Daily Mass Readings

  First Reading – Ephesians 2:19-22 Brothers and sisters: You are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the holy ones and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the Apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the capstone. Through him …

  First Reading – Genesis 19:15-29 As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of Sodom.” When he hesitated, the men, by the LORD’s …

  First Reading – Genesis 18:16-33 Abraham and the men who had visited him by the Terebinth of Mamre set out from there and looked down toward Sodom; Abraham was walking with them, to see them on their way. The LORD reflected: “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am …

What can you do with your sufferings, in a Catholic perspective? Read and find out in our Blog Post: Don’t Waste Your Sufferings First Reading – 1 Kings 19:16B, 19-21 The LORD said to Elijah: “You shall anoint Elisha, son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah, as prophet to succeed you.” Elijah …

First Reading – Acts 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the Church to harm them. He had James, the brother of John, killed by the sword, and when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he proceeded to arrest Peter also. –It …

What can you do with your sufferings, in a Catholic perspective? Read and find out in our Blog Post: Don’t Waste Your Sufferings First Reading – Ezekiel 34:11-16 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he …

What can you do with your sufferings, in a Catholic perspective? Read and find out in our Blog Post: Don’t Waste Your Sufferings First Reading – Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children. She had, however, an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram: “The …

What can you do with your sufferings, in a Catholic perspective? Read and find out in our Blog Post: Don’t Waste Your Sufferings First Reading – Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Fear not, Abram! I am your shield; I will make …

What can you do with your sufferings, in a Catholic perspective? Read and find out in our Blog Post: Don’t Waste Your Sufferings First Reading – Genesis 13:2, 5-18 Abram was very rich in livestock, silver, and gold. Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents, …

Related Blog Post: What the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist Teaches Us First Reading – Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O coastlands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed …