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Saturday 14 June 2025    (other days)
Saturday memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary 
 or Saturday of week 10 in Ordinary Time 

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Office of Readings

If this is the first Hour that you are reciting today, you should precede it with the Invitatory Psalm.
INTRODUCTION
Deus, in adiutórium meum inténde.
  Dómine, ad adiuvándum me festína.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen. Allelúia.
INTRODUCTION
O God, come to our aid.
  O Lord, make haste to help us.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen. Alleluia.
Hymnus
Quem terra, pontus, ǽthera
colunt, adórant, prǽdicant
trinam regéntem máchinam,
claustrum Maríæ báiulat.
Cui luna, sol et ómnia
desérviunt per témpora,
perfúsa cæli grátia
gestant puéllæ víscera.
Beáta mater múnere,
cuius, supérnus ártifex,
mundum pugíllo cóntinens,
ventris sub arca clausus est.
Beáta cæli núntio,
fecúnda Sancto Spíritu,
desiderátus géntibus
cuius per alvum fusus est.
Iesu, tibi sit glória,
qui natus es de Vírgine,
cum Patre et almo Spíritu,
in sempitérna sǽcula. Amen.
Hymn
Hail, of paradise the portal!
  Tree of Life regained, immortal;
Whence, through thee, all sweetness floweth,
  And salvation’s fruit still groweth.
Thou our hearts aright inclinest,
  On our life’s way brightly shinest;
Us from God’s just anger savest,
  Who to man our Saviour gavest.
Hail! Blest shrine of God the Father,
  Thither sinners haste to gather;
Pardon for their guilt obtaining,
  Freedom from the foe’s enchaining;
Strength from thee the weak shall borrow,
  Comfort, thou, of all who sorrow;
From the final wrath tremendous,
  Mother of our Christ, defend us.
Star of ocean! Mother fairest!
  Who the name of Mary bearest;
In thy bright illumination
  Pales each star and constellation.
Hail, O Father! Hail, sweet Mother!
  Hail, O Son of God, our Brother!
Let the hosts of heaven adore thee,
  Every spirit bow before thee.

Ps 135:1-9
Hymnus paschalis

“Domini res gestas narrare, laudare est” (Cassiodorus).

Dóminus facit mirabília magna solus, in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
1Confitémini Dómino, quóniam bonus,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
2Confitémini Deo deórum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
3Confitémini Dómino dominórum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
4Qui facit mirabília magna solus,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
5Qui fecit cælos in intelléctu,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
6Qui expándit terram super aquas,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
7Qui fecit luminária magna,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
8solem, ut præésset diéi,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
9lunam et stellas, ut præéssent nocti,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Dóminus facit mirabília magna solus, in ætérnum misericórdia eius.

Psalm 135 (136)
A paschal hymn

The Lord alone has wrought marvellous works, for his love endures for ever.
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,
  for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the God of gods,
  for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the Lord of lords,
  for his love is for ever.
He alone works wonders,
  for his love is for ever.
In his wisdom he made the heavens,
  for his love is for ever.
He set the Earth upon the waters,
  for his love is for ever.
He created the great lights,
  for his love is for ever.
The sun, to rule over the day,
  for his love is for ever.
The moon and stars, to rule over the night,
  for his love is for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
The Lord alone has wrought marvellous works, for his love endures for ever.

How to listen

Ps 135:10-15

Edúxit Israel de médio Ægýpti, in manu poténti et bráchio exténto.
10Qui percússit Ægýptum in primogénitis eórum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
11Qui edúxit Israel de médio eórum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
12in manu poténti et bráchio exténto,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
13Qui divísit mare Rubrum in divisiónes,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
14Et tradúxit Israel per médium eius,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
15Et excússit pharaónem et virtútem eius in mari Rubro,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Edúxit Israel de médio Ægýpti, in manu poténti et bráchio exténto.

