Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 18:1-10,13b,30-32
Psalm: 51(50):12-13,14-15,18-19

Gospel: Matthew 19:13-15

Children were brought to Jesus that he might lay his hands on them and pray.

The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, “Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

After he placed his hands on them, he went away… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 16:1-15,60,63
Psalm: Isaiah 12:2-3,4bcd,5-6

Gospel: Matthew 19:3-12

Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?” He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female’ and said, ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? … Read more »

Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven – Solemnity
Readings of the day

First Reading: Revelations 11: 19a; 12:1-6a,10ab
Psalm: 44:10bc,11-12ab,16
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:20-26

Gospel: Luke 1:39-56

Mary set out in those days and traveled to the hill country in haste to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezek 9:1-7; 10:18-22
Psalm: 112 (113):1-2,3-4,5-6

Gospel: Mt 18:15-20

Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he does not listen, take one or two others along with you, so that ‘every fact may be established on the testimony of two or three witnesses.’ If he refuses to listen to them, tell the church… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Ezekiel 1:2-5,24-28c
Psalm: 148:1-2,11-12ab,12c-14a,14bcd

Gospel: Matthew 17:22-27

As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is to be handed over to men, and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were overwhelmed with grief. When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said, “Doesn’t your teacher pay the temple tax?” Yes, he said… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: 2 Corinthians 9:6-10
Psalm: 111:1-2,5-9

Gospel: John 12:24-26

In those days: Jesus told his disciples: “Very truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains just a single grain; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. 

Those who love their life lose it, and those who hate their life in this world will keep it for eternal life. Whoever serves me must follow me, and where I am, there will my servant be also… Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Hosea 2:16b,17b,21-22
Psalm: 44:11-12,14-17

Gospel: Matthew 25:1-13

In those days: Jesus told his disciples this parable: “The kingdom of heaven will be like this. Ten bridesmaids took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. When the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them; but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. As the bridegroom was delayed, all of them became drowsy and slept. 

But at midnight there was a shout, “Look! … Read more »

Readings of the day

First Reading: Jeremiah 31:31-34
Psalm: 51(50):12-13,14-15,18-19

Gospel: Matthew 16:13-23

Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah… Read more »