Sunday, November 27: First Sunday of Advent
Is 2:1-5; Ps 122; Rom 13:11-14; Mt 24:37-44 Monday, November 28: Weekday of Advent
Is 4:2-6; Ps 122; Mt 8:5-11 Tuesday, November 29: Weekday of Advent
Is 11:1-10; Ps 72; Lk 10:21-24 Wednesday, November 30: St Andrew, Apostle, patron of Scotland
Rom 10:9-18; Ps 19; Mt 4:18-22 Thursday, December 1: Weekday of Advent
Is 26:1-6; Ps 118; Mt 7:21, 24-27 Friday, December 2: Weekday of Advent
Is 29:17-24; Ps 27; Mt 9:27-31 Saturday, December 3: St Francis Xavier, priest
Is 30:19-21, 23-26; Ps 147; Mt 9:35B-10:1, 5A, 6-8
Extraordinary Form
Sunday, November 27: First Sunday of Advent
Rom 13:11-14; Lk 21:25-33 Monday, November 28: Feria
Readings of Sunday repeated Tuesday, November 29: Feria
Readings of Sunday repeated Wednesday, November 30: St Andrew, Apostle
Rom 10:10-18; Mt 4:18-22 Thursday, December 1: Feria
Readings of Sunday repeated Friday, December 2: St Bibiana, virgin and martyr
Ecclus 51:13-17; Mt 13:44-52 Saturday, December 3: St Francis Xavier, confessor
Rom 10:10-18; Mk 16:15-18
Prayer of the Week
Lord God, by the preaching of St Francis Xavier you brought many nations to yourself. Give his zeal for the faith to all who believe in you, that your Church may rejoice in continued growth throughout the world.
May this prayer fill us with the same love that inspired Francis Xavier to work for the salvation of all.
Help us to live our Christian calling and to inherit the promise of eternal life. We ask this in the name of Jesus the Lord. Amen.
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