Catechism


     Phillipians 2
    EWTN Bible
     1 So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any incentive of love,
       any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy,
     2 complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love,
       being in full accord and of one mind.
     3 Do nothing from selfishness or conceit, but in humility count others
       better than yourselves.
     4 Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the
       interests of others.
     5 Have this mind among yourselves, which was in Christ Jesus,
     6 who, though he was in the form of God,[a] did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
     7 but emptied himself,[b] taking the form of a servant,[c] being born in the likeness of men.
     8 And being found in human form he humbled himself and became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

     Romans 6
      16 Do you not know that to whom you present yourselves slaves to obey,
      you are that one’s slaves whom you obey, whether of sin leading to death,
      or of obedience leading to righteousness?
      17 But God be thanked that though you were slaves of sin, yet you obeyed from the heart
      that form of doctrine to which you were delivered.
      18 And having been set free from sin, you became slaves of righteousness.
      19 I speak in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.
      For just as you presented your members as slaves of uncleanness,
      and of lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members
      as slaves of righteousness for holiness.

     Romans 12
      1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies
      a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.
      2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,
      that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

      1 Peter 5
      1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness
      of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
      2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof,
      not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;
      3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.
      4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory
      that fadeth not away.
      5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject
      one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud,
      and giveth grace to the humble.
      6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may
      exalt you in due time:
      7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
      8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
      walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
      9 Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished
      in your brethren that are in the world.
      10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
      after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
      11 To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

      Psalm 125 
    The Lord surrounds his people with love, both now and for ever.
      1 Those who put their trust in theLord
       are like Mount Sion, that cannot be shaken,
       that stands for ever.
       Jerusalem!
       2 The mountains surround her,
        so the Lord surrounds his people
        both now and for ever.

     Sirach 2
      2 Set your heart right and be steadfast,
        and do not be hasty in time of calamity.
      12 Woe to timid hearts and to slack hands,
         and to the sinner who walks along two ways!
         Woe to the faint heart, for it has no trust!

      2 Kings 13:15-19 RSV-CE
       15 And Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and
          arrows"; so he took a bow and arrows.
       16 Then he said to the king of Israel,
          "Draw the bow"; and he drew it. And Elisha
           laid his hands upon the king's hands.
       17 And he said, "Open the window eastward";
          and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot";
          and he shot. And he said, "The LORD's arrow of victory,
          the arrow of victory over Syria! For you shall fight
          the Syrians in Aphek until you have made an end of them."
       18 And he said, "Take the arrows"; and he took them.
          And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground
          with them"; and he struck three times, and stopped.
       19 Then the man of God was angry with him, and said,
          "You should have struck five or six times; then you
           would have struck down Syria until you had made an
           end of it, but now you will strike down Syria only three times."

      Joshua 18:3
     And Joshua said unto the children of Israel,
     How long are ye slack to go to possess the land,
     which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you?

  Numbers 32:19-23 RSV-CE
     19 For we will not inherit with them on the other
        side of the Jordan and beyond; because our inheritance has
        come to us on this side of the Jordan to the east."
     20 So Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will
        take up arms to go before the LORD for the war,
     21 and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before
        the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him
     22 and the land is subdued before the LORD; then after that you
        shall return and be free of obligation to the LORD and to Israel;
        and this land shall be your possession before the LORD.
     23 But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD;
        and be sure your sin will find you out.

    Sirach 4 RSV-CE
     28 Strive even to death for the truth
        and the Lord God will fight for you.

    Isaiah 43:1
       But now thus says the LORD,
       he who created you, O Jacob,
       he who formed you, O Israel:
       “Fear not, for I have redeemed you;
      I have called you by name, you are mine.”

    Sirach 36 RSV-CE
      18 The stomach will take any food,
          yet one food is better than another.
      19 As the palate tastes the kinds of game,
          so an intelligent mind detects false words.

    Isaiah 58 KJV

    6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness,
      to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye
      break every yoke?
    7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that
      are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him;
      and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
    8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring
      forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the
      Lord shall be thy reward.
    9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say,
      Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth
      of the finger, and speaking vanity;
    10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul;
       then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day:
    11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought,
       and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,
       and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

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       Holy Thursday - Chrism Mass
Chrism Mass
Lectionary: 260

Reading 1
Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly,
to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the LORD
and a day of vindication by our God,
to comfort all who mourn;
To place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit.

You yourselves shall be named priests of the LORD,
ministers of our God shall you be called.

I will give them their recompense faithfully,
a lasting covenant I will make with them.
Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations,
and their offspring among the peoples;
All who see them shall acknowledge them
as a race the LORD has blessed.

Responsorial Psalm
89:21-22, 25 and 27
R.    (2)  For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
“I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him.
That my hand may always be with him;
and that my arm may make him strong.”
R.    For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
“My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him;
and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior!’“
R.    For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.

Reading 2
Rv 1:5-8
[Grace to you and peace] from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his Blood,
who has made us into a Kingdom, priests for his God and Father,
to him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.

Behold, he is coming amid the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him.
All the peoples of the earth will lament him.
Yes. Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,
“the one who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Verse Before the Gospel
Is 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18)
The Spirit of the LORD is upon me;
for he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor.

Gospel
Lk 4:16-21
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.

Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
     and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
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      Psalm 57
    1  Have mercy on me, God, have mercy
       for in you my soul has taken refuge.
    2  In the shadow of your wings I take refuge
       till the storms of destruction pass by.

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