 2Eph 4:1-6One Body, one Lord, one faith, one baptism.
Gospel Acclamationcf John 6:63.68Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life.
Luke 7:16A great prophet has appeared among us; God has visited his people.
GospelJohn 6:1-15Jesus gave out as much as was wanted to all who were sitting ready.
Year C
Reading 1Gen 18:20-32I trust my Lord will not be angry, but give me leave to speak.
PsalmPs 137: 1-3. 6-8 r.3On the day I called, you answered me, O Lord.
Reading 2Col 2:12-14He has brought you to life in him, he has forgiven us all our sins.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 1:12.14The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God.
Rom 8:15The spirit you received is the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’
GospelLuke 11:1-13Ask, and it will be given to you.

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 31 July – 6 August

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week II
Year A
Reading 1Isa 55:1-3Come and eat.
PsalmPs 144: 8-9. 15-18 r.16You open wide your hand, O Lord, and grant our desires.
Reading 2Rom 8:35, 37-39No created thing can ever come between us and the love of God made visible in Christ.
Gospel AcclamationLuke 19: 38Blessings of the King who comes, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest heaven.
Matt 4:4Man does not live on bread alon, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
GospelMatt 14:13-21They all ate as much as the wanted.
Year B
Reading 1Exod 16:2-4, 12-15I will rain down bread for you from heaven.
PsalmPs 77: 3-4. 23-25. 54 r.24The Lord gave them bread from heaven.
Reading 2Eph 4:17, 20-24Put on the new self that has been created in God’s way.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:6I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me.
Matt 4:4Man does not live on bread alon, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.
GospelJohn 6:24-35He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst.
Year C
Reading 1Eccl 1:2, 2:21-23What does a man gain for all his toil?
PsalmPs 89: 3-6. 12-14. 17 r.1O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
orPs 94: 1-2. 6-9 r.7-8O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.
Reading 2Col 3:1-5, 9-11You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.
Gospel Acclamationcf. John 17: 17Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth.
Matt 5:3How happy are the poor in spirit; theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
GospelLuke 12:13-21This hoard of yours, whose will it be?

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 7 – 13 August

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week III
Year A
Reading 11 Kgs 19:9, 11-13Stand on the mountain before the Lord.
PsalmPs 84: 9-14 r.8Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help.
Reading 2Rom 9:1-5I would willingly be condemned if it could help my brothers.
Gospel AcclamationLuke 19: 38Blessings of the King who comes, in the name of the Lord! Peace be in heaven and glory in the highest heaven.
Ps 129:5My soul is waiting for the Lord.
GospelMatt 14:22-33Tell me to come to you across the water.
Year B
Reading 11 Kgs 19:4-8Strengthened by the food he walked until he reached the mountain of the Lord.
PsalmPs 33: 2-9 r.9Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2Eph 4:30—5:2Follow Christ by loving as he loved you.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
John 6:51I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever.
GospelJohn 6:41-51I am the living bread which has come down from heaven.
Year C
Reading 1Wis 18:6-9By the same act with which you took vengeance on our foes you made us glorious by calling us to you.
PsalmPs 32: 1. 12. 18-20. 22 r. 12Happy are the people the Lord has chosen as his own.
Reading 2Heb 11:1-2, 8-19Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God.
shorterHeb 11:1-2, 8-12Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Matt 11:25Blessed are you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for revealing the mysteries of the kingdom to mere children.
Matt 24:42.44Stay awake and stand ready, because you do not know the hour when the Son of Man is coming.
GospelLuke 12:32-48You too must stand ready.
shorterLuke 12:35-40You too must stand ready.

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 14 – 20 August

  • Replaced by the Assumption when Sunday falls on 15 August (14 – 16 August in England and Wales)
Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week IV
Year A
Reading 1Isa 56:1, 6-7I will bring foreigners to my holy mountain.
PsalmPs 66: 2-3. 5-6. 8 r.4Let the peoples praise you, O God; let all the peoples praise you.
Reading 2Rom 11:13-15, 29-32With Israel, God never takes back hos gifts or revokes his choice.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 10:27The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
cf. Matt 4: 23Jesus proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and cured all kinds of sickness among the people.
GospelMatt 15:21-28Woman, you have great faith.
Year B
Reading 1Prov 9:1-6Eat my bread, drink the wine I have prepared for you.
PsalmPs 33: 2-3. 10-15 r.9Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2Eph 5:15-20Recognise what is the will of God.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 1:12.14The Word was made flesh and lived among us; to all who did accept him he gave power to become children of God.
John 6:56He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood lives in me, and I live in him.
GospelJohn 6:51-58My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.
Year C
Reading 1Jer 38:4-6, 8-10You have borne me to be a man of dissension for all the land.
PsalmPs 39: 2-4. 18 r.14Lord, come to my aid!
Reading 2Heb 12:1-4We shall keep running steadily in the race we have started.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Acts 16:14Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son
John 10:27The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me.
GospelLuke 12:49-53I am not here to bring peace, but rather division.

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 21-27 August

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week I
Year A
Reading 1Isa 22:19-23I place the key of the House of David upon his shoulder.
PsalmPs 137: 1-3. 6-8 r.8Your love, O Lord, is eternal, discard not the work of your hands.
Reading 2Rom 11:33-36All that exists comes from him; all is by him and for him.
Gospel Acclamation2 Cor 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled.
Matt 16:18You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it.
GospelMatt 16:13-20You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
Year B
Reading 1Josh 24:1-2, 15-18We will serve the Lord, for he is our God.
PsalmPs 33:2-3. 16-23 r.9Taste and see that the Lord is good.
Reading 2Eph 5:21-32This mystery has many implcations for Christ and his Church.
Gospel Acclamationcf John 6:63.68Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life.
GospelJohn 6:60-69Whom shall we go to? You have the message of eternal life.
Year C
Reading 1Isa 66:18-21They will bring all your brothers from all the nations.
PsalmPs 116 r. Mark 16:15Go out to the whole world; proclaim the Good News. Or Alleluia!
Reading 2Heb 12:5-7, 11-13The Lord trains the one that he loves.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
John 14:6I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me.
GospelLuke 13:22-30Men from the east and west will come to take their places at the feast in the kingdom of God.

