Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 11:18-20
Psalm: 7:2-3,9bc-10,11-12

Gospel: John 7:40-53

In those days, some in the crowd who heard these words of Jesus said, “This is truly the Prophet.” Others said, “This is the Messiah.” But others said, “The Messiah will not come from Galilee, will he? Does not scripture say that the Messiah will be of David’s family and come from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?” So a division occurred in the crowd because of him… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Wisdom 2:1a,12-22
Psalm: 33 (34):17-18,19-20,21,23

Gospel: John 7:1-2,10,25-30

Jesus moved about within Galilee; but he did not wish to travel in Judea, because the Jews were trying to kill him. But the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, he himself also went up, not openly but (as it were) in secret… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Exodus 32:7-14
Psalm: 105 (106):19-20,21-22,23

Gospel: John 5:31-47

In those days, Jesus said to the Jews: “If I testify on my own behalf, my testimony is not true. But there is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that the testimony he gives on my behalf is true. You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 49:8-15
Psalm: 144 (145):8-9,13cd-14,17-18
Gospel: John 5:17-30

In those days, Jesus answered the Jews: “My Father is at work until now, so I am at work.” For this reason the Jews tried all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but he also called God his own father, making himself equal to God… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-9,12
Psalm: 45 (46):2-3,5-6,8-9

Gospel: John 5:1-3a,5-16

There was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem at the Sheep Gate a pool called in Hebrew Bethesda, with five porticoes. In these lay a large number of ill, blind, lame, and crippled.

One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Isaiah 65:17-21
Psalm: 29 (30):2,4,5-6,11-12a,13b

Gospel: John 4:43-54

At that time Jesus left Samaria for Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honour in his native place. When he came into Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him, since they had seen all he had done in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves had gone to the feast… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 6:1-6
Psalm: 50 (51):3-4,8-19,20-21ab

Gospel: Luke 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: Hosea 14:2-10
Psalm: 81(80):6c-8a,8bc-9,10-11ab,14,17

Gospel: Mark 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 »