Psalm 135 (136)

He brought Israel out from Egypt, with arm outstretched, with power in his hand.
He struck down the first-born of Egypt,
  for his love is for ever.
He led Israel out from their midst,
  for his love is for ever.
With a strong hand and an outstretched arm,
  for his love is for ever.
He divided the Red Sea in two,
  for his love is for ever.
He led Israel out through the sea,
  for his love is for ever.
He overthrew Pharaoh and his army,
  for his love is for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
He brought Israel out from Egypt, with arm outstretched, with power in his hand.

Ps 135:16-26

Confitémini Deo cæli; ipse redémit nos ab inimícis nostris.
16Qui tradúxit pópulum suum per desértum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
17Qui percússit reges magnos,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
18et occídit reges poténtes,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
19Sehon regem Amorræórum,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
20et Og regem Basan,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
21Et dedit terram eórum hereditátem,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
22hereditátem Israel servo suo,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
23Qui in humilitáte nostra memor fuit nostri,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius;
24et redémit nos ab inimícis nostris,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
25Qui dat escam omni carni,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
26Confitémini Deo cæli,*
  quóniam in ætérnum misericórdia eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Confitémini Deo cæli; ipse redémit nos ab inimícis nostris.

Psalm 135 (136)

To the Lord of heaven give thanks: he set us free from our foes.
He led his people through the wilderness,
  for his love is for ever.
He struck down great kings,
  for his love is for ever.
Sihon, king of the Amorites,
  for his love is for ever.
And Og, the king of Bashan,
  for his love is for ever.
He gave their land to his people,
  for his love is for ever.
A heritage for Israel his servant,
  for his love is for ever.
He remembered us in our affliction,
  for his love is for ever.
He rescued us from our enemies,
  for his love is for ever.
He gives food to all creatures that live,
  for his love is for ever.
Give thanks to the God of heaven,
  for his love is for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
To the Lord of heaven give thanks: he set us free from our foes.
℣. María conservábat ómnia verba hæc.
℟. Cónferens in corde suo.
℣. Mary remembered all these things.
℟. She treasured them all in her heart.
Lectio prior
De libro Iósue 24, 1-7. 13-28

