THE ROMAN MISSAL RESTORED BY DECREE OF THE SECOND ECUMENICAL COUNCIL OF THE VATICAN AND PROMULGATED BY AUTHORITY OF POPE PAUL VI LECTIONARY FOR MASS FOR USE IN THE DIOCESES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA SECOND TYPICAL EDITION Volume I: Sundays, Solemnities, Feasts of the Lord and the Saints NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS CATHOLIC BOOK PUBLISHING CORP. New Jersey 1998 3
CONTENTS Decree of the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship, 1st Edition...7 Decree of the Sacred Congregation for the Sacraments and Divine Worship, 2nd Edition...8 Decree of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments...10 Decree of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops...11 INTRODUCTION: PREAMBLE Chapter I: General Principles for the Liturgical Celebration of the Word of God...13 FIRST PART: THE WORD OF GOD IN THE CELEBRATION OF MASS Chapter II: The Celebration of the Liturgy of the Word at Mass...16 Chapter III: Offices and Ministries in the Celebration of the Liturgy of the Word within Mass...20 SECOND PART: THE STRUCTURE OF THE ORDER OF READINGS FOR MASS Chapter IV: The General Arrangement of Readings for Mass...23 Chapter V: Description of the Order of Readings...29 Chapter VI: Adaptations, Translations and Format of the Order of Readings...33 TABLES Table I: Principal Celebrations of the Liturgical Year...36 Table II: Order of the Second Reading for Sundays in Ordinary Time...38 Abbreviations of the Books of the Bible...39 PROPER OF SEASONS SUNDAY READINGS Season of Advent...43 Season of Christmas...95 Season of Lent...167 Easter Triduum and Season of Easter...301 Ordinary Time...499 5
6 CONTENTS Alleluia Verses for Sundays in Ordinary Time...955 Solemnities of the Lord during Ordinary Time...961 Common Texts for Sung Responsorial Psalms...1011 Chrism Mass...1027 Octave of Easter...1031 SOLEMNITIES AND FEASTS OF THE LORD AND THE SAINTS February 2: The Presentation of the Lord...1061 March 19: St. Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary...1067 March 25: The Annunciation of the Lord...1072 June 24: The Nativity of St. John the Baptist...1076 June 29: SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles...1084 August 6: The Transfiguration of the Lord...1093 August 15: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary...1099 September 14: The Exaltation of the Holy Cross...1108 November 1: All Saints...1112 November 2: The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed...1117 November 9: The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica...1149 December 8: The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary...1153 APPENDICES Appendix I: Sequences...1157 Appendix II: Table of Readings...1161 Appendix III: Table of Responsorial Psalms and Canticles...1175
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT 7 A FIRST READING God himself will come to save us. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah 35:1 6a, 10 The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the hands that are feeble, make firm the knees that are weak, say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not! Here is your God, he comes with vindication; with divine recompense he comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared; then will the lame leap like a stag, then the tongue of the mute will sing. Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return and enter Zion singing, crowned with everlasting joy; they will meet with joy and gladness, sorrow and mourning will flee. The word of the Lord. 70
17 Sunday within the Octave of Christmas A B C THE HOLY FAMILY OF JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH When a Sunday does not occur between December 25 and January 1, this feast is celebrated on December 30 with only one reading before the Gospel. FIRST READING Those who fear the Lord honor their parents. A reading from the Book of Sirach 3:2 7, 12 14 God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins, and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard; he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father is gladdened by children, and, when he prays, is heard. Whoever reveres his father will live a long life; he who obeys his father brings comfort to his mother. My son, take care of your father when he is old; grieve him not as long as he lives. Even if his mind fail, be considerate of him; revile him not all the days of his life; kindness to a father will not be forgotten, firmly planted against the debt of your sins a house raised in justice to you. The word of the Lord. 117
210 THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT B [29] SECOND READING We proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to many, but to those who are called, the wisdom of God. A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians 1:22 25 Brothers and sisters: Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those who are called, Jews and Greeks alike, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. The word of the Lord. VERSE BEFORE THE GOSPEL Jn 3:16 God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might have eternal life. GOSPEL Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. = A reading from the holy Gospel according to John 2:13 25 Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money changers seated there.
