This page contains Solemnities many of which can replace the Sunday
Sunday after Pentecost
Year A | ||
Reading 1 | Exod 34:4-6, 8-9 | Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion. |
Psalm | Dan 3:52-56 r. 52 | To you glory and praise for evermore. |
Reading 2 | 2 Cor 13:11-13 | The grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. |
Gospel Acclamation | Apoc 1:8 | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, the God who is, who was, and who is to come. |
Gospel | John 3:16-18 | God sent his Son so that through him the world might be saved. |
Year B | ||
Reading 1 | Deut 4:32-34, 39-40 | The Lord is God indeed, in heaven above as on earth beneath, he and no other. |
Psalm | Ps 32:4-6, 9, 18-20, 22 r. 12 | Happy the people the Lord has chosen as his own. |
Reading 2 | Rom 8:14-17 | You received the spirit of sons, and it makes us cry out, ‘Abba, Father!’ |
Gospel Acclamation | Apoc 1:8 | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, the God who is, who was, and who is to come. |
Gospel | Matt 28:16-20 | Baptise them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. |
Year C | ||
Reading 1 | Prov 8:22-31 | Before the earth came into being, Wisdom was born. |
Psalm | Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 | How great is your name, O Lord our God, through all the earth. |
Reading 2 | Rom 5:1-5 | To God, through Christ, in the love poured out by the Spirit. |
Gospel Acclamation | Apoc 1:8 | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, the God who is, who was, and who is to come. |
Gospel | John 16:12-15 | Everything the Father has is mine: all the Spirit tells you will be taken from what is mine. |
Sunday after Trinity Sunday
Year A | ||
Reading 1 | Deut 8:2-3, 14b-16a | He fed you with manna which neither you nor your fathers had known. |
Psalm | Ps 147:12-15, 19-20 r. 12 | O praise the Lord, Jerusalem! or Alleluia! |
Reading 2 | 1 Cor 10:16-17 | That there is only one loaf means that, though there are many of us, we form a single body. |
Sequence | optional | Lauda Sion salvatorem. Sing forth, O Zion, sweetly sing. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 6:51-52 | I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. |
Gospel | John 6:51-58 | My flesh is real food and my blood is real drink. |
Year B | ||
Reading 1 | Exod 24:3-8 | This is the blood of the Covenant that the Lord has made with you. |
Psalm | Ps 115:12-13, 15-18 r.13 | The cup of salvation I will raise; I will call on the Lord’s name. or Alleluia! |
Reading 2 | Heb 9:11-15 | The blood of Christ can purify our inner self from dead actions/ |
Sequence | optional | Lauda Sion salvatorem. Sing forth, O Zion, sweetly sing. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 6:51-52 | I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. |
Gospel | Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 | This is my body. This is my blood |
Year C | ||
Reading 1 | Gen 14:18-20 | He brought bread and wine. |
Psalm | Ps 109:1-4 r.4 | You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old. |
Reading 2 | 1 Cor 11:23-26 | Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming the Lord’s death. |
Sequence | optional | Lauda Sion salvatorem. Sing forth, O Zion, sweetly sing. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 6:51-52 | I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. |
Gospel | Luke 9:11-17 | They all ate as much as they wanted. |
Second Friday after Trinity Sunday
Year A | ||
Reading 1 | Deut 7:6-11 | The Lord set his heart on you and chose you. |
Psalm | Ps 102:1-4, 6-8, 10 r. 17 | The love of the Lord is everlasting upon those who hold him in fear. |
Reading 2 | 1 John 4:7-16 | Love comes from God. |
Gospel Acclamation | Matt 11:29 | Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. |
Gospel | Matt 11:25-30 | I am gentle and humble of heart. |
Year B | ||
Reading 1 | Hos 11:1, 3-4, 8-9 | My heart recoils from it. |
Psalm | Isa 12:2-6 r.3 | With joy you willl draw water from the wells of the Saviour. |
