Daily Readings

Daily Readings

• The Epiphany of the Lord
  Reading I Isaiah 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem!  Your light has come,the glory of the Lord shines upon you.See, darkness covers the earth,and thick clouds cover the peoples;but upon you the LORD shines,and over you appears his glory.Nations shall walk by your light,and kings by your shining radiance.Raise your eyes and look about;they all gather […]
• Christmas Weekday
  Reading 1 1 John 2:29–3:6 If you consider that God is righteous,you also know that everyone who acts in righteousnessis begotten by him.See what love the Father has bestowed on usthat we may be called the children of God.Yet so we are.The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know […]
• Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
  Readings for the Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church Reading 1  1 John 2:22-28 Beloved:Who is the liar?Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ.Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,but whoever confesses the […]
• Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
  Reading I Numbers 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses:  “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them:  This is how you shall bless the Israelites.Say to them:  The LORD bless you and keep you!  The LORD let his face shine upon      you, and be gracious to you!  The LORD look upon you […]
• The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
  Reading I 1 John 2:18-21 Children, it is the last hour;  and just as you heard that the antichrist was coming, so now many antichrists have appeared.  Thus we know this is the last hour.  They went out from us, but they were not really of our number; if they had been, they would have […]
• The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
  Reading 1 1 John 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children, because your sins have been forgiven for his name's sake. I am writing to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have conquered the Evil One. I write to you, children, […]
• The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
  Reading 1 1 John 2:3-11 Beloved: The way we may be sure that we know Jesus is to keep his commandments. Whoever says, "I know him," but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoever keeps his word, the love of God is truly perfected in […]
• Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
  Reading I Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children;     a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons. Whoever honors his father atones for sins,     and preserves himself from them. When he prays, he is heard;     he stores up riches who reveres his mother. Whoever honors his father […]
• Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
  Reading 1 1 John 1:1-4 Beloved: What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked upon and touched with our hands concerns the Word of life — for the life was made visible; we have seen it and testify to it and proclaim to you […]
• Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr
  Reading 1 Acts 6:8-10; 7:54-59 Stephen, filled with grace and power, was working great wonders and signs among the people. Certain members of the so-called Synagogue of Freedmen, Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and people from Cilicia and Asia, came forward and debated with Stephen, but they could not withstand the wisdom and the spirit with which […]