Saturday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Gn 3:9-24 The LORD God called to Adam and asked him, “Where are you?” He answered, “I heard you in the garden; but I was afraid, because I was naked, so I hid myself.” Then he asked, “Who told you that you were naked? You have eaten, then, from the tree of which … [Read more…]

Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Gn 3:1-8 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman, “Did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?” The woman answered the serpent: “We may eat of the fruit of the … [Read more…]

Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Scholastica, virgin Reading I Gn 2:4b-9, 15-17 At the time when the LORD God made the earth and the heavens  while as yet there was no field shrub on earth and no grass of the field had sprouted, for the LORD God had sent no rain upon the earth … [Read more…]

Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Gn 1:20—2:4a God said, “Let the water teem with an abundance of living creatures, and on the earth let birds fly beneath the dome of the sky.” And so it happened: God created the great sea monsters and all kinds of swimming creatures with which the water teems, and all kinds of winged … [Read more…]

Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Gn 1:1-19 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss, while a mighty wind swept over the waters. Then God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw how good the light was. God then separated … [Read more…]

Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I Jb 7:1-4, 6-7 Job spoke, saying: Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery?     Are not his days those of hirelings? He is a slave who longs for the shade,     a hireling who waits for his wages. So I have been assigned months of misery,     and troubled nights have been … [Read more…]

Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions, Martyrs

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Paul Miki, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs Reading I Heb 13:15-17, 20-21 Brothers and sisters: Through Jesus, let us continually offer God a sacrifice of praise, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you … [Read more…]

Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Agatha, virgin and martyr Reading I Heb 13:1-8 Let brotherly love continue. Do not neglect hospitality, for through it some have unknowingly entertained angels. Be mindful of prisoners as if sharing their imprisonment, and of the ill-treated as of yourselves, for you also are in the body. Let marriage … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Heb 12:18-19, 21-24 Brothers and sisters: You have not approached that which could be touched and a blazing fire and gloomy darkness and storm and a trumpet blast and a voice speaking words such that those who heard begged that no message be further addressed to them. Indeed, so fearful was the spectacle … [Read more…]