Liturgy of the Hours
Saints Martha, Mary and Lazarus
Prayer Hours
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Invitatory
Office of Readings - Memorial
Morning Prayer - Memorial
Midmorning Prayer
Midday Prayer
Midafternoon Prayer
Evening Prayer - Memorial
Night Prayer
Mass Readings
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
First Reading
Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21
Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth! a man of strife and contention to all the land! I neither borrow nor lend, yet all curse me. When I found your words, I devoured them; they became my joy and the happiness of my heart, Because I bore your name, O LORD, God of hosts. I did not sit celebrating in the circle of merrymakers; Under the weight of your hand I sat alone because you filled me with indignation. Why is my pain continuous, my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed ...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 59:2-3, 4, 10-11, 17, 18
Refrain: God is my refuge on the day of distress.
Gospel
John 11:19-27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died]. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him; but Mary sat at home. Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.” Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise.” Martha said to him, “I know he will rise, in the resurrection on the last day.” Jesus told her, “I am the resur...
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