Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5
Psalm: 118 (119):97,98,99,100,101,102

Gospel: Luke 4:16-30

Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to bring glad tidings to the poor… Read more »

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day

First Reading: Deuteronomy 4:1-2,6-8
Psalm: 14(15):2-3a,3cd-4ab,5
Second Reading: James 1:17-18,21b-22,27

Gospel: Mark 7:1-8,14-15,21-23

In those days, the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gathered around him, and they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other traditions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles… Read more »