Beheading of Saint John the Baptist, martyr
Readings of the day

First Reading: Jer 1, 17-19
Psalm: 70, 1-6.15.17

Gospel: Mk 6, 17-29

Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married. John had said to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” Herodias harboured a grudge against him and wanted to kill him but was unable to do so… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Cor 1, 17-25
Psalm: 32 (33), 1-2.4-5.10ab & 11

Gospel: Mt 25, 1-13

Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 1 Cor 1, 1-9
Psalm: 89 (90), 3-4.12-13.14 & 17

Gospel: Mt 24, 42-51

Jesus said to his disciples: “Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Thess 3, 6-10.16-18
Psalm: 127 (128), 1-2.4-5

Gospel: Mt 23, 27-32

Jesus said, “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Thess 2, 1-3a.13-17
Psalm: 138 (139), 1-3.4-6

Gospel: Mt 23, 23-26

Jesus said: “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier things of the law: judgement and mercy and fidelity. But these you should have done, without neglecting the others… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Rev 21, 9b-14
Psalm: 144, 10-13.17-18

Gospel: Jn 1, 45-51

Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law, and also the prophets, Jesus, son of Joseph, from Nazareth.” But Nathanael said to him, “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true Israelite… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 43, 1-7a
Psalm: 84 (85), 9ab-10.11-12.13-14

Gospel: Mt 23, 1-12

Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair of Moses. Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach but they do not practice… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 37, 1-14
Psalm: 106 (107), 2-3.4-5.6-7.8-9

Gospel: Mt 22, 34-40

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together,
and one of them, a scholar of the law, tested him by asking, “Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”

He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind… Read more »