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THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 69 C FIRST READING They read from the book of the Law and they understood what was read. A reading from the Book of Nehemiah 8:2 4a, 5 6, 8 10 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly, which consisted of men, women, and those children old enough to understand. Standing at one end of the open place that was before the Water Gate, he read out of the book from daybreak till midday, in the presence of the men, the women, and those children old enough to understand; and all the people listened attentively to the book of the law. Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden platform that had been made for the occasion. He opened the scroll so that all the people might see it for he was standing higher up than any of the people ; and, as he opened it, all the people rose. Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people, their hands raised high, answered, Amen, amen! Then they bowed down and prostrated themselves before the LORD, their faces to the ground. Ezra read plainly from the book of the law of God, interpreting it so that all could understand what was read. Then Nehemiah, that is, His Excellency, and Ezra the priestscribe and the Levites who were instructing the people said to all the people: Today is holy to the LORD your God. 522
105 FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME C FIRST READING The word is very near to you: you have only to carry it out. A reading from the Book of Deuteronomy 30:10 14 Moses said to the people: If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God, and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this book of the law, when you return to the LORD, your God, with all your heart and all your soul. For this command that I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky, that you should say, Who will go up in the sky to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out? Nor is it across the sea, that you should say, Who will cross the sea to get it for us and tell us of it, that we may carry it out? No, it is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out. The word of the Lord. 686
126 C TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME FIRST READING Humble yourself and you will find favor with God. A reading from the Book of Sirach 3:17 18, 20, 28 29 My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the greater you are, and you will find favor with God. What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not. The mind of a sage appreciates proverbs, and an attentive ear is the joy of the wise. Water quenches a flaming fire, and alms atone for sins. The word of the Lord. RESPONSORIAL PSALM Ps 68:4 5, 6 7, 10 11 r (cf. 11b) God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. The just rejoice and exult before God; they are glad and rejoice. Sing to God, chant praise to his name, whose name is the LORD. r God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor. The father of orphans and the defender of widows is God in his holy dwelling. God gives a home to the forsaken; he leads forth prisoners to prosperity. 782
160 A Thirty-Fourth or Last Sunday in Ordinary Time THE SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST THE KING FIRST READING As for you, my flock, I will judge between one sheep and another. A reading from the Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 34:11 12, 15 17 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark. I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD. The lost I will seek out, the strayed I will bring back, the injured I will bind up, the sick I will heal, but the sleek and the strong I will destroy, shepherding them rightly. As for you, my sheep, says the Lord GOD, I will judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. The word of the Lord. 940
