Readings of the day

First Reading: Rev 10:8-11
Psalm: 118 (119):14,24,72,103,111,131

Gospel: Lk 19:45-48

Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out those who were selling things,
saying to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves.’” And every day he was teaching in the temple area… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelation 5:1-10
Psalm: 149:1-2,3-4,5-6a & 9b

Gospel: Luke 19:41-44

As Jesus drew near Jerusalem, he saw the city and wept over it, saying, “If this day you only knew what makes for peace–but now it is hidden from your eyes.

For the days are coming upon you when your enemies will raise a palisade against you; they will encircle you and hem you in on all sides… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelation 4:1-11
Psalm: 150:1-2,3-4,5-6

Gospel: Luke 19:11-28

While people were listening to Jesus speak, he proceeded to tell a parable because he was near Jerusalem and they thought that the Kingdom of God would appear there immediately. So he said, “A nobleman went off to a distant country to obtain the kingship for himself and then to return… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelation 3:1-6,14-22
Psalm: 14 (15):2-3ab,3cd-4ab,5

Gospel: Luke 19:1-10

At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy man, was seeking to see who Jesus was; but he could not see him because of the crowd, for he was short in stature… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelation 1:1-4; 2:1-5a
Psalm: 1:1-2,3,4 & 6

Gospel: Luke 18:35-43

As Jesus approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David, have pity on me!” The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!”

Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, What do you want me to do for you? … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 3 John 1:5-8
Psalm: 111 (112):1-2.3-4.5-6

Gospel: Luke 18:1-8

In those days, Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”

The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Jn 1:4-9
Psalm: 118 (119):1,2,10,11,17,18

Gospel: Luke 17:26-37

Jesus said to his disciples: “As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man; they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage up to the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Philemon 1:7-20
Psalm: 145 (146):7,8-9a,9bc-10

Gospel: Luke 17:20-25

Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the kingdom of God is among you.”

Then he said to his disciples, “The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it… Read more »

Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome – Feast
Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-2,8-9,12
Psalm: 45:2-3,5-6,8-9
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 3:9b-11.16-17

Gospel: John 2:13-22

Since the Passover of the Jews was near, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. He found in the temple area those who sold oxen, sheep, and doves, as well as the money-changers seated there… Read more »