Reading 2 | Eph 3:8-12, 14-19 | The love of Christ is beyond all knowledge. |
Gospel Acclamation | Matt 11:29 | Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. |
1 John 4:10 | This is the love I mean: God’s love for us when he sent his Son to the sacrifice that takes our sins away. | |
Gospel | John 19:31-37 | One of the soldiers pierced his side and there came out blood and water. |
Year C | ||
Reading 1 | Ezek 34:11-16 | I myself will pasture my sheep, I will show them where to rest. |
Psalm | Ps 22 r. 1 | The Lord is my shepherd; there is nothing I shall want. |
Reading 2 | Rom 5:5-11 | What proves that God loves us is that Christ died for us. |
Gospel Acclamation | Matt 11:29 | Shoulder my yoke and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble of heart. |
John 10: 14 | I am the good shepherd, says the Lord; I know my own sheep and my own know me | |
Gospel | Luke 15:3-7 | Rejoice with me, I have found the sheep that was lost. |
1 MarchSolemnity in Wales
Reading 1 | Phil 3: 8-14 | I am racing for the finish, for the prize to which God calls us upwards to receive in Christ Jesus |
Psalm | Ps 1:4, 6, r. Ps 39:5 | Happy the man who has placed his trust in the Lord |
Reading 2 | to be chosen from Common | |
Gospel Acclamation | John 8:31-32 | If you make my word your home you will indeed be my disciples and you will learn the truth, says the Lord. |
Gospel | Matt 5:13-16 | You are the light of the world. |
or | Luke 2:41-51a | See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you. |
19 March
Reading 1 | 2 Sam 7:4-5, 12-14, 16 | The Lord God will give him the throne of his ancestor David. |
Psalm | Ps 88:2-5, 27,29 r. 37 | His dynasty shall last for ever. |
Reading 2 | Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22 | Though it seemed Abraham’s hope could not be fulfilled, he hoped and he believed. |
Gospel Acclamation | Ps 83:5 | They are happy who dwell in your, O Lord, for ever singing your praise. |
Gospel | Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24 | Joseph did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do. |
or | Luke 2:41-51a | See how worried your father and I have been, looking for you. |
25 March
Reading 1 | Isa 7:10-14; 8:10 | The maiden is with child. |
Psalm | Ps 39:7-11r. 8,9 | Here I am, Lord! I come to do your will. |
Reading 2 | Heb 10:4-10 | I was commanded in the scroll of the book, ‘God, here I am! I am coming to obey your will.’ |
Gospel Acclamation | John 1:14 | The Word was made flesh, he lived among us, and we saw his glory. |
Gospel | Luke 1:26-38 | You are to conceive and bear a son. |
23 AprilSolemnity in England
Reading 1 | Apoc 12: 10-12 | In the face of death they would not cling to life. |
Psalm | Ps 125 r. 5 | Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap. |
Reading 2 | to be chosen from Common | |
Gospel Acclamation | James 1: 12 | Happy the man who stands firm when trials come. He has proved himself, and will win the crown of life. |
Gospel | John 15:18-21 | If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you too. |
or | John 15:1-8 | Whoever remains in me, with me in him, bears fruit in plenty. |
24 June
Vigil Mass | ||
Reading 1 | Jer 1:4-10 | Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. |
Psalm | Ps 70:1-6, 15, 17 r. 6 | From my mother’s womb you have been my help. |
Reading 2 | 1 Pet 1:8-12 | It was this salvation that the prophets were looking and searching so hard for. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 1:7; Luke 1:17 | He came as a witness, as a witness to speak for the light, preparing for the Lord a people fit for him. |
Gospel | Luke 1:5-17 | She is to bear you a son and you must name him John. |
Mass during the Day | ||
Reading 1 | Isa 49:1—6 | I will make you the light of the nations. |
Psalm | Ps 138:1-3, 13-15 r. 14 | I thank you for the wonder of my being. |
Reading 2 | Acts 13:22-26 | Jesus, whose coming was heralded by John. |
