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The Lectionary for Mass – Second Typical Edition (USA, 2002) – Volume 4

Masses for Various Needs and Occasions

Section I: For the Holy Church (Nos. 827-881)

Lectionary Nos.:
Need or Occasion		 Readings from the OT Readings from the NT Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse /
Verse before the Gospel		 Gospel
827-831:
1. For the Church		 827:
1) Isa 56:1, 6-7
2) Isa 60:1-6
3) Ezek 34:11-16
4) Hos 2:16b, 17b, 21-22
5) Zeph 3:14-18a
 		 828:
1) Acts 2:42-47
2) 1 Cor 3:9c-11, 16-17
3) 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13
4) Eph 1:3-14
5) Eph 2:19-22
6) 1 Pet 2:4-9
7) Rev 7:2-4, 9-14
8) Rev 21:1-5a
9) Rev 21:9b-14		 829:
1) Ps 19:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
2) Ps 25:4-5ab, 6-7, 10, 14
3) Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 5
4) Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8
5) Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 9-10a
6) Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6
7) Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4
8) Ps 117:1, 2
9) Ps 123:1, 2		 830:
1) Ps 133:1
2) Matt 16:18
3) Matt 28:19a, 20b
4) John 10:11
5) John 10:14
6) John 15:4a, 5b		 831:
1) Matt 16:13-19
2) Matt 18:15-20
3) Matt 28:16-20
4) John 15:1-8
5) John 17:11b, 17-23
6) John 21:15-17
832:
2. For the Pope or a Bishop,
especially on their anniversaries		 Appropriate texts may be taken from those proposed in the common of pastors, above, nos. 719-724.
833-837:
3. For the Election of
the Pope or a Bishop		 833:
Isa 61:1-3a		 834:
1) Eph 4:11-16
2) Heb 5:1-10		 835:
Ps 89:4-5, 21-22, 25+27		 836:
John 10:11		 837:
1) John 15:9-17
2) John 17:11b, 17-23
838-842:
4. For a Council or Synod
or a Spiritual or Pastoral Meeting		 838:
Deut 30:10-14		 839:
Phil 2:1-4		 840:
Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11		 841:
1) Ps 133:1
2) John 16:13a; 14:26d		 842:
1) Matt 18:15-20
2) Mark 6:30-34
3) John 14:23-29
843-847:
5. For Priests		 843:
1) Isa 61:1-3a
2) Jer 1:4-9		 844:
1) 1 Cor 11:23-26
2) 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7
3) 2 Cor 5:14-20
4) Eph 4:1-7, 11-13
5) Col 1:24-29
6) 1 Thess 2:2b-8		 845:
1) Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11
2) Ps 19:2-3, 4-5, 6-7
3) Ps 27:1, 4, 5, 8-9b, 9c-11
4) Ps 84:3, 4, 5, 6a+8a, 11
5) Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4		 846:
1) Matt 28:19a, 20b
2) John 10:14
3) John 12:26
4) John 15:9
5) Cf. John 15:16		 847:
1) Matt 20:20-28
2) Matt 28:16-20
3) Luke 10:1-9
4) Luke 22:24-30
5) John 10:11-16
6) John 15:9-17
7) John 21:15-17
848-851:
6. For Ministers of the Church		 x 848:
1) 1 Cor 9:16-19
2) 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13
3) Eph 4:1-7, 11-13
4) Col 1:24-29
5) 2 Tim 4:1-5		 849:
1) Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11
2) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11
3) Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10		 850:
1) Matt 20:20-28
2) Mark 16:15-20
3) Luke 10:1-9		 851:
1) Matt 20:20-28
2) Mark 16:15-20
3) Luke 10:1-9
852-856:
7. For Religious		 852:
1) 1 Kings 19:4-9a, 11-15a
2) Cant 8:6-7
3) Isa 61:9-11
4) Hos 2:16, 21-22		 853:
1) Acts 2:42-47
2) 1 Cor 1:22-31
3) 1 Cor 7:25-35
4) Phil 2:1-4
5) 1 Petr 1:3-9
6) Rev 3:14b, 20-22		 854:
1) Ps 19:9, 10, 11
2) Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 5
3) Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17
4) Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9
5) Ps 123:1-2a, 2bcd