These sequences are for optional use, with the exception of Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday, when the text proper to those days is obligatory (Cf. General Instruction of the Roman Missal, n. 40). The Latin text is given here for use in those particular circumstances where it may be pastorally suitable, and especially when they are sung according to the plain chant melodies found in the Graduale Romanum. Throughout the Easter Octave Victimæ paschali laudes immolent Christiani. Agnus redemit oves: Christus innocens Patri reconciliavit peccatores. Mors et vita duello conflixere mirando: duæ vitæ mortuus regnat vivus. Dic nobis, Maria, quid vidisti in via? Sepulcrum Christi viventis, et gloriam vidi resurgentis Angelicos testes, sudarium et vestes. Surrexit Christus spes mea: præcedet suos in Galilæam. Scimus Christum surrexisse a mortuis vere: tu nobis, victor Rex, miserere. (Graduale Romanum 1974, pp. 198 199) On Pentecost Sunday Veni, Sancte Spiritus, et emitte cælitus lucis tuæ radium. Veni, pater pauperum, veni, dator munerum, veni, lumen cordium. Consolator optime, dulcis hospes animæ, dulce refrigerium. In labore requies, in æstu temperies, in fletu solacium. O lux beatissima, reple cordis intima tuorum fidelium. Sine tuo numine, nihil est in homine, nihil est innoxium. Lava quod est sordidum, riga quod est aridum, sana quod est saucium. Flecte quod est rigidum, fove quod est frigidum, rege quod est devium. 1158
APPENDIX II: TABLE OF READINGS 1163 Sunday Weekday A B C I II I, II 1-2a, 15-17, 18b... 122 14-29... 418 JUDGES 2:11-19... 419 6:11-24a... 420 9:6-15... 421 11:29-39a... 422 13:2-7, 24-25a... 195 195 RUTH 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22... 423 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17... 424 1 SAMUEL 1:1-8... 305 9-20... 306 20-22, 24-28... 17 24-28... 198 198 3:1-10, 19-20... 307 3b-10, 19... 65 4:1-11... 308 8:4-7, 10-22a... 309 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1a... 310 15:16-23... 311 16:1-13... 312 1b, 6-7, 10-13a... 31 17:32-33, 37, 40-51... 313 18:6-9; 19:1-7... 314 24:3-21... 315 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23... 81 2 SAMUEL 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27... 316 5:1-7, 10... 317 1-3... 162 6:12b-15, 17-19... 318 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16... 11 200 200 4-17... 319 18-19, 24, 29... 320 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17... 321 12:1-7a, 10-17... 322 7-10, 13... 93 15:13-14, 30; 16:5-13a... 323 18:9-10, 14b, 24-25a, 30 19:3 324 24:2, 9-17... 325 1 KINGS 2:1-4, 10-12... 326 3:4-13... 328 5, 7-12... 109 8:1-7, 9-13... 329 22-23, 27-30... 330 41-43... 87 10:1-10... 331 11:4-13... 332 29-32; 12:19... 333 12:26-32; 13:33-34... 334 17:1-6... 359 7-16... 360 10-16... 155 17-24... 90 Sunday Weekday A B C I II I, II 18:20-39... 361 41-46... 362 19:4-8... 116 9a, 11-16... 363 9a, 11-13a... 115 16b, 19-21... 99 19-21... 364 21:1-16... 365 17-29... 366 2 KINGS 2:1, 6-14... 367 4:8-11, 14-16a... 97 18b-21, 32-37... 250 250 42-44... 110 5:1-15a... 237 237 14-17... 144 11:1-4, 9-18, 20... 369 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18... 371 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36... 372 22:8-13; 23:1-3... 373 24:8-17... 374 25:1-12... 375 2 CHRONICLES 24:17-25... 370 36:14-16, 19-23... 32 EZRA 1:1-6... 449 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20... 450 9:5-9... 451 NEHEMIAH 2:1-8... 457 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12... 458 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10... 69 TOBIT 1:3; 2:1a-8... 353 2:9-14... 354 3:1-11a, 16-17a... 355 6:10-11; 7:1, 9-17; 8:4-9a... 356 11:5-17... 357 12:1, 5-15, 20... 358 ESTHER 4:17, n; p-r; aa-bb; gg-hh (C:12, 14-16, 23-25)... 227 227 1 MACCABEES 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-64... 497 2:15-29... 500 4:36-37, 52-59... 501 6:1-13... 502 2 MACCABEES 6:18-31... 498 7:1-2, 9-14... 156 1, 20-31... 499 JOB 1:6-22... 455 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23... 456 7:1-4, 6-7... 74 9:1-12, 14-16... 457
