Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:1-7a,10-17
Psalm: 51(50):12-13,14-15,16-17

Gospel: Mark 4:35-41

On that day, as evening drew on, Jesus said to his disciples: “Let us cross to the other side.”
Leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat just as he was. And other boats were with him. A violent squall came up and waves were breaking over the boat, so that it was already filling up… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Samuel 11:1-4a,5-10a,13-17
Psalm: 51(50):3-4,5-6a,6bc-7,10-11

Gospel: Mark 4:26-34

Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the Kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how. Of its own accord the land yields fruit, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Samuel 7:18-19,24-29
Psalm: 132(131):1-2,3-5,11,12,13-14

Gospel: Mark 4:21-25

Jesus said to his disciples, “Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket or under a bed, and not to be placed on a lampstand? For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible; nothing is secret except to come to light. Anyone who has ears to hear ought to hear.” He also told them, “Take care what you hear… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Timothy 1:1-8
Psalm: 96(95):1-2a,2b-3,7-8a,10

Gospel: Luke 10:1-9

The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them,

“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest… Read more »

Conversion of Saint Paul, apostle – Feast

Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 22:3-16
Psalm: 117(116):1,2

Gospel: Mark 16:15-18

Jesus said to the eleven: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Sam 5:1-7,10
Psalm: 89(88):20,21-22,25-26

Gospel: Mk 3:22-30

The scribes who had come from Jerusalem said of Jesus, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and “By the prince of demons he drives out demons.”
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables, “How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand… Read more »

Saint Publius, Prince of Malta
Readings of the day

First Reading: Acts 28,1-10
Psalm: 15, 1-2.5. 7-8. 11

Gospel: Mt 25, 31-40

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory. All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left. 

Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world; for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.’ 

Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink? And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing? And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?’ And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.’  Read more »

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Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Sam 24, 3-21
Psalm: 56 (57), 2.3-4.6 & 11

Gospel: Mk 3, 13-19

In those days Jesus went up the mountain and called to him those whom he wanted, and they came to him. And he appointed twelve, whom he also named apostles, to be with him, and to be sent out to proclaim the message, and to have authority to cast out demons. 

So he appointed the twelve: Simon, to whom he gave the name Peter; James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, to whom he gave the name Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder; and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Sam 18, 6-9; 19, 1-7
Psalm: 55 (56), 2-3.9-10ab.10c-11.12-13

Gospel: Mk 3, 7-12

In those days, Jesus departed with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him; hearing all that he was doing, they came to him in great numbers from Judea, Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan, and the region around Tyre and Sidon. 

He told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, so that they would not crush him; for he had cured many, so that all who had diseases pressed upon him to touch him. Whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and shouted, “You are the Son of God!” But he sternly ordered them not to make him known. 

Saints of the day: Saint Fabian, Pope & martyr; Saint Sebastian, martyr Read more »

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