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 28 August – 3 September

Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week II
Year A
Reading 1Jer 20:7-9The word of the Lord has meant insult for me.
PsalmPs 62:2-6. 8-9 r. 2For you my soul is thirsting, O Lord my God.
Reading 2Rom 12:1-2Offer your bodies as a living sacrifice.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Eph 1:17.18May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
GospelMatt 16:21-27If anyone wants to be a follower of mine, let him renounce himself.
Year B
Reading 1Deut 4:1-2, 6-8Add nothing to what I command you, keep the commandments of the Lord.
PsalmPs 14: 2-5 r.1The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
Reading 2Jas 1:17-18, 21-22, 27You must do what the word tells you.
Gospel Acclamationcf John 6:63.68Your words are spirit, Lord and they are life: you have the message of eternal life.
Jas 1:18By his own choice the Father made us his children by the message of the truth, so that we should be a sort of first fruits of all that he created.
GospelMark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23You put aside the commandment of God to cling to human traditions.
Year C
Reading 1Ecclesiasticus 3:17-20. 28–29Behave humbly, and then you will find favour with the Lord.
PsalmPs 67:4-7. 10-11 r.11In your goodness, O God, you prepared a home for the poor.
Reading 2Heb 12:18-19, 22-24You have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:23If anyone loves me he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we shall come to him.
Matt 11:29Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart.
GospelLuke 14:1, 7-14Everyone who exalts himself will be humble, and the man who humbles himself will be exalted.

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 4 – 10 September

Cycle of Prayer

Students and Teachers
especially on Education Day: 2nd Sunday in September
Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week III
Year A
Reading 1Ezek 33:7-9If you do not speak to the wicked man, I will hold you responsible for his death.
PsalmPs 94: 1-2. 6-9 r.7-8O that today you would listen to his voice! Harden not your hearts.
Reading 2Rom 13:8-10Love is the answer to everyone of the commandments.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 17:17Your word is truth, O Lord, consecrate us in the truth.
2 Cor 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled.
GospelMatt 18:15-20If he listens to you, you have won back your brother.
Year B
Reading 1Isa 35:4-7The ears of the deaf shall be unsealed and the tongues of the dumbshall be loosed.
PsalmPs 145: 7-10 r. 1My soul, give praise to the Lord. Or Alleluia!
Reading 2Jas 2:1-5God chose the poor to be the heirs to the kingdom.
Gospel Acclamation1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.
cf. Matt 4: 23Jesus proclaimed the good news of the kingdom, and cured all kinds of sickness among the people.
GospelMark 7:31-37He makes the deaf hear and the dumb speak.
Year C
Reading 1Wis 9:13-18Who can divine the will of the Lord?
PsalmPs 89: 3-6. 12-14. 17 r.1O Lord, you have been our refuge from one generation to the next.
Reading 2Phlm 9-10, 12-17Have him back, not as a slave anymore, but as a dear brother.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 15:15I call you friends, says the Lord, because I have made known to you everything I have learnt from my Father.
Ps 118: 135Let your face shine on your servant, and teach me your decrees.
GospelLuke 14:25-33None of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday between 11 – 17 September

Cycle of Prayer

Students and Teachers
especially on Education Day: 2nd Sunday in September
The Spread of the Gospel
especially on Home Mission Day: 3rd Sunday in September
Colour
Green
Mass
Proper
Gloria
Creed
Preface of Sundays in Ordinary Time
Office
Psalter Week IV
Year A
Reading 1Ecclesiasticus 27:30-28:7Forgive your neighbour the hurt that he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven.
PsalmPs 102: 1-4. 9-12 r.8The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy.
Reading 2Rom 14: 7-9Alive or dead we belong to the Lord
Gospel Acclamation1 Sam 3:9; John 6:68Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life.
John 13:34I give you a new commandmentL love ne another, just as I have loved you.
GospelMatt 18:21-35I do not tell you to forgive seven times, but seventy seven times.
Year B
Reading 1Isa 50:5-9I offered my back to those who struck me.
PsalmPs 114: 1-6. 8-9 r.9I will walk in the presence of the Lord, in the land of the living. Or Alleluia!
Reading 2Jas 2:14-18If good works do not go with faith, it is quite dead.
Gospel AcclamationJohn 14:6I am the Way, the Truth and the Life, says the Lord; no one can come to the Father except through me.
Gal 6:14The only thing I can boast about is the cross of the Lord, through whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
GospelMark 8:27-35You are the Christ. The Son of Man is destined to suffer grievously.
Year C
Reading 1Exod 32:7-11, 13-14The Lord relented and did not bring on his people the disaster he threatened.
PsalmPs 50: 3-4. 12-13. 17. 19. R.Luke 15:18I will leave this place and go to my father.
Reading 21 Tim 1:12-17Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.
Gospel Acclamationcf. Eph 1:17.18May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us.
2 Cor 5:19God in Christ was reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted to us that they are reconciled.
GospelLuke 15:1-32There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner.
shorterLuke 15:1-10There will be rejoicing in heaven over one repentant sinner.