readings

Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 497 Reading 1 RV 1:1-4; 2:1-5 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show his servants what must happen soon. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who gives witness to the word of God and to the...

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 158 Reading I Dn 12:1-3 In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the Lord: "At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince, guardian of your people; it shall be a time unsurpassed in distress since nations began until...

Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 494 Reading 1 PHMN 7-20 Beloved: I have experienced much joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the holy ones have been refreshed by you, brother. Therefore, although I have the full right in Christ to order you...

Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, ****** Lectionary: 493 Reading 1 Ti 3:1-7 Beloved: Remind them to be under the control of magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be open to every good enterprise. They are to slander no one, to be peaceable, considerate, exercising all...

Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 492 Reading 1 Ti 2:1-8, 11-14 Beloved: You must say what is consistent with sound doctrine, namely, that older men should be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance. Similarly, older women should be...

Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop Lectionary: 491 Reading 1 Ti 1:1-9 Paul, a slave of God and Apostle of Jesus Christ for the sake of the faith of God's chosen ones and the recognition of religious truth, in the hope of eternal life that God, who does not lie, promised before time began...

Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 489 Reading 1 PHIL 3:17—4:1 Join with others in being imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and observe those who thus conduct themselves according to the model you have in us. For many, as I have often told you and now tell you...

Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 488 Reading 1 PHIL 3:3-8A Brothers and sisters: We are the *********ion, we who worship through the Spirit of God, who boast in Christ Jesus and do not put our confidence in flesh, although I myself have grounds for confidence even...

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 152 Reading I Dt 6:2-6 Moses spoke to the people, saying: "Fear the LORD, your God, and keep, throughout the days of your lives, all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you, and thus have long life. Hear then, Israel, and be careful to...

Solemnity of All Saints Lectionary: 667 Reading 1 Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 I, John, saw another angel come up from the East, holding the seal of the living God. He cried out in a loud voice to the four angels who were given power to damage the land and the sea, "Do not damage the land or the sea or the...

Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 482 Reading 1 EPH 6:10-20 Brothers and sisters: Draw your strength from the Lord and from his mighty power. Put on the armor of God so that you may be able to stand firm against the tactics of the Devil. For our struggle is not with...

Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 480 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 husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the...

Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 473 Reading 1 EPH 2:1-10 Brothers and sisters: You were dead in your transgressions and sins in which you once lived following the age of this world, following the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the...

Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Lectionary: 472 Reading 1 EPH 1:15-23 Brothers and sisters: Hearing of your faith in the Lord Jesus and of your love for all the holy ones, I do not cease giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers...

Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist Lectionary: 661 Reading 1 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 with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is helpful to me in the...

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr Lectionary: 470 Reading 1 EPH 1:1-10 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the holy ones who are in Ephesus and faithful in Christ Jesus: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Blessed be...

Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 469 Reading 1 GAL 5:18-25 Brothers and sisters: If you are guided by the Spirit, you are not under the law. Now the works of the flesh are obvious: immorality, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatreds, rivalry...

Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, ****** and Doctor of the Church Lectionary: 468 Reading 1 GAL 5:1-6 Brothers and sisters: For freedom Christ set us free; so stand firm and do not submit again to the yoke of slavery. It is I, Paul, who am telling you that if you have yourselves *********ed...

Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 465 Reading 1 GAL 3:7-14 Brothers and sisters: Realize that it is those who have faith who are children of Abraham. Scripture, which saw in advance that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, foretold the good news to Abraham...

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time Lectionary: 464 Reading 1 GAL 3:1-5 O stupid Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? I want to learn only this from you: did you receive the Spirit from works of the law, or from...