Ritual Masses
Section I. For the Conferral of Christian Initiation (#743-769)
Lectionary Nos.: First Responsorial Psalm Second Reading Alleluia Verse / Gospel
Ritual Mass Reading Verse before the
Gospel
743-755: 1. Catechumenate and Christian Gen 12:1-4a Ps 33:4-5, 12-13, 18-19, x John 1:41+17b John 1:35-42
Initiation of Adults 20+22
743: Entrance into the Order of Catechumens
The following texts may be used or other appropriate texts may
be chosen
744: Election or Enrollment of Names If this is done on the first Sunday of Lent, the readings of any series in the three-year cycle of readings for
this Sunday may be used.
If this is done outside of this Sunday and the readings of the day are not appropriate,
readings from those assigned to the first Sunday of Lent, nos. 22-24, or other suitable readings, should be
selected.
745: First Scrutiny The readings and chants are always taken from the Third Sunday of Lent, Year A, no. 28.
746: Second Scrutiny The readings and chants are always taken from the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year A, no. 31.
The following reading may also be chosen: Exod 13:21-22
747: Third Scrutiny The readings and chants are always taken from the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year A, no. 34.
748: Presentation of the Creed Deut 6:1-7 Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 1) Rom 10:8-13 John 3:16 1) Matt 16:13-
The following texts may be used or other appropriate texts may 2) 1 Cor 15:1- 18
be chosen
8a or 15:1-4 2) John 12:44-
50
749: Presentation of the Lord’s Prayer Hos 11:1, 3-4, 1) Ps 23:1b-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 1) Rom 8:14-17, 26- Rom 8:15 Matt 6:9-13
The following texts may be used or other appropriate texts may 8e-9 2) Ps 103:1-2, 8+10, 11-12, 27
be chosen
13+14 2) Gal 4:4-7
750: Baptism during the Easter Vigil The readings are taken from those assigned to the Easter Vigil, no. 41;
Isaiah 55 (reading 5) and Ezekiel 36 (reading 7) may be chosen in addition to Exodus (reading 3).
Lectionary Nos.: Readings from the Readings from the Responsorial Psalms Alleluia Verse Gospels
Ritual Mass OT NT /
Verse before the
Gospel
751-755: Christian 751: 752: 753: 754: 755:
Initiation The following readings from
1) Acts 2:14a, 36-40a, 1) Ps 8:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 1) Mark 16:15 1) Matt 16:24-27
the OT
apart from the Easter 41-42
may be used or the readings 2) Ps 23:1b-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 2) John 3:16 2) Matt 28:18-20
Vigil from the OT 2) Acts 8:26-38 3) Ps 29:1bcde, 4, 8b-9, 13-14 3) John 8:12 3) Mark 1:9-11
for the Easter Vigil may be
3) Rom 6:3-11 or 6:3- 4) Ps 32:1bc-2, 5, 11 4) John 14:6 4) Mark 10:13-16
chosen.
4, 8-11 5) Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 14-15, 5) Eph 4:5-6a 5) Mark 16:15-16, 19-20
1) Gen 15:1-6, 18a
4) Rom 8:28-32, 35, 16-17, 18-19 6) See Col 2:12 6) Luke 24:44-53
2) Gen 17:1-8
37-39 6) Ps 42:2-3; Ps 43:3, 4 7) Col 3:1 7) John 1:1-5, 9-14, 16-
3) Gen 35:1-4, 6-7a
5) 1 Cor 12:12-13 7) Ps 51:3-4, 8-9, 12-13, 14+17 8) See 2 Tim 1:10 18
4) Deut 30:15-20
6) Gal 3:26-28 8) Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9a 9) 1 Pet 2:9 8) John 1:29-34
