Saturday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 1 Thes 4:9-11 Brothers and sisters:On the subject of fraternal charityyou have no need for anyone to write you,for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another.Indeed, you do this for all the brothers throughout Macedonia.Nevertheless we urge you, brothers and sisters, to progress even more,and to aspire to live … [Read more…]

Saturday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ru 2:1-3, 8-11; 4:13-17 Naomi had a prominent kinsman named Boaz,of the clan of her husband Elimelech.Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi,“Let me go and glean ears of grain in the fieldof anyone who will allow me that favor.”Naomi said to her, “Go, my daughter,” and she went.The field she entered to glean … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Ex 3:13-20 Moses, hearing the voice of the LORD from the burning bush, said to him,“When I go to the children of Israel and say to them,‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’if they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what am I to tell them?”God replied, “I am who … [Read more…]

Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Readings for the Independence Day Reading 1 Gn 19:15-29 As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way!Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here,or you will be swept away in the punishment of Sodom.”When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD’s mercy,seized his hand and the … [Read more…]

Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Reading 1 Dt 7:6-11 Moses said to the people:“You are a people sacred to the LORD, your God;he has chosen you from all the nations on the face of the earthto be a people peculiarly his own.It was not because you are the largest of all nationsthat the LORD set his heart on you and … [Read more…]

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle Reading 1 Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Moses said to the people:“Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God,has directed all your journeying in the desert,so as to test you by afflictionand find out whether or not it was your intentionto keep his commandments. He therefore let … [Read more…]

Saturday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Tb 12:1, 5-15, 20 Tobit called his son Tobiah and said to him,“Son, see to it that you give what is due to the manwho made the journey with you; give him a bonus too.”So he called Raphael and said,“Take as your wages half of all that you have brought back,and go in … [Read more…]

Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Tb 6:10-11; 7:1bcde, 9-17; 8:4-9a When the angel Raphael and Tobiah had entered Media and were getting close to Ecbatana,Raphael said to the boy,“Tobiah, my brother!”He replied: “Here I am!”He said: “Tonight we must stay with Raguel, who is a relative of yours.He has a daughter named Sarah.” So he brought him to … [Read more…]

Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead,I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, till their warm droppings settled in my … [Read more…]

Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs Reading 1 Sir 51:12 cd-20 I thank the LORD and I praise him;I bless the name of the LORD.When I was young and innocent,I sought wisdom openly in my prayerI prayed for her before the temple,and I will seek her until the end,and she … [Read more…]