APPENDIX III TABLE OF RESPONSORIAL PSALMS AND CANTICLES Ps 1...78, 185, 220, 233, 344, 464, 469, 476, 479, 497, 549, 595, 598, 652, 674, 739, 808 Ps 2...212, 267, 283, 879 Ps 3...323, 498 Ps 4...47, 360 Ps 5...365, 378, 437 Ps 6...793 Ps 7...249 Ps 8...166, 264, 306, 330, 472, 753, 884, 904 Ps 9...394, 412, 465, 502 Ps 10...302, 394 Ps 12...340 Ps 13...481, 636 Ps 15...108, 125, 337, 372, 449, 498, 537, 739 Ps 16...41, 46, 99, 158, 261, 300, 361, 364, 418, 441, 513, 534, 546, 583, 619, 651, 664, 721, 739, 777, 824, 845, 859 Ps 17...156, 250, 384, 447, 455, 499 Ps 18...148, 152, 255, 327, 412 Ps 19...29, 41, 69, 105, 137, 174, 224, 310, 341, 352, 380, 399, 458, 468, 495, 542, 561, 590, 641, 643, 657, 666, 684, 686, 727, 748, 782, 816, 829, 840, 845, 849, 854, 874 Ps 21...310, 421 Ps 22...38, 53, 174, 324, 486, 766, 924, 971 Ps 23...31, 49, 107, 142, 160, 172, 177, 251, 328, 421, 493, 510, 516, 535, 565, 578, 659, 677, 700, 721, 739, 749, 753, 758, 766, 772, 787, 798, 824, 869, 978, 997, 1013, 1019 Ps 24...10, 196, 318, 320, 434, 477, 478, 491, 503, 524, 667, 777, 813 Ps 25...3, 23, 68, 136, 174,187, 199, 238, 355, 356, 793, 829, 997, 1013, 1019, 1024 Ps 26...378 Ps 27...27, 59, 67, 174, 179, 243, 257, 271, 327, 363, 432, 458, 487, 488, 753, 758, 762, 793, 813, 829, 845, 854, 859, 879, 1013 Ps 28...443 Ps 29...21, 336 Ps 30...41, 48, 90, 98, 190, 244 Ps 31...40, 85, 232, 274, 323, 367, 527, 536, 596, 639, 692, 696, 715, 965, 971 Ps 32...77, 93, 325, 333, 347, 471, 753 Ps 33...25, 41, 52, 117, 146, 165, 197, 262, 272, 339, 350, 371, 385, 429, 430, 433, 445, 471, 476, 743, 803, 813, 997 Ps 34...33, 116, 119, 122, 150, 174, 188, 225, 248, 269, 270, 338, 359, 369, 370, 379, 492, 515, 517, 529, 533, 540, 550, 552, 554, 570, 574, 591, 597, 604, 607, 609, 631, 660, 678, 699, 715, 739, 753, 758, 787, 793, 798, 803, 808, 813, 849, 978, 997 Ps 36...398 Ps 37...321, 331, 342, 387, 435, 492, 518, 547, 560, 579, 589, 672, 693, 727 Ps 40...64, 65, 120, 307, 314, 318, 422, 443, 474, 514, 545, 548, 566, 584, 602, 637, 656, 687, 694, 721, 813, 859, 978, 982, 991 I. RESPONSORIAL PSALMS 1175 Ps 41...80 Ps 42...41, 237, 279, 484, 753, 762, 793, 798, 1013, 1019 Ps 43...41, 237, 279, 453, 753, 762, 793, 798, 1013, 1019 Ps 44...308 Ps 45...439, 622, 681, 709, 733, 813, 854 Ps 46...245, 671, 703 Ps 47...58, 174, 295, 296, 316 Ps 48...326, 372, 390 Ps 49...343, 344, 447, 904 Ps 50...88, 231, 311, 335, 348, 377, 379, 389, 395, 400, 500 Ps 51...22, 35, 41, 132, 174, 219, 221, 226, 242, 321, 322, 366, 387, 408, 410, 418, 422, 753, 894, 950 Ps 52...433 Ps 54...134, 436 Ps 55...342, 971 Ps 56...314, 448 Ps 57...289, 315 Ps 59...403 Ps 60...371 Ps 61...762 Ps 62...82, 437, 469 Ps 63...96, 124, 154, 174, 352, 603, 753, 762, 793, 813, 1013 Ps 65...103, 362, 762, 914 Ps 66...55, 102, 174, 275, 276, 415, 753 Ps 67...18, 57, 118, 191, 281, 406, 829, 874, 919 Ps 68...126, 297, 298, 299, 479 Ps 69...94, 105, 259, 390, 405, 406, 460, 485, 971 Ps 71...72, 195, 258, 358, 397, 586, 634, 793 Ps 72...4, 20, 174, 176, 193, 194, 213, 214, 215, 889, 899 Ps 74...376 Ps 77...411 Ps 78...113, 309, 397, 416, 638, 787, 978 Ps 79...230, 349, 374, 402, 459 Ps 80...2, 12, 139, 186, 316, 386, 884, 940 Ps 81...86, 241, 333, 405, 407 Ps 82...493 Ps 84...17, 330, 400, 404, 441, 507, 703, 772, 813, 819, 845, 859 Ps 85...5, 104, 115, 174, 181, 189, 315, 362, 382, 396, 420, 424, 474, 864, 884, 889, 899, 940, 954 Ps 86...106, 222, 324, 463, 793, 960 Ps 87...280, 456 Ps 88...456, 457 Ps 89...11, 13, 97, 200, 260, 282, 309, 312, 317, 319, 370, 543, 555, 581, 588, 611, 626, 670, 673, 682, 688, 721, 753, 772, 835 Ps 90...114, 129, 143, 334, 354, 428, 452, 454, 559, 793, 904, 909 Ps 91...24, 174, 353, 383, 650 Ps 92...84, 92, 808 Ps 93...161, 268, 341, 388 Ps 94...336, 391, 484 Ps 95...28, 71, 127, 141, 174, 236, 240, 308, 410, 508, 703, 819