Gospel Acclamation | Luke 1: 76 | As for you, little child, you shall be called a prophet of God, the Most High. You shall go ahead of the Lord to prepare his ways before him. |
Gospel | Luke 1:57-66, 80 | His name is John. |
29 June
Vigil Mass | ||
Reading 1 | Acts 3:1-10 | I will give you what I have: in the name of Jesus stand up and walk! |
Psalm | Ps 18:2-5 r. 5 | Their word goes forth through all the earth. |
Reading 2 | Gal 1:11-20 | God specially chose me while I was still in my mother’s womb. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 21:17 | Lord, you know everything; you know I love you. |
Gospel | John 21:15-19 | Feed my lambs, feed my sheep. |
Mass during the Day | ||
Reading 1 | Acts 12:1-11 | Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod. |
Psalm | Ps 33:2-9 r. 5 or 8 | From all my terrors the Lord set me free. or The angel of the Lord rescues those who revere him. |
Reading 2 | 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18 | All there is to come is the crown of righteousness reserved for me. |
Gospel Acclamation | Matt: 16:18 | You are Peter and on this rock I will build my Church. And the gates of the underworld can never hold out against it. |
Gospel | Matt 16:13-19 | You are Peter, and I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. |
15 August
Vigil Mass | ||
Reading 1 | 1 Chr 15:3-4, 15-16; 16:1-2 | They brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent which David had pitched for it. |
Psalm | Ps 131:6-7, 9-10, 13-14 r.8 | Go up, Lord, to the place of rest, you and the ark of your strength. |
Reading 2 | 1 Cor 15:54-57 | He gave us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. |
Gospel Acclamation | Luke 11:28 | Happy are those who hear the word of God, and keep it. |
Gospel | Luke 11:27-28 | Happy the womb that bore you! |
Mass during the Day | ||
Reading 1 | Rev 11:19; 12:1-6; 10 | A woman adorned with the sun, standing on the moon. |
Psalm | Ps 44:10-12, 16 r.10 | On your right stands the queen, in garments of gold. |
Reading 2 | 1 Cor 15:20-26 | Christ as the first fruits and then, those who belong to him. |
Gospel Acclamation | — | Mary has been taken up into heaven; all the choirs of angels are rejoicing. |
Gospel | Luke 1:39-56 | The Almighty has done great things for me, he has exalted up the lowly. |
1 November
Reading 1 | Rev 7:2-4,9-14 | I saw a huge number, impossible to count, of people from every nation, race, tribe and language. |
Psalm | Ps 23:1-6 r.6 | Such are the men who seek your face, O Lord. |
Reading 2 | 1 John 3:1-3 | We shall see God as he really is. |
Gospel Acclamation | Matt 11:28 | Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest , says the Lord. |
Gospel | Matt 5:1-12 | Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. |
2 November
Readings | ||
Reading 1 | Isa 25:6-9 | The Lord will destroy death for ever. |
Psalm | Ps 26:1, 4, 7-9, 13-14 r. 1 | The Lord is my light and my help. |
or r. 13 | I believe that I shall see the Lord’s goodness in the land of the living. | |
Reading 2 | Rom 5:5-11 | Having died to make us righteous, is it likely that he would now fail to save us from God’s anger. |
Gospel Acclamation | John 6:39 | It is my Father’s will, says the Lord, that I lose nothing of all that he has given me, and that I shall raise it up on the last day. |
Gospel | ||
Year A | Matt 11:25-30 | You have hidden these things from the learned and have revealed them to mere children. |
Year B | Mark 15:33-39; 16:1-6 | Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. |
Year C | Luke 7:11-17 | Young man, I tell you to get up. |
8 December
Reading 1 | Gen 3:9-15, 20 | I will make you enemies of each other; your offspring and her offspring. |
Psalm | Ps 97:1-4 r.1 | Sing a new song to the Lord for he has worked wonders. |
Reading 2 | Eph 1:3-6, 11-12 | Before the world was made, God chose us in Christ. |
Gospel Acclamation | Luke 1:28 | Hail Mary, full of grace; the Lord is with thee! Blessed art thou among women. |
Gospel | Luke 1:26-38 | You are to conceive and bear a son. |