Monday 28 April 2025    (other days)
Saint George, Martyr 
Solemnity

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Readings at Mass

Liturgical Colour: Red. Year: C(I).

First reading
Revelation 12:10-12a

‘They loved not their lives even unto death.’

I, John, heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, ‘Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. And they have conquered him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, for they loved not their lives even unto death. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them!’

How to listen
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 126(125):1-2b. 2c-3. 4-5. 6. ℟5
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
When the Lord brought back the exiles of Sion,
we thought we were dreaming.
Then was our mouth filled with laughter;
on our tongues, songs of joy.
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
Then they said among the nations,
‘What great deeds the Lord worked for them!’
What great deeds the Lord worked for us!
Indeed, we were glad.
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
Bring back our exiles, O Lord,
as streams in the Negeb.
Those who are sowing in tears
will sing when they reap.
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
They go out, they go out, full of tears,
bearing seed for the sowing;
they come back, they come back with a song,
bearing their sheaves.
Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap.
Second reading
2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12

‘All who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.’

Beloved: Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, the offspring of David, as preached in my gospel, for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound! Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
  The saying is trustworthy, for: If we have died with him, we will also live with him; if we endure, we will also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny us; if we are faithless, he remains faithful — for he cannot deny himself.
  You, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra — which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
Gospel AcclamationJames 1:12
Alleluia, alleluia.
Blessed is the man who endures trial,
for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life.
Alleluia.
GospelLuke 9:23-26

‘Whoever loses his life for my sake, he will save it.’

At that time: Jesus said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. For what does it profit a man if he gains the whole world and loses or forfeits himself? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.’

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