6) Ps 148:1-2, 11-13ab, 13c-14		 855:
1) Matt 5:6
2) Cf. Matt 11:25
3) John 8:31-32
4) John 14:23
5) John 15:9b, 5b		 856:
1) Matt 11:25-30
2) Matt 16:24-27
3) Matt 19:3-12
4) Mark 3:31-35
5) Luke 10:38-42
6) John 15:1-8
857-861:
8. For Vocations to Holy Orders
or Religious Life		 857:
1) Gen 12:1-4a
2) Exod 3:1-6, 9-12
3) 1 Sam 3:1-10
4) 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21
5) Isa 6:1, 6-8
6) Jer 1:4-9
7) Jer 20:7-9		 858:
1) 2 Cor 5:14-20
2) Phil 3:8-14
3) Heb 5:1-10		 859:
1) Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11
2) Ps 27:1, 4, 5, 8b-9ab, 9cd+11
3) Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 12
4) Ps 84:3-4, 6+8a, 11		 860:
1) Mark 1:17
2) John 15:5
3) John 15:16
4) Phil 3:8-9		 861:
1) Matt 9:35-38
2) Mark 10:17-27
3) Mark 10:28-30
4) Luke 5:1-11
5) Luke 9:57-62
6) Luke 14:25-33
7) John 1:35-51 or 1:35-42
8) John 15:9-17
862-866:
9. For the Laity		 862:
1) Ezek 36:24-28
2) Joel 3:1a-5		 863:
1) Acts 2:1-11
2) Rom 6:2-4, 12-14
3) Rom 8:31b-39
4) Rom 12:1-13
5) 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13
6) Eph 1:3-14
7) Eph 4:1-6
8) 1 Petr 2:4-10		 864:
1) Ps 85:2-4
2) Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5
3) Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12
4) Ps 113:1-3, 4-6, 7-8		 865:
1) Matt 5:9
2) John 8:12
3) John 15:4a, 5b
4) Cf. John 15:16
5) James 1:12
6) Non-Biblical		 866:
1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Matt 16:24-27
3) Matt 25:14-30
4) Mark 3:31-35
5) Mark 4:1-9
6) John 15:1-8
7) John 15:18-21
867-871:
10. For the Unity of Christians		 867:
1) Deut 30:1-4
2) Ezek 36:24-28
3) Ezek 37:15-19, 21b-22, 26-28
4) Zeph 3:16-20		 868:
1) 1 Cor 1:10-13
2) Eph 2:19-22
3) Eph 4:1-6
4) Eph 4:30—5:2
5) Phil 2:1-13
6) Col 3:9b-17
7) 1 Tim 2:5-8
8) 1 John 4:9-15		 869:
1) Jer 31:10, 11-12ab, 13-14
2) Ps 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6
3) Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5
4) Ps 118:22-23, 25-26, 28
5) Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7, 8-9		 870:
1) John 17:21
2) Eph 4:5-6a
3) Col 3:15
4) [non-biblical]
5) [non-biblical]		 871:
1) Matt 18:19-22
2) Luke 9:49-56
3) John 10:11-16
4) John 11:45-52
5) John 13:1-15
6) John 17:1-11a
7) John 17:11b-19
8) John 17:20-26
872-876:
11. For the Evangelization of Peoples		 872:
1) Isa 2:1-5
2) Isa 56:1, 6-7
3) Isa 60:1-6
4) Jon 3:10—4:11
5) Zech 8:20-23		 873:
1) Acts 1:3-8
2) Acts 11:19-26
3) Acts 13:46-49
4) Rom 10:9-18
5) Eph 3:2-12
6) 1 Tim 2:1-8		 874:
1) Ps 19:2-3, 4-5
2) Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8
3) Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 9-10a
4) Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6
5) Ps 117:1, 2		 875:
1) Matt 28:19a-20b
2) Mark 16:15
3) John 3:16		 876:
1) Matt 28:16-20
2) Mark 16:15-20
3) Luke 24:44-53
4) John 11:45-52
5) John 17:11b, 17-23
877-881:
12. For Persecuted Christians		 877:
1) Esth 4:17b-17e, 17i-17l
2) 1 Macc 2:49-52, 57-64
3) Isa 41:8-10, 13-14
4) Dan 3:25, 34-43		 878:
1) Acts 4:1-5, 18-21
2) Acts 4:23-31
3) Acts 5:27b-32, 40b-42
4) Phil 1:27-30
5) Heb 12:2-13
6) 1 Pet 1:3-9
7) Rev 7:9-10, 14b-17		 879:
1) Ps 2:1-3, 4-6, 10-11
2) Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 5
3) Ps 123:1, 2
4) Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8		 880:
1) Matt 5:10
2) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a
3) Jas 1:12
4) 1 Pet 4:14		 881:
1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Matt 10:17-22
3) Matt 10:26-33
4) John 15:18-21, 26—16:4
5) John 17:11b-19

