The liturgical calendar regulates the ritual time frame, which is organised in periods (based on the principal feasts like Christmas and Easter), in weeks, with a weekly liturgical structure based on the recitation of the psalter, and in hours, which include the Mass, the daily and night ...
The second phase of themass, the liturgy of the Word, typically consists of three readings: a reading from theOld Testament, a non-Gospel reading from theNew Testament, and a reading from theGospels; the first two readings are done by alector(a lay reader), and theGospelis proclaimed by...
Sunday, January 5, 2025 Readings & Background Grades 1-3 Grades 4-6 Grades 7-8 Family This Sunday’s Readings First Reading Isaiah 60:1-6 Jerusalem shall be a light to all nations. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 72:1-2,7-8,10-11,12-13 ...