Memorial of Saint Andrew Dŭng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King…
The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Reading 1 2 Samuel 5:1-3 In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: “Here we are, your bone and your flesh. In days…
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 1 Maccabees 6:1-13 As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was…
Memorial of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary Reading I 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let…
Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Reading I 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices. Many of Israel joined…
Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat…
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Reading I 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes, a man of advanced age and noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork. But…
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Reading 1 1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 [From the descendants of Alexander’s officers] there sprang a sinful offshoot, Antiochus…
Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 Malachi 3:19-20a Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will…
Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Reading I Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everything and the night in its swift course was half spent, Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal throne bounded, a fierce…
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 1 COR 3:1-9 Brothers and sisters, I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as fleshly people, as infants in Christ. I fed you milk, not…
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Reading 1 1 COR 2:10B-16 Brothers and sisters: The Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God. Among men, who knows what pertains to the man except his spirit that…