Readings of the day

First Reading: Hos 6, 1-6
Psalm: 50 (51), 3-4.18-19.20-21ab

Gospel: Lk 18, 9-14

Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity–greedy, dishonest, adulterous–or even like this tax collector… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hos 14, 2-10
Psalm: 80 (81), 6c-8a.8bc-9.10-11ab.14 & 17

Gospel: Mk 12, 28b-34

One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this: ‘Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbour as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”

The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher… Read more »

Saint Joseph, Husband of the Holy Virgin Mary – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Sam 7, 4-5a.12-14a.16
Psalm: 88, 2-5.27.29
Second Reading: Rom 4, 13.16-18.22

Gospel: Mt 1, 16.18-21.24a

Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary. Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ. Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Deut 4, 1.5-9
Psalm: 147, 12-13.15-16.19-20

Gospel: Mt 5, 17-19

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: Dan 3, 25.34-43
Psalm: 24 (25), 4bc-5ab.6-7bc.8-9

Gospel: Mt 18, 21-35

Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. That is why the kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king who decided to settle accounts with his servants… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Kings 5, 1-15a
Psalm: 41 (42), 2.3; 42 (43), 3.4

Gospel: Lk 4, 24-30

Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Micah 7, 14-15.18-20
Psalm: 102 (103), 1-2.3-4.9-10.11-12

Gospel: Lk 15, 1-3.11-32

Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus, but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” So to them he addressed this parable.

Then he said, “A man had two sons, and the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of your estate that should come to me.’ So the father divided the property between them… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Gen 37, 3-4.12-13a.17b-28
Psalm: 104 (105), 16-17.18-19.20-21

Gospel: Mt 21, 33-43.45-46

Jesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jer 17, 5-10
Psalm: 1, 1-2.3.4 & 6

Gospel: Lk 16, 19-31

Jesus said to the Pharisees: “There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen and dined sumptuously each day. And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps that fell from the rich man’s table… Read more »