5) Josh 24:1-2a, 15-17,
7) Eph 1:3-10, 13-14 9) Ps 66:1-3a, 5-6, 8-9, 16-17 9) John 3:1-6
18b-25a
8) Eph 4:1-6 10) Ps 89:3-4, 16-17, 21-22, 10) John 3:16-21
6) 2 Kgs 5:9-15a
9) Col 3:9b-17 25+27 11) John 12:44-50
7) Isa 44:1-3
10) Tit 3:4-7 11) Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 12) John 15:1-11
8) Jer 31:31-34
11) Heb 10:22-25 6
9) Ezek 36:24-28
12) 1 Pet 2:4-5, 9-10
13) Rev 19:1, 5-9a
756-760: 756: 757: 758: 759: 760:
2. Conferral of 1) Exod 17:3-7 1) Rom 6:3-5 1) Ps 23:1b-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 1) John 3:16 1) Matt 22:35-40
Infant Baptism 2) Ezek 36:24-28 2) Rom 8:28-32 2) Ps 27:1bcde, 4, 8b-9abc, 13- 2) John 8:12 2) Matt 28:18-20
3) Ezek 47:1-9, 12 3) 1 Cor 12:12-13 14 3) John 14:6 3) Mark 1:9-11
4) Gal 3:26-28 3) Ps 34:2-3, 6-7, 8-9, 14-15, 4) Eph 4:5-6a 4) Mark 10:13-16
5) Eph 4:1-6 16-17, 18-19 5) See 2 Tim 1:10 5) Mark 12:28b-
6) 1 Pet 2:4-5, 9-10 6) 1 Pet 2:9 34 or 12:28b-31
6) John 3:1-6
7) John 4:5-14
8) John 6:44-47
9) John 7:37b-39a
10) John 9:1-7
11) John 15:1-11
12) John 19:31-35
761-763: Readings, responsorial psalms, and verses before the Gospel may be taken in whole or in part from the Mass of the day,
3. Reception of Baptized or from the Mass for the Unity of Christians (nos. 867-871), or from the Mass for Christian Initiation (nos. 751-755), or from the
Christians following:
into the Full Communion 761: 762: 763:
of the Catholic Church 1) Rom 8:28-39 1) Ps 27:1, 4, 8b-9abc, 13-14 1) Matt5::2-12a
2) 1 Cor 12:31—13:13 2) Ps 42:2-3; 42:3, 4 or 41:3a 2) Matt 5:13-16
x 3) Eph 1:3-14 3) Ps 61:2-3b, 3c-4, 5-6, 9 x 3) Matt 11:25-30
4) Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 4) Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 4) John 3:16-21
5) Phil 4:4-8 5) Ps 65:2, 3-4, 5, 6 5) John 14:15-23, 26-27
6) 1 Thess 5:16-24 6) Ps 121:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 6) John 15:1-6
764-768: 764: 765: 766: 767: 768:
4. Confirmation 1) Isa 11:1-4ab 1) Acts 1:3-8 1) Ps 22:23-24ab, 26-27, 1) John 14:16 1) Matt 5:1-12a
2) Isa 42:1-3 2) Acts 2:1-6, 14, 22b- 28+31-32 2) John 15:26b, 2) Matt 16:24-27
3) Isa 61:1-3abcd, 6ab, 23, 32-33 2) Ps 23:1b-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 27a 3) Matt 25:14-30
8c-9 3) Acts 8:1bc, 4, 14-17 3) Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 9-10a, 11- 3) John 16:13a; 4) Mark 1:9-11
4) Ezek 36:24-28 4) Acts 10:1, 33-34a, 12 14:26d 5) Luke 4:16-22a
5) Joel 2:23a, 26—3:1- 37-44 4) Ps 104:1ab+24, 27-28, 30- 4) Rev 1:5a, 6a 6) Luke 8:4-10a, 11b-15
3a 5) Acts 19:1b-6a 31, 33-34 5) [non-biblical] 7) Luke 10:21-24
6) Rom 5:1-2, 5-8 5) Ps 117:1bc, 2 6) [non-biblical] 8) John 7:37b-39
7) Rom 8:14-17 6) Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 8-9, 10-11, 9) John 14:15-17
8) Rom 8:26-27 15-16, 21 10) John 14:23-26
9) 1 Cor 12:4-13 11) John 15:18-21, 26-
10) Gal 5:16-17, 22- 27
23a, 24-25 12) John 16:5-7, 12-13a
11) Eph 1:3a, 4a, 13-
19a
12) Eph 4:1-6
769: Readings may be taken either in whole or in part from the Mass of the day, or from the Mass of Christian initiation (nos. 751-
5. First Communion for 755),
Children or from the votive Mass of the Most Holy Eucharist (nos. 976-981).
