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Readings of the day
First Reading: Leviticus 19:1-2,11-18
Psalm: 8 (19):8,9,10,15
Gospel: Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him. And he will separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats… Read more »
First Sunday of Lent
Readings of the day
First Reading: Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,5-6a,12-13,14 & 17
Second Reading: Romans 5:12-19
Gospel: Matthew 4:1-11
At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was hungry.
The tempter approached and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.” He said in reply, “It is written: ‘One does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God.’”
Then the devil took him to the holy city, and made him stand on the parapet of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 58:9b-14
Psalm: 85 (86):1-2,3-4,5-6
Gospel: Luke 5:27-32
Jesus saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.”
And leaving everything behind, he got up and followed Him. Then Levi gave a great banquet for Him in his house, and a large crowd of tax collectors and others were at table with them… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Isaiah 58:1-9a
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,5-6a,18-19
Gospel: Matthew 9:14-15
In those days the disciples of John approached Jesus and said, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples do not fast?”
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” Read more »
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Readings of the day
First Reading: Deuteronomy 30:15-20
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4,6
Gospel: Luke 9:22-25
In those days Jesus said to His disciples: “The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Then He said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me… Read more »
Ash Wednesday
Readings of the day
First Reading: Joel 2:12-18
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4.5-6a,12-13,14 & 17
Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:20 – 6: 2
Gospel: Matthew 6:1-6,16-18
In those days Jesus said to His disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: James 1:12-18
Psalm: 93 (94):12-13a,14-15,18-19
Gospel: Mark 8:14-21
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. He enjoined them, “Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.” They concluded among themselves that it was because they had no bread.
When He became aware of this He said to them, “Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread? … Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: James 1:1-11
Psalm: 118 (119):67,68,71,72,75,76
Gospel: Mark 8:11-13
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him. He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Then he left them, got into the boat again, and went off to the other shore… Read more »
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Readings of the day
First Reading: Sirach 15:15-20
Psalm: 118 (119):1-2,4-5,17-18,33-34
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 2:6-10
Gospel: Matthew 5:17-37
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place… Read more »
Readings of the day
First Reading: Acts 13:46-69
Psalm: 116:1,2
Gospel: Luke 10:1-9
After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of Him in pairs to every town and place where He Himself intended to go. He said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the labourers are few; therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out labourers into His harvest. Go on your way… Read more »