Section II: For Public Needs (Nos. 831-840)

Lectionary Nos.:
Need or Occasion		 Readings from the OT Readings from the NT Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse /
Verse before the Gospel		 Gospel
882-886:
13. For the Country or a City
or For Those Who Serve in Public Office
or For the Congress
or For the President
or For the Progress of Peoples		 882:
1) Gen 1:26—2:3
2) Gen 2:4b-9, 15
3) Gen 4:3-10
4) Num 6:22-27
5) 1 Kings 3:11-14
6) Esth 4:17b-17e, 17i-17l
7) Job 31:16-20, 24-25, 31-32
8) Isa 32:15-18
9) Isa 58:6-11
10) Ezek 3:16-21		 883:
1) Acts 11:27-30
2) Rom 8:18-30
3) 2 Cor 8:1-5, 9-15
4) 2 Cor 9:6-15
5) Gal 5:17-26
6) Eph 4:30—5:2
7) Col 3:9b-17
8) 1 Tim 6:6-11, 17-19
9) Jas 3:13-18
10) Jas 4:1-10		 884:
1) Ps 8:4-5, 6-7a, 7b-9
2) Ps 80:2ac+3b, 5-7
3) Ps 85:9ab-10, 11-12, 13-14
4) Ps 100:2, 3, 4-5
5) Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
6) Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8, 9
7) Ps 122:1-2, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
8) Ps 123:1-2a, 2bcd
9) Ps 127:1, 2		 885:
1) 1 Chr 29:10b, 11b
2) Ps 126:5
3) Matt 5:9
4) Matt 25:34
5) Luke 21:36
6) John 8:12
7) John 12:26
8) John 13:34
9) 2 Cor 8:9		 886:
1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Matt 5:20-24
3) Matt 5:38-48
4) Matt 22:15-21
5) Matt 25:14-30
6) Matt 25:31-46
7) Luke 12:15-21
8) Luke 12:35-40
9) Luke 14:12-14
10) Luke 16:19-31
11) Luke 22:24-30
12) John 15:9-12
887-891:
14. For Peace and Justice		 887:
1) Isa 9:1-3, 5-6
2) Isa 32:15-18
3) Isa 57:15-19		 888:
1) Phil 4:6-9
2) Col 3:12-15
3) Jas 3:13-18		 889:
1) Ps 72:2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 12-13, 17
2) Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14
3) Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 6-7, 8-9		 890:
1) Matt 5:9
2) John 14:27		 891:
1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Matt 5:38-48
3) John 14:23-29
4) John 20:19-23
892-896:
15. For Reconciliation		 892:
1) Isa 55:1-3, 6-9
2) Jer 31:31-34
3) Amos 5:4, 14-15, 21-24		 893:
1) Acts 3:13-15, 17-19
2) 2 Cor 5:17—6:2
3) 1 John 2:1-5		 894:
1) Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15
2) Ps 130:1-2, 3-4ab, 4c-6, 7-8		 895:
1) Ezek 33:11
2) Matt 5:9
3) Mark 1:15		 896:
1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Luke 3:17-18
3) Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
897-901:
16. In Time of War or Civil Disturbance		 897:
1) Gen 4:3-10
2) Mic 4:1-4
3) Zech 9:9-10		 898:
1) Gal 5:17-26
2) Eph 4:30—5:2
3) Jas 4:1-10		 899:
1) Ps 72:2, 3-4ab, 7-8, 12-13, 17
2) Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14		 900:
1) Matt 5:9
2) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a
3) John 13: 34		 901:
1) Matt 5:20-24
2) John 15:9-12

 
Section III: In Various Public Circumstances (Nos. 841-885)