Sections II – IX: Other Ritual Masses
Lectionary Nos.: Readings from Readings from the Responsorial Psalms Alleluia Gospels
Ritual Mass the OT NT Verse /
Verse before the
Gospel
770-774: 770: 771: 772: 773: 774:
II. For the Conferral 1) Num 3:5-9 1) Acts 6:1-7b 1) Ps 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6 1) Matt 28:19a- 1) Matt 5:13-16
of Holy Orders 2) Num 11:11b-12, 2) Acts 8:26-40 2) Ps 84:3-4, 5, 11 20b 2) Matt 9:35-38
14-17, 24-25a 3) Acts 10:37-43 3) Ps 89:21-22, 25+27 2) Luke 4:18 3) Matt 10:1-5a
3) Isa 61:1-3a 4) Acts 20:17-18a, 28-32, 4) Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10 3) John 10:14 4) Matt 20:25b-28
4) Jer 1:4-9 36 5) Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5 4) John 15:15b 5) Luke 10:1-9
5) Rom 12:4-8 6) Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 6) Luke 12:35-44
6) 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 7) Ps 116:12-13, 17-18 7) Luke 22:14-20, 24-
7) 2 Cor 5:14-20 8) Ps 117:1, 2 30
8) Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 8) John 10:11-16
9) 1 Tim 3:8-10, 12-13 9) John 12:24-26
10) 1 Tim 4:12-16 or 1 Tim 10) John 15:9-17
4:12b-16 11) John 17:6, 14-19
11) 2 Tim 1:6-14 12) John 20:19-23
12) Heb 5:1-10 13) John 21:15-17
13) 1 Pet 4:7b-11
14) 1 Pet 5:1-4
775-779: 775: 776: 777: 778: 779:
III. For Admission to 1) Deut 1:9-14 1) Acts 14:21-23 1) Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11 1) Mark 1:17 1) Matt 9:35-38
Candidacy 2) Eccl 39:1b, 5-8 2) 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 2) Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 2) Luke 4:18 2) Mark 1:14-20
for the Diaconate and 3) Is 6:1-2a, 3-8 3) 1 Cor 12:4-11 3) Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6 3) John 12:26 3) Luke 5:1-11
the Priesthood 4) Jer 1:4-9 4) 2 Tim 3:10-12, 14-15 4) John 1:35-42
5) John 1:45-51
780-784: 780: 781: 782: 783: 784:
IV. For the Conferral of 1) Deut 6:3-9 1) 1 Cor 2:1-5 1) Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11 1) Cf. Luke 4:18 1) Matt 5;14-19
Ministries: 2) Deut 30:10-14 2) 2 Tim 3:14-17 2) Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12 2) John 6:63c, 2) Mark 1:35-39
1. Institution of Readers 3) Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8- 3) 2 Tim 4:1-5 3) Ps 147:15-16, 17-18, 19-20 68c 3) Luke 4:16-21
10 4) Heb 4:12-13 3) Cf. Acts 4) Luke 24:44-48
4) Is 55:10-11 5) 1 John 1:1-4 16:14b 5) John 7:14-18
4) Non-Biblical
785-789: 785: 786: 787: 788: 789:
2. Institution of Acolytes 1) Gen 14:18-20 1) Acts 2:42-47 1) Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 1) John 6:35 1) Mark 14;12-16, 22-
2) Exod 16:2-4, 12-15 2) Acts 10:34a, 37-43 2) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10- 2) John 6:51 26
3) Exod 24:3-8 3) 1 Cor 10:16-17 11 3) John 6:56 2) Luke 9:11b-17
4) Deut 8:2-3, 14b-16a 4) 1 Cor 11:23-26 3) Ps 78:3+4bc, 23-24, 25, 54 4) John 6:57 3) Luke 24:13-35
5) 1 Kings 19:4-8 5) Heb 9:11-15 4) Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 4) John 6:1-15
6) Prov 9:1-6 5) Ps 116:12-13, 15+16bc, 17- 5) John 6:24-35
18 6) John 6:41-51
6) Ps 145:10-11, 15-16, 17-18 7) John 6:51-59
7) Ps 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 8) John 21:1-14
790-795: 790: 791: NT Reading in Easter 793: 794: 795:
