First Reading – 2 Corinthians 1:1-7 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the Church of God that is at Corinth, with all the holy ones throughout Achaia: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus …
Christ invites all to the supper in which he gives his body and blood for the life of the world. Let us ask him: Christ, the bread of heaven, grant us everlasting life. Christ, Son of the living God, you commanded that this thanksgiving meal be done in memory of …
First Reading – Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14B-16A Moses said to the people: “Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God, has directed all your journeying in the desert, so as to test you by affliction and find out whether or not it was your intention to keep his commandments. …
First Reading – Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 Tobit called his son Tobiah and said to him, “Son, see to it that you give what is due to the man who made the journey with you; give him a bonus too.” So he called Raphael and said, “Take as your wages …
First Reading – Tobit 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come. When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, “Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!” Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: “I am …
First Reading – Tobit 6:10-11; 7:1BCDE; 9-17; 8:4-9A When the angel Raphael and Tobiah had entered Media and were getting close to Ecbatana, Raphael said to the boy, “Tobiah, my brother!” He replied: “Here I am!” He said: “Tonight we must stay with Raguel, who is a relative of yours. …
First Reading – Tobit 3:1-11A, 16-17A Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray: “You are righteous, O Lord, and all your deeds are just; All your ways are mercy and truth; you are the judge of the world. And now, O …
First Reading – Tobit 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my courtyard to sleep next to the courtyard wall. My face was uncovered because of the heat. I did not know there were birds perched on the wall above me, …
First Reading – Tobit 1:3, 2:1-8A I, Tobit, have walked all the days of my life on the paths of truth and righteousness. I performed many charitable works for my kinsmen and my people who had been deported with me to Nineveh, in Assyria. On our festival of Pentecost, the …
This is the hour when the King of martyrs offered his life in the upper room and laid it down on the cross. Let us thank him and say: We praise you, O Lord. We praise you, O Lord, our Savior, inspiration and example for every martyr, for loving …
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