Fœdus renovatur in terra promissionis

In diébus illis: 1Congregávit Iósue omnes tribus Israel in Sichem et vocávit maióres natu ac príncipes et iúdices et præféctos, steterúntque in conspéctu Dei; 2et ad totum pópulum sic locútus est:
  «Hæc dicit Dóminus, Deus Israel: Trans flúvium habitavérunt patres vestri ab inítio, Thare pater Abraham et Nachor servierúntque diis aliénis. 3Tuli ergo patrem vestrum Abraham de Mesopotámiæ fínibus et addúxi eum per totam terram Chánaan multiplicavíque semen eius. 4Et dedi ei Isaac illíque rursum dedi Iacob et Esau; e quibus Esau dedi montem Seir ad possidéndum, Iacob vero et fílii eius descendérunt in Ægýptum. 5Misíque Móysen et Aaron et percússi Ægýptum signis, quæ feci in médio eius, et póstea edúxi vos. 6Eduxíque patres vestros de Ægýpto, et venístis ad mare. Persecutíque sunt Ægýptii patres vestros, cum cúrribus et equitátu, usque ad mare Rubrum. 7Clamavérunt autem ad Dóminum, qui pósuit ténebras inter vos et Ægýptios et addúxit super eos mare et opéruit illos. Vidérunt óculi vestri, quæ in Ægýpto fécerim; et habitástis in solitúdine multo témpore.
  13Dedíque vobis terram, de qua non laborástis, et urbes, quas non ædificástis, et habitátis in eis, víneas et olivéta, quæ non plantástis, et manducátis ex eis. 14Nunc ergo timéte Dóminum et servíte ei perfécto corde atque veríssimo; et auférte deos, quibus serviérunt patres vestri in Mesopotámia et in Ægýpto, ac servíte Dómino. 15Sin autem malum vobis vidétur, ut Dómino serviátis, elígite vobis hódie, cui servíre vultis, utrum diis, quibus serviérunt patres vestri in Mesopotámia, an diis Amorræórum, in quorum terra habitátis: ego autem et domus mea serviémus Dómino».
  16Respondítque pópulus et ait: «Absit a nobis, ut relinquámus Dóminum et serviámus diis aliénis. 17Dóminus Deus noster ipse edúxit nos et patres nostros de terra Ægýpti, de domo servitútis; fecítque vidéntibus nobis signa ingéntia et custodívit nos in omni via, per quam ambulávimus, et in cunctis pópulis, per quos transívimus; 18et eiécit univérsas gentes, Amorrǽum habitatórem terræ, quam nos intrávimus. Serviémus ígitur étiam nos Dómino, quia ipse est Deus noster».
  19Dixítque Iósue ad pópulum: «Non potéritis servíre Dómino. Deus enim sanctus et Deus æmulátor est nec ignóscet sceléribus vestris atque peccátis. 20Si dimiséritis Dóminum et serviéritis diis aliénis, convértet se et afflíget vos atque subvértet, postquam vobis præstíterit bona». 21Dixítque pópulus ad Iósue: «Nequáquam, sed Dómino serviémus». 22Et Iósue ad pópulum: «Testes, inquit, vos estis contra vos quia ipsi elegéritis vobis Dóminum, ut serviátis ei». Responderúntque: «Testes». 23«Nunc ergo, ait, auférte deos aliénos de médio vestri et inclináte corda vestra ad Dóminum, Deum Israel». 24Dixítque pópulus ad Iósue: «Dómino Deo nostro serviémus; obœdiéntes érimus præcéptis eius».
  25Percússit ígitur Iósue in die illo fœdus pópulo et propósuit ei præcépta atque iudícia in Sichem. 26Scripsítque verba hæc in volúmine Legis Dei; et tulit lápidem pergrándem posuítque eum ibi subter quercum, quæ erat in sanctuário Dómini, 27et dixit ad omnem pópulum: «En lapis iste erit advérsus vos in testimónium quia audívit ómnia verba Dómini, quæ locútus est inter nos, ne forte póstea negáre velítis et mentíri Dómino Deo vestro». 28Dimisítque pópulum, síngulos in possessiónem suam.
First Reading
Joshua 24:1-7,13-28