V. For the Pastoral Care 1) 1 Kings 19:1-8 Season 1) Isa 38:10, 11, 12abcd, 16 1) Ps 34:22 1) Matt 5:1-12a
of 2) Job 3:1-3 1) Acts 3:1-10 2) Ps 6:2-4a, 4b-6, 9-10 2) Matt 5:4 2) Matt 8:1-4
the Sick and the Dying: 3) Job 7:1-4, 6-11 2) Acts 3:11-16 3) Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6-7bc, 8-9, 3) Matt 8:17 3) Matt 8:5-17
1. Anointing of the Sick 4) Job 7:12-21 3) Acts 4:8-12 10+14, 15-16 4) Matt 11:28 4) Matt 11:25-30
5) Job 19:23-27a 4) Acts 13:32-39 4) Ps 27:1, 4, 5, 7-8a, 8b-9ab, 5) 2 Cor 1:3b-4a 5) Matt 15:29-31
6) Wis 9:9-11, 13-18 9cd-10 6) Eph 1:3 6) Matt 25:31-40
7) Isa 35:1-10 792: NT Reading in other 5) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 10-11, 7) Jas 1:12 7) Mark 2:1-12
8) Isa 52:13-53:12 Times of the Year 12-13, 17+19 8) Mark 4;35-41
9) Isa 61:1-3a 1) Rom 8:14-17 6) Ps 42:3, 5bcd or Ps 42:3, 4 9) Mark 10:46-52
2) Rom 8:18-27 7) Ps 63:2-3, 4-6, 7-9 10) Mark 16:15-20
3) Rom 8:31b-35, 37-39 8) Ps 71:1-2, 5-6ab, 8-9, 14- 11) Luke 7:19-23
4) 1 Cor 1:18-25 15ab 12) Luke 10:5-6, 8-9
5) 1 Cor 12:12-22, 24b-27 9) Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 11, 12- 13) Luke 10:25-37
6) 1 Cor 15:12-20 13, 15-16ab 14) Luke 11:5-13
7) 2 Cor 4:16-18 10) Ps 90:2, 3-4, 5-6, 9-10ab, 15) Luke 12:35-44
8) 2 Cor 5:1, 6-10 10cd+12, 14+16 16) Luke 18:9-14
9) Gal 4:12-19 11) Ps 102:2-3, 24-25, 26-28, 17) John 6:35-40
10) Phil 2:25-30 19-21 18) John 6:53-58
11) Col 1:22-29 12) Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 11-12, 13- 19) John 9:1-7
12) Heb 4:14-16 14, 15-16, 17-18 20) John 10:11-18
13) Jas 5:13-16 13) Ps 123:1-2a, 2bcd
14) 1 Petr 1:3-9 14) Ps 143:1-2, 5-6, 10
15) 1 John 3:1-2
16) Rev 21:1-7
17) Rev 22:17, 20-21
796-800: 796: 797: 798: 799: 800:
2. Viaticum 1) 1 Kings 19:4-8 1) 1 Cor 10:16-17 1) Ps 23:1-3, 4, 5, 6 1) John 6:51 1) John 6:41-51
2) Job 19:23-27a 2) 1 Cor 11:23-26 2) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 10-11 2) John 6:54 2) John 6:51-58
3) Rev 3:14b, 20-22 3) Ps 42:2, 3, 5bcd or Ps 43:3, 3) John 10:9
4) Rev 22:17, 20-21 4, 5 4) John 11:25
4) Ps 116:12-13, 15+16bc, 17-
18
5) Ps 145:10+14, 15-16, 16-18
801-805: 801: 802: 803: 804: 805:
VI. For the Conferral of 1) Gen 1:26-28, 31a 1) Rom 8:31b-35, 37-39 1) Ps 33:12+18, 20-21, 22 1) 1 John 4:7b 1) Matt 5:1-12a
the Sacrament of 2) Gen 2:18-24 2) Rom 12:1-2, 9- 2) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 2) 1 John 2) Matt 5:13-16
Marriage 3) Gen 24:48-51, 58- 18 or 12:1-2, 9-13 3) Ps 103:1-2, 8+13, 17-18a 4:8b+11 3) Matt 7:21, 24-
67 3) Rom 15:1b-3a, 5-7, 13 4) Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7bc-8, 3) 1 John 4:12 29 or 7:21, 24-25
[See also the webpage 4) Tob 7:6-14 4) 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20 9 4) 1 John 4:16 4) Matt 19:3-6
with 5) Tob 8:4b-8 5) 1 Cor 12:31—13:8a 5) Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 5) Matt 22:35-40
Readings for Weddings] 6) Prov 31:10-13, 19- *5A) Eph 4:1-6 6) Ps 145:8-9, 10+15, 17-18 6) Mark 10:6-9
20, 30-31 6) Eph 5:2a, 21-33 or 5:2a, 7) Ps 148:1-2, 3-4, 9-10, 11- 7) John 2:1-11
7) Cant 2:8-10, 14, 25-32 13a, 13c-14a 8) John 15:9-12
16a; 8:6-7a 7) Phil 4:4-9 9) John 15:12-16
8) Sir 26:1-4, 13-16 8) Col 3:12-17 10) John 17:20-
