Daily Readings

Daily Readings

• Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
  Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest Reading 1 Isaiah 25:6-10a On this mountain the LORD of hosts will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines, juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy the veil that veils all peoples, The web that […]
• Tuesday of the First Week of Advent
  Reading 1 Isaiah 11:1-10 On that day, A shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, A Spirit of counsel and of strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of fear of […]
• Monday of the First Week of Advent
  Reading 1 Isaiah 4:2-6 On that day, The branch of the LORD will be luster and glory, and the fruit of the earth will be honor and splendor for the survivors of Israel. He who remains in Zion and he who is left in Jerusalem Will be called holy: every one marked down for life […]
• First Sunday of Advent
  Reading 1 Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: "Come, let us climb the […]
• Saturday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
  Reading 1 Daniel 7:15-27 I, Daniel, found my spirit anguished within its covering of flesh, and I was terrified by the visions of my mind. I approached one of those present and asked him what all this meant in truth; in answer, he made known to me the meaning of the things: "These four great […]
• Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
  Reading 1 Daniel 7:2-14 In a vision I, Daniel, saw during the night, the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea, from which emerged four immense beasts, each different from the others. The first was like a lion, but with eagle's wings. While I watched, the wings were plucked; it was raised from […]
• Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-Thanksgiving
  Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeReadings for the Thanksgiving Day [In the Dioceses of the United States] Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary TimeThanksgiving Day - - - Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States, second typical edition, Copyright © 2001, 1998, 1997, 1986, […]
• Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
  Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-ThanksgivingReadings for the Thanksgiving Day [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading I Daniel 6:12-28 Some men rushed into the upper chamber of Daniel’s home and found him praying and pleading before his God. Then they went to remind the king about the prohibition: […]
• Thanksgiving Day
  Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-ThanksgivingReadings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading I Sirach 50:22-24 And now, bless the God of all,     who has done wondrous things on earth; […]
• Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
  Reading 1 Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, with whom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he ordered the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, to be brought in so that the king, […]