• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 15, 1-4
  Psalm: 97 (98), 1.2-3ab.7-8.9

  Gospel: Luke 21, 12-19

• Jesus said to the crowd: “They will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name. It will lead to your giving testimony. 

  Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death. You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 14, 14-19
  Psalm: 95 (96), 10.11-12.13

  Gospel: Luke 21, 5-11

• While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, Jesus said, “All that you see here, the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.” 

  Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? …

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 14, 1-3.4b-5
  Psalm: 23 (24), 1-2.3-4ab.5-6

  Gospel: Luke 21, 1-4

• When Jesus looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 11, 4-12
  Psalm: 143 (144), 1.2.9-10

  Gospel: Luke 20, 27-40

• Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’ Now there were seven brothers; the first married a woman but died childless. Then the second and the third married her, and likewise all the seven died childless. Finally the woman also died. Now at the resurrection whose wife will that woman be? …

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 10, 8-11
  Psalm: 118 (119), 14.24.72.103.111.131

  Gospel: Luke 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…

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 5, 1-10
  Psalm: 149, 1-2.3-4.5-6a u 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. They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognise the time of your visitation.”

  Saint of the day: Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr

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• The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Readings of the day

• First Reading: Zec 2, 14-17
  Psalm: Luke 1, 46-55

  Gospel: Matthew 12, 46-50

• While he was still speaking to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood outside, asking to speak to him. But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” 
  And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother, and sister, and mother.”

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 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. So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree in order to see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down quickly, for today I must stay at your house.” And he came down quickly and received him with joy. 

  When they all saw this, they began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.” But Zacchaeus stood there and said to the Lord, “Behold, half of my possessions, Lord, I shall give to the poor, and if I have extorted anything from anyone I shall repay it four times over.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house because this man too is a descendant of Abraham. For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save what was lost.”

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• Readings of the day

• First Reading: Rev 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? …

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