The Covenant is renewed in the Promised Land

Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel together at Shechem; then he called the elders, leaders, judges and scribes of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. Then Joshua said to all the people:
  ‘The Lord the God of Israel says this, “In ancient days your ancestors lived beyond the River – such was Terah the father of Abraham and of Nahor – and they served other gods. Then I brought your father Abraham from beyond the River and led him through all the land of Canaan. I increased his descendants and gave him Isaac. To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountain country of Seir as his possession. Jacob and his sons went down into Egypt. Then I sent Moses and Aaron and plagued Egypt with the wonders that I worked there. So I brought you out of it. I brought your ancestors out of Egypt, and you came to the Sea; the Egyptians pursued your ancestors with chariots and horsemen as far as the Sea of Reeds. There they called to the Lord, and he spread a thick fog between you and the Egyptians, and made the sea go back on them and cover them. You saw with your own eyes the things I did in Egypt. Then for a long time you lived in the wilderness.
  ‘“I gave you a land where you never toiled, you live in towns you never built; you eat now from vineyards and olive-groves you never planted.”
  ‘So now, fear the Lord and serve him perfectly and sincerely; put away the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. But if you will not serve the Lord, choose today whom you wish to serve, whether the gods that your ancestors served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are now living. As for me and my House, we will serve the Lord.’
  The people answered, ‘We have no intention of deserting the Lord and serving other gods! Was it not the Lord our God who brought us and our ancestors out of the land of Egypt, the house of slavery, who worked those great wonders before our eyes and preserved us all along the way we travelled and among all the peoples through whom we journeyed? What is more, the Lord drove all those peoples out before us, as well as the Amorites who used to live in this country. We too will serve the Lord, for he is our God.’
  Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You cannot serve the Lord, because he is a holy God, he is a jealous God who will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. If you desert the Lord to follow alien gods he in turn will afflict and destroy you after the goodness he has shown you.’ The people answered Joshua, ‘No; it is the Lord we wish to serve.’ Then Joshua said to the people, ‘You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve him.’ They answered, ‘We are witnesses.’ ‘Then cast away the alien gods among you and give your hearts to the Lord the God of Israel!’ The people answered Joshua, ‘It is the Lord our God we choose to serve; it is his voice that we will obey.’
  That day, Joshua made a covenant for the people; he laid down a statute and ordinance for them at Shechem. Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God. Then he took a great stone and set it up there, under the oak in the sanctuary of the Lord, and Joshua said to all the people, ‘See! This stone shall be a witness against us because it has heard all the words that the Lord has spoken to us: it shall be a witness against you in case you deny your God.’ Then Joshua sent the people away, and each returned to his own inheritance.
Responsorium
Ios 24, 16. 24; 1 Cor 8, 5. 6 a
℟. Absit a nobis ut relinquámus Dóminum et serviámus diis aliénis:* Dómino Deo nostro serviémus; obœdiéntes érimus præcéptis eius.
℣. Et si sunt qui dicántur dii, sive in cælo sive in terra, nobis tamen unus Deus.* Dómino.
Responsory
Jos 24:16,24; 1 Co 8:5-6
℟. Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods.* The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.
℣. Whatever gods may be spoken of as existing in heaven or on earth, for us there is only one God.* The Lord our God we will serve, and his voice we will obey.
Lectio altera
Ex Constitutióne dogmática "Lumen géntium" Concílii Vaticáni secúndi de Ecclésia (Nn. 63-65)

Maria typum Ecclesiæ præbet

Beáta Virgo divínæ maternitátis dono et múnere, quo cum Fílio redemptóre unítur, suísque singuláribus grátiis et munéribus, étiam cum Ecclésia íntime coniúngitur; Deípara est Ecclésiæ typus, ut iam docébat sanctus Ambrósius, in órdine scílicet fídei, caritátis et perféctæ cum Christo uniónis.
  In mystério enim Ecclésiæ, quæ et ipsa iure mater vocátur et virgo, Beáta Virgo María præcéssit, eminénter et singuláriter tum vírginis tum matris exémplar præbens. Credens enim et obœ́diens, ipsum Fílium Patris in terris génuit, et quidem viri néscia, Spíritu Sancto obumbráta, tamquam nova Eva, non serpénti antíquo, sed Dei núntio præstans fidem, nullo dúbio adulterátam. Fílium autem péperit, quem Deus pósuit primogénitum in multis frátribus, fidélibus nempe, ad quos gignéndos et educándos matérno amóre cooperátur.
  Iamvéro Ecclésia, eius arcánam sanctitátem contémplans et caritátem ímitans, voluntatémque Patris fidéliter adímplens, per verbum Dei fidéliter suscéptum et ipsa fit mater; prædicatióne enim ac baptísmo fílios, de Spíritu Sancto concéptos et ex Deo natos, ad vitam novam et immortálem génerat. Et ipsa est virgo, quæ fidem Sponso datam íntegre et pure custódit, et ímitans Dómini sui matrem, virtúte Spíritus Sancti, virgináliter servat íntegram fidem, sólidam spem, sincéram caritátem.
  Dum autem Ecclésia in Beatíssima Vírgine ad perfectiónem iam pertíngit, qua sine mácula et ruga exsístit, christifidéles adhuc nitúntur, ut devincéntes peccátum in sanctitáte crescant; ideóque óculos suos ad Maríam attóllunt, quæ toti electórum communitáti tamquam exémplar virtútum præfúlget. Ecclésia de ea pie recógitans eámque in lúmine Verbi hóminis facti contémplans, in summum incarnatiónis mystérium venerabúnda penítius intrat, Sponsóque suo magis magísque conformátur.
  María enim, quæ, in históriam salútis íntime ingréssa, máxima fídei plácita in se quodámmodo unit et revérberat, dum prædicátur et cólitur, ad Fílium suum eiúsque sacrifícium atque ad amórem Patris credéntes ádvocat. Ecclésia vero, glóriam Christi prósequens, præcélso suo typo simílior effícitur, contínuo progrédiens in fide, spe et caritáte, ac divínam voluntátem in ómnibus quærens et óbsequens.
  Unde étiam in ópere suo apostólico Ecclésia ad eam mérito réspicit, quæ génuit Christum, ídeo de Spíritu Sancto concéptum et de Vírgine natum, ut per Ecclésiam in córdibus quoque fidélium nascátur et crescat. Quæ Virgo in sua vita exémplum éxstitit matérni illíus afféctus, quo cuncti, in missióne apostólica Ecclésiæ cooperántes, ad regenerándos hómines animéntur opórtet.
Second Reading
From a sermon by Saint Sophronius, bishop