Lectionary Nos.:
Occasion or Circumstance		 Readings from the OT Readings from the NT Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse /
Verse before the Gospel		 Gospel
902-906:
17. For the Beginning of the Civil Year		 902:
1) Gen 1:14-18
2) Num 6:22-27		 903:
1) 1 Cor 7:29-31
2) Jas 4:13-15		 904:
1) Ps 8:4-5, 6-7a, 7b-9
2) Ps 49:2-3, 6-7, 8-10, 11, 17-18
3) Ps 90:2, 3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 15+16		 905:
1) 1 Chron 29:10b, 11b
2) [non-biblical]		 906:
1) Matt 6:31-34
2) Luke 12:35-40
907-911:
18. For the Blessing of Human Labor		 907:
1) Gen 1:26—2:3
2) Gen 2:4b-9, 15		 908:
1) 1 Thess 4:1b-2, 9-12
2) 2 Thess 3:6-12, 16		 909:
1) Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16
2) Ps 127:1, 2		 910:
1) Ps 68:20
2) Matt 11:28		 911:
1) Matt 6:31-34
2) Matt 25:14-30
912-916:
19. For Productive Land		 912:
1) Gen 1:11-12
2) Isa 55:6-13		 913:
1) 2 Cor 9:8-11
2) James 5:7-8, 16c-18		 914:
1) Ps 65:10, 11-12, 13-14
2) Ps 104:1-2a, 14-15, 24, 27-28
3) Ps 107:35-36, 37-38, 41-42		 915:
1) Ps 85:13
2) Ps 126:5		 916:
1) Matt 13:1-9
2) Mark 4:26-29
917-921:
20. After the Harvest		 917:
1) Deut 8:7-18
2) Joel 2:21-24, 26-27		 918:
1) 1 Cor 3:6-10
2) 1 Tim 6:6-11, 17-19		 919:
1) Ps 67:2-3, 5, 7-8
2) Ps 126:2b-3, 4-5, 6-7		 920:
Ps 126:5		 921:
1) Luke 12:15-21
2) Luke 17:11-19
922-926:
21. In Time of Famine,
or For Those Who Suffer from Famine		 922:
1) Deut 24:17-22
2) Job 31:16-20, 24-25, 31-32
3) Isa 58:6-11		 923:
1) Acts 11:27-30
2) 2 Cor 8:1-5, 9-15
3) 2 Cor 9:6-15		 924:
1) Ps 22:23-24, 26-27, 28+31-32
2) Ps 107:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9
3) Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8, 9		 925:
1) Matt 25:34
2) 2 Cor 8:9		 926:
1) Matt 25:31-46
2) Mark 6:34-44
3) Luke 14:12-14
4) Luke 16:19-31
927-931:
22. For Refugees and Exiles		 927:
1) Deut 10:17-19
2) Deut 24:17-22		 928:
1) Rom 12:9-16b
2) Heb 11:13-16
3) Heb 13:1-3, 14-16		 929:
1) Tob 13:1-2, 3-4, 6c, 6d, 6e
2) Ps 107:33-34, 35-36, 41-42
3) Ps 121:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8		 930:
1) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a
2) Heb 13:14		 931:
1) Matt 2:13-15, 19-23
2) Matt 25:31-46
3) Luke 10:25-37
932:
23. For Those Held Captive		 x x x x 932:
1) Matt 25:31-46
933-937:
24. For the Sick		 933:
1) 2 Kgs 20:1-6
2) Isa 53:1-5, 10-11		 934:
1) Acts 28:7-10
2) 2 Cor 4:10-18
3) 2 Cor 12:7b-10
4) Jas 5:13-16		 935:
1) Isa 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16
2) Ps 102:2-3, 24-25, 19-21		 936:
1) Matt 8:17
2) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a
3) Col 1:24b		 937:
1) Matt 8:14-17
2) Mark 16:15-20
3) Luke 22:39-43 [a?]
4) John 15:1-8
938-942:
25. In Time of Earthquake,
or For Rain,
or For Good Weather,
or To Avert Storms,
or For Any Need		 938:
1) Esth 4:17b-17e, 17i-17l
2) Lam 3:17-26
3) Dan 3:25, 34-43		 939:
1) Rom 8:18-30
2) Rom 8:31b-39
3) Jas 1:2-4, 12
4) Rev 21:1-5a, 6b-7		 940:
1) Ps 80:2ac+3b, 5-7
2) Ps 85:2-4, 5-6, 7-8
3) Ps 123:1-2a, 2bcd		 941:
1) Ps 33:22
2) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a
3) Jas 1:12		 942:
1) Matt 7:7-11
2) Mark 4:35-41
3) Luke 18:1-8
943-947:
26. In Thanksgiving to God		 943:
1) 1 Kgs 8:55-61
2) Sir 50:22-24
3) Isa 63:7-9
4) Zeph 3:14-15		 944:
1) 1 Cor 1:3-9
2) Eph 1:3-14
3) Col 3:12-17		 945:
1) 1 Chron 29:10bc, 11, 12
2) Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8
3) Ps 138:1-2a, 2bc-3, 4-5
4) Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11		 946:
1) Ps 65:16
2) Ps 137:1bc
3) Cf. Matt 11:25
4) Luke 1:49
5) John 15:11
6) Eph 1:3
7) 1 Thess 5:18
8) [non-biblical]		 947:
1) Matt 7:7-11
2) Matt 11:25-30
3) Mark 5:18-20
4) Luke 1:39-55
5) Luke 10:17-24
6) Luke 17:11-19
7) John 15:9-17
8) John 16:20-22
NEW: 947A-E:
26A. For Giving Thanks fot God for the Gift of Human Life		 947A:
1) Gen 1:1---2:2
2) 2 Mac 7:1, 20-31
3) Isa 49:1-6		 947B:
1) Rom 11:33-36
2) Eph 1:3-14
3) Eph 3:14-21
4) Col 1:12-20
5) 1 John 3:11-21		 947C:
1) Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
2) Psa 139:1b-3, 13-14ab, 14c-15		 947D:
1) Ps 119:88
2) See John 6:63c, 68c
3) See John 17:17b, 17a		 947E:
1) Matt 18:1-5
2) Mark 9:30-37
3) Luke 1:39-56
4) Luke 17:11-19
5) Luke 23:35-43
6) John 1:1-5, 9-14, 16-18
7) John 6:24-35