9) Jer 31:31-32a, 33- 9) Heb 13:1-4a, 5-6b 26 or 17:20-23
34a 10) 1 Pet 3:1-9
11) 1 John 3:18-24
12) 1 John 4:7-12
13) Rev 19:1, 5-9a
806-810: 806: 807: 808: 809: 801:
VII. For the Blessing of 1) Prov 2:1-9 1) Acts 2:42-47 1) Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 1) Matt 23:9a, 1) Matt 23:8-12
Abbots and Abbesses 2) Prov 4:7-13 2) Eph 4:1-6 2) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 10-11, 12-13 10b 2) Luke 12:35-44
3) Col 3:12-17 3) Ps 92:2-3, 5-6, 13-14, 15-16 2) Col 3:15 3) Luke 22:24-27
4) Heb 13:1-2, 7-8, 17-18
5) 1 Pet 5:1-4
811-815: 811: 812: 813: 814: 815:
VIII. For the 1) Gen 12:1-4a 1) Acts 2:42-47 1) Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6 1) Ps 133:1 1) Matt 5:1-12a
Consecration of 2) 1 Sam 3:1-10 2) Acts 4:32-35 2) Ps 27:1, 4, 5, 8b-9abc, 9d+11 2) Matt 11:25 2) Matt 11:25-30
Virgins and Religious 3) 1 Kgs 19:4-9a, 11- 3) Rom 6:3-11 3) Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 11-12, 13-14, 3) Luke 11:28 3) Matt 16:24-27
Profession 15a 4) Rom 12:1-13 18-19, 20-21 4) John 13:34 4) Matt 19:3-12
4) 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19- 5) 1 Cor 1:22-31 4) Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 5) John 15:5 5) Matt 19:16-26
21 6) 1 Cor 7:25-35 5) 34:10-11, 12-13, 14-15, 6) 2 Cor 8:9 6) Matt 25:1-13
5) Cant 2:8-14 7) Eph 1:3-14 17+19 7) Gal 6:14 7) Mark 3:31-35
6) Cant 8:6-7 8) Phil 2:1-4 6) Ps 40:2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10, 8) Phil 3:8-9 8) Mark 10:24b-30
7) Isa 44:1-5 9) Phil 3:8-14 12 9) Luke 1:26-38
8) Isa 61:9-11 10) Col 3:1-4 7) Ps 45:11-12, 14-15, 16-17 10) Luke 9:57-62
9) Jer 31:31-37 11) Col 3:12-17 8) Ps 63:2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9 11) Luke 10:38-42
10) Hos 2:16, 21-22 12) 1 Thess 4:1-3, 7-12 9) Ps 84:3, 4, 5+8a, 11, 12 12) Luke 11:27-28
13) 1 Pet 1:3-9 10) Ps 100:2, 3, 4, 5 13) John 12:24-26
14) 1 John 4:7-16 14) John 15:1-8
15) Rev 3:14b, 20-22 15) John 15:9-17
16) Rev 22:12-14, 16-17, 20 16) John 17:20-26
816: IX. For the Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 x Ps 19:8-9, 10, 15 x x
Dedication or
Blessing of a Church or
Altar
1. Dedication of a Church
817-822: 817: 818: during Easter Season 819: 821: 822:
2. Dedication of an Altar 1) Gen 28:11-18 1) Acts 2:42-47 1) Ps 84:3, 4, 5+10, 11 1) Ezek 37:27 1) Matt 5:23-24
2) Josh 8:30-35 2) Rev 8:3-4 2) Ps 95:1-2, 3-5, 6-7 2) Cf. John 4:23, 2) John 4:19-24
3) 1 Macc 4:52-59 3) Ps 118:15-16, 19-20, 22-23, 24 3) John 12:31-36a
820: at other time of the 27 3) Heb 13:8
Year 4) Ps 119:129, 130, 135, 144
1) 1 Cor 10:16-21 5) Ps 122:1-2, 3-4, 8-9
2) Heb 13:8-15
823-826: x 823: 824: 825: 826:
3. Blessing of a Chalice 1) 1 Cor 10:14-22a 1) Ps 16:5+8, 9-10, 11 1) John 6:56 1) Matt 20:20-28
and Paten 2) 1 Cor 11:23-26 2) Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6 2) John 6:57 2) Mark 14:12-16, 22-
26
Lectionary Nos.: Readings from the Readings from the NT Responsorial Psalms Alleluia Verse / Gospels
Ritual Mass OT Verse before the
Gospel
Corrrection (updated 3/15/13): Reading #817.2 was incorrectly listed as Hosea 8:30-35, but is actually Joshua 8:30-
35.
*Ephesians 4:1-6 is a new option for Wedding Masses (#802.5A), as 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.
