Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading I Gn 4:1-15, 25 The man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have produced a man with the help of the LORD.” Next she bore his brother Abel. Abel became a keeper of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the soil. In the course of time … [Read more…]

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading I Lv 13:1-2, 44-46 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “If someone has on his skin a scab or pustule or blotch which appears to be the sore of leprosy, he shall be brought to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests among his descendants. If the man is leprous and … [Read more…]

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…]