"These prophetic words come true..."

                            "There are many members and one body."

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊     

Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10

Ezra brought the law before the assembly,

            “You may stain your sword with my blood but you will never profane my body that I have consecrated to Christ.” 

 St. Agnes, virgin & martyr

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Hebrews 6:10-20

God is not unjust,

             "Go out to the whole world..."

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊     

Acts 22:3-16 (or Acts 9:1-22)

"I am a Jew,

                           "No one sews a piece of new cloth on an old coat."

St. Fabian, pope & martyr

St. Sebastian, martyr

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

Hebrews 5:1-10

Every high priest

    “Let us think only of spending the present day well. Then,

      when tomorrow shall have come, it will be called today and then, we will think about it.”

St. Francis de Sales, bishop & doctor

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊ 

Hebrews 8:6-13

Now, however,

                             "Do whatever he tells you."

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊     

Isaiah 62:1-5

For Zion's sake

                          “The charity of the good knows no creed and is confined to no one place.”

St. Marianne Cope, virgin

(USA) St. Vincent, deacon & martyr

-St. Marianne Cope

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊     

Hebrews 7:25-8:6

Consequently, he is able to save,

             "I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners."

Blessed Virgin Mary

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊    

Hebrews 4:12-16

For the word of God

                          "We are called to create life and nurture it."

Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

Hebrews 7:1-3, 15-17

Scripture says that Melchizedek,

                                    “The illusions of this world soon vanish, especially if a man arms himself with the sign of the cross.”

St. Anthony, abbot

＊＊＊ 1st Reading ＊＊＊

Hebrews 4:1-5, 11

Therefore, let us