18 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2024Wednesday of the third week of AdventLiturgical colour: VioletToday’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries FIRST READING    Jeremiah 23:5-8 “I will raise up for David a righteous Branch.” A reading from the Book of Jeremiah        “Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and…

15 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2024 3rd Sunday of Advent Liturgical colour: Violet Today’s Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries FIRST READING    Zephaniah 3:14-18a The Lord will exult over you with loud singing. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah         Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart,…

14 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor (Memorial) Liturgical colour: White Today’s Rosary:  The Joyful Mysteries FIRST READING Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11b Elijah will come again. A reading from the Book of Sirach In those days: Then the prophet Elijah arose like a fire, and his word burned like a torch.…

13 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) Liturgical colour: White Today’s Rosary:  The Sorrowful Mysteries 13 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr (Memorial) Liturgical colour: White Today’s Rosary:  The Sorrowful Mysteries FIRST READING                                Isaiah 48:17-19 “O that you had listened to my commandments!” A reading from the Book of…

12 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Our Lady of Guadalupe (Optional Memorial) Liturgical colour: Violet/White Today’s Rosary: The Mysteries of Light FIRST READING Responsorial Psalm Gospel Acclamation Cf. Luke 1:28  Alleluia, alleluia!  Hail, Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among women. Alleluia! GOSPEL        Luke 1:26b-38 Hail, full of grace, the Lord…

11 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Saint Damasus I, Pope (Optional Memorial) Liturgical colour: Violet/White Today’s Rosary: The Glorious Mysteries FIRST READING                   Isaiah 40:25-31 The Lord is strong in power and gives power to the faint. A reading from the book of Isaiah To whom will you compare me, that I should be like him? Says the…

10 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2024 Tuesday of the second week of Advent Liturgical colour: Violet Today’s Rosary: The Sorrowful Mysteries FIRST READING    Isaiah 40:1-11 God comforts his people. A reading from the Book of Isaiah Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that her warfare is ended, that…