The Readings at Mass are used as the Opening Prayer for Religious Education Classes regardless of the venue where classes are done. The Closing Prayer for classes is the Basic Prayers, or one decade of the Rosary when time permits. The Rosary is a Gospel Prayer to use as a reflection on the lives of Mary and her Son, Jesus Christ.
The Readings for the next few weeks are as follows:
October 4 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Isaiah 5: 1-7; Second Reading: Phiiippians 4: 6-9; Gospel Matthew: 21: 33-43
October 11 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Isaiah 25: 6-10 Second Reading: Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20 Gospel:Matthew 11: 1-14
October 18 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Isaiah 45: 1, 4-6 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Gospel: Matthew 22: 15-21
October 25 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time:First Reading:Exodus 22:20-26 Second Reading:
1 Thessalonians 1: 5-10 Gospel: Matthew 22:34-40
November 1 All Saints Day: First Reading: Revelation 7: 2-4, 9-14 Second Reading:
1 John 3: 1-3 Gospel: Matthew 5: 1-12
November 8 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Wisdom 6:12-16 Second Reading:
1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 Gospel: Matthew 25: 1-13
November 15 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: First Reading: Proverbs 31:10-13,19-20,30-31
Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6
Gospel: Matthew 25: 14-30
November 22 Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: First Reading; Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:20-26,28
Gospel: Matthew 25: 31-46
This is the end of the Cycle A Readings for the Year of Matthew. Next week we will begin a New Church Year with the celebration of the First Sunday in Advent. We change to Cycle B Readings for the Year of Mark.