Friday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 9:1-20 Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,… Read More

Thursday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 8:26-40 The angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, “Get up and head south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, the desert route.”… Read More

Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 8:1b-8 There broke out a severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem, and all were scattered throughout the countryside of Judea and Samaria, except the Apostles. Devout… Read More

Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading I Acts 7:51—8:1a Stephen said to the people, the elders, and the scribes: “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the Holy Spirit; you are… Read More

Monday of the Third Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 6:8-15 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyreneans, and Alexandrians,… Read More

Third Sunday of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles inand made them stand before the Sanhedrin,the high priest questioned them,“We gave you strict… Read More

Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles

Reading 1 1 Corinthians 15:1-8 I am reminding you, brothers and sisters, of the Gospel I preached to you, which you indeed received and in which you also stand. Through… Read More

Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Acts 5:34-42 A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, respected… Read More

Thursday of the Second Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 5:27-33 When the court officers had brought the Apostles in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, the high priest questioned them, “We gave you strict orders… Read More

Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter

Reading 1 Acts 5:17-26 The high priest rose up and all his companions, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and, filled with jealousy, laid hands upon the Apostles and… 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