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Readings are presented in pairings. These are suggestions only. Any other suitable readings may be used. Readings should be chosen with care, having regard to the pastoral needs of the occasion.
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First Reading
- Each reading is paired with a recommended psalm.
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psalm |
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1
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Genesis 1:26-28.31 |
Male and female he created them. |
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2
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Genesis 2:18-24 |
They become one body. |
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3
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Genesis 24:48-51. 58-67 |
Isaac loved Rebekah, and so he was consoled for the loss of his mother. |
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4
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Tobit 7:6-14 |
The Lord of heaven favour you, my child, and grant you his grace and peace. |
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5
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Tobit 8:4-8 |
Bring us to old age together. |
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6
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Song of Songs 2:8-10. 14. 16; 8:6-7 |
Love is strong as Death. |
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7
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Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4. 13-15 |
Like the sun rising is the beauty of a good wife in a well-kept house. |
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8
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Jeremiah 31:31-34 |
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the House of Judah. |
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9
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Apocalypse 19:1. 5-9
(Appropriate for Easter Season) |
Happy are those who are invited to the wedding feast of the Lamb |
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Responsorial Psalm
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Ps 32: 12. 18. 20-22 r.5 |
The Lord fills the earth with his love. |
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Ps 33:2-9 r.2 or 9 |
I will bless the Lord at all times. or
Taste and see that the Lord is good. |
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Ps 102: 1–2. 8. 13. 17-18 r. 8 or 17 |
The Lord is the compassion and love. or
The love of the Lord is everlasting
upon those who hold him in fear. |
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Ps 111: 1-9 r.1 |
Happy the man who takes delight in the Lord's commands.or
Alleluia! |
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Ps 127:1–5 r.1 or 4 |
O blessed are those who fear the Lord! or
Indeed this shall be blessed the man who fears the Lord. |
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Ps 144: 8-10.15. 17-18 r.9 |
How good is the Lord to all. |
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Ps 148:1-4, 9-14 r.12 |
Praise the name of the Lord. or
Alleluia! |
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| Second Reading from the New Testament |
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1
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Romans 8:31-35. 37-39 |
Nothing can come between us and the love of Christ? |
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2
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Romans 12:1-2. 9-18 |
Offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to him. |
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Romans 12:1-2. 9-13 |
Offering your living bodies as a holy sacrifice, truly pleasing to God. |
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1 Corinthians 6:13-15. 17-20 |
Your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. |
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1 Corinthians 12:31-13:8 |
If I am without love, it will do me no good whatever. |
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5
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Ephesians 5:2. 21-33 |
This mystery has many implications and I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church. |
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Ephesians 5:2 25-32 |
This mystery has many implications; but I am saying it applies to Christ and the Church. |
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6
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Colossians 3:12-17 |
Over all these, to keep them together and complete them, put on love. |
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7
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1 Peter 3:1-9 |
You should all agree among your selves and be sympathetic; love the brothers. |
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8
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1 John 3:18-24 |
Our love is to be something real and active. |
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9
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1 John 4:7-12 |
God is love. |
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10
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2 Corinthians 5:1. 6–10 |
We have an everlasting home in heaven. |
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| Gospel Acclamation |
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1 John 4:7 |
Everyone who loves is begotten by God,
and knows God. |
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1 John 4:8. 11 |
God is love;
let us love one another
as God has loved us. |
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1 John 4:12 |
As long as we love one another
God will live in us,
and his love will be complete in us. |
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1 John 4:16 |
Anyone who lives in love
lives in God,
and God lives in him. |
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| Gospel
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Matthew 5:1–12 |
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. |
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Matthew 5:13-16 |
You are the light of the world. |
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3
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Matthew 7:21. 24-29 |
He built his house on rock. |
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Matthew 7:21. 24-25 |
He built his house on rock. |
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4
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Matthew 19:3-6 |
What God has united, man must not divide. |
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Matthew 22:35-40 |
This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second resembles it. |
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6
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Mark 10:6-9 |
They are no longer two but one body. |
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7
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John 2:1-11 |
This was the first of the signs given by Jesus - at Cana in Galilee. |
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8
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John 15:9-12 |
Remain in my love |
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9
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John 15:12-16 |
What I command you is to love one another. |
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10
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John 17:20-26 |
May they be completely one. |
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John 17:20-23 |
May they be completely one. |
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