*New Readings for #947A-E are published in Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States of America, Second Typical Edition: Supplement. Liturgical Press, Collegeville, MN, 2017.


Section IV: For Various Needs (Nos. 948-967)

Lectionary Nos.:
Occasion or Need		 Readings from the OT Readings from the NT Responsorial Psalm Alleluia Verse /
Verse before the Gospel		 Gospel
948-952:
27. For the Remission of Sins		 948:
1) Isa 55:6-9
2) Ezek 18:21-23, 30-32
3) Joel 2:12-18
4) Jon 3:1-10		 949:
1) Rom 6:2-14
2) 1 John 1:5—2:2		 950:
1) Ps 51:3-4, 5-6a, 12-13, 14+17
2) Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12
3) Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6a, 6b-7, 8		 951:
1) Ezek 33:11
2) Mark 1:15
3) Rev 1:5ab		 952:
1) Matt 9:1-8
2) Mark 1:1-8, 14-15
3) Luke 7:36-50
4) Luke 15:1-3, 11-32
5) Luke 24:46-48
953-956:
28. For the Promotion of Charity,
or To Foster Harmony,
or For Family and Friends		 x 953:
1) Rom 12:3-13
2) 1 Cor 12:31—13:13
3) 1 John 3:14-18		 954:
1) Ps 85:7-8, 9, 11-12
2) Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5		 x 956:
1) Matt 18:15-20
2) John 15:12-17
957:
29. For the Family		 Readings from the Mass of the Feast of the Holy Family, no. 17, or from the Mass for Family and Friends, nos. 953-56, may be used.
958-962:
30. For our Oppressors		 958:
1) 1 Sam 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23
2) Isa 50:4-9a		 959:
1) Acts 7:55-60
2) Col 3:12-15		 960:
1) Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 14, 17
2) Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 11-12		 961:
1) Matt 5:9
2) John 13:34		 962:
1) Matt 5:38-48
2) Luke 6:27-38
963-967:
31. For the Grace of a Happy Death		 963:
Isa 25:6-10a		 964:
Rom 14:7-9, 10c-12		 965:
Ps 31:2+6, 8bc-9, 15-16, 17+25		 966:
1) Matt 24:42a, 44
2) Luke 21:36
3) John 13:1
4) Rev 2:10c		 967:
1) Matt 25:1-13
2) Luke 12:25-40
3) Luke 21:34-36
4) Luke 23:39-46

 

Contents of Volume 4:
Commons | Rituals | Various Needs & Occasions | Votive Masses | Masses for the Dead

See also the Weekday Readings for the Liturgical Seasons:
Advent and Christmas | Lent | Easter | Ordinary Time: Year I | Ordinary Time: Year II | Saints and Feast Days

Source: Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, 
© 2001, 1998, 1992, 1986, 1970, Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C.

The Lectionary for Mass used in the USA is based on the Ordo Lectionum Missae, editio typical altera (Latin Lectionary, second edition, 1981).

For the full texts of the readings for the current and upcoming months, 
please refer to the official web-site of the New American Bible, sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Main Lectionary Page 1998/2002 USA Edition 1992 Canadian Edition
Links to Other Websites 1970 USA Edition Roman Missal (pre-Vatican II)

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