Through Mary, the Father's blessing has shone forth on mankind

Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you. What joy could surpass this, O Virgin Mother? What grace can excel that which God has granted to you alone? What could be imagined more dazzling or more delightful? Before the miracle we witness in you, all else pales; all else is inferior when compared with the grace you have been given. All else, even what is most desirable, must take second place and enjoy a lesser importance.
  The Lord is with you. Who would dare challenge you? You are God’s mother; who would not immediately defer to you and be glad to accord you a greater primacy and honour? For this reason, when I look upon the privilege you have above all creatures, I extol you with the highest praise: Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you. On your account joy has not only graced men, but is also granted to the powers of heaven.
  Truly, you are blessed among women. For you have changed Eve’s curse into a blessing; and Adam, who hitherto lay under a curse, has been blessed because of you.
  Truly, you are blessed among women. Through you the Father’s blessing has shone forth on mankind, setting them free of their ancient curse.
  Truly, you are blessed among women, because through you your forebears have found salvation. For you were to give birth to the Saviour who was to win them salvation.
  Truly, you are blessed among women, for without seed you have borne, as your fruit, him who bestows blessings on the whole world and redeems it from that curse that made it sprout thorns.
  Truly, you are blessed among women, because, though a woman by nature, you will become, in reality, God’s mother. If he whom you are to bear is truly God made flesh, then rightly do we call you God’s mother. For you have truly given birth to God.
  Enclosed within your womb is God himself. He makes his abode in you and comes forth from you like a bridegroom, winning joy for all and bestowing God’s light on all.
  You, O Virgin, are like a clear and shining sky, in which God has set his tent. From you he comes forth like a bridegroom leaving his chamber. Like a giant running his course, he will run the course of his life which will bring salvation for all who will ever live, and extending from the highest heavens to the end of them, it will fill all things with divine warmth and with life-giving brightness.
Responsorium
℟. Per Vírginem Maríam salus mundi credéntibus appáruit,* Cuius vita ínclita cunctas illústrat Ecclésias.
℣. Beatíssimæ Vírginis Maríæ commemoratiónem devotíssime celebrémus,* Cuius.
Responsory
℟. You are truly blessed among women, for you have changed Eve’s condemnation into a blessing;* through you the Father’s favour was bestowed on all mankind.
℣. Through you your ancestors find salvation;* through you the Father’s favour was bestowed on all mankind.
Oremus.
  Concéde nos fámulos tuos, quǽsumus, Dómine Deus, perpétua mentis et córporis sanitáte gaudére et, gloriósa Beátæ Maríæ semper Vírginis intercessióne, a præsénti liberári tristítia et ætérna pérfrui lætítia.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Let us pray.
Grant us, Lord, we pray,
the joy of continued health of mind and body;
and through the intercession of Blessed Mary, ever-virgin,
free us of this present sadness
and fill us with eternal joy.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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