Thursday of the First Week in Lent

Reading 1 Esther C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the LORD. She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids, from morning until… Read More

Wednesday of the First Week in Lent

Reading 1 Jonah 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time:“Set out for the great city of Nineveh,and announce to it the message that I will… Read More

Tuesday of the First Week of Lent

Reading 1 Isaiah 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down And do not return there till they have watered the earth,… Read More

Monday of the First Week of Lent

Reading 1 Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 The LORD said to Moses, “Speak to the whole assembly of the children of Israel and tell them: Be holy, for I, the LORD, your… Read More

First Sunday of Lent

Reading I Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the LORD,… Read More

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

Reading 1 Isaiah 58:9b-14 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy… Read More

Reading 1 Isaiah 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD:Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;Tell my people their wickedness,and the house of Jacob their sins.They… Read More

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

Reading 1 Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your… Read More

Ash Wednesday

Reading 1 Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return… Read More

Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Sirach 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation, and he who observes the commandments sacrifices a peace offering. In works of charity one offers fine flour,… Read More

Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Eph 6:1-9 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.Honor your father and mother.This is the first commandment with a promise,that it may go well… Read More

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 EPH 5:21-33 Brothers and sisters: Be subordinate to one another out of reverence for Christ. Wives should be subordinate to their husbands as to the Lord. For the… Read More

Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 EPH 4:32–5:8 Brothers and sisters: Be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another as God has forgiven you in Christ. Be imitators of God, as beloved children,… Read More

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Sir 35:12-14, 16-18 The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is… Read More

Saturday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 EPH 4:7-16 Brothers and sisters: Grace was given to each of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. Therefore, it says: He ascended on high and took… Read More

Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Eph 4:1-6 Brothers and sisters: I, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live in a manner worthy of the call you have received, with all humility… Read More

Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 EPH 3:14-21 Brothers and sisters: I kneel before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named, that he may grant you in accord… Read More

Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs

Readings for the Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs, and their companions, martyrs Reading 1 EPH 3:2-12 Brothers and sisters: You have heard of… Read More

Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist

Reading I 2 Tm 4:10-17b Beloved: Demas, enamored of the present world, deserted me and went to Thessalonica, Crescens to Galatia, and Titus to Dalmatia. Luke is the only one… Read More

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr Reading 1 EPH 2:1-10 Brothers and sisters:You were dead in your transgressions and sinsin which you once lived… Read More