Daily Mass Readings

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24  God did not make death, nor does he rejoice in the destruction of the living. For he fashioned all things that they might have being; and the creatures of the …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 The Lord has consumed without pity all the dwellings of Jacob; He has torn down in his anger the fortresses of daughter Judah; He has brought to the ground …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” 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 …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Kings 24:8-17 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. He did evil …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of the law in the temple of the LORD.” Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to Hezekiah with this message: “Thus shall you say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God on whom …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he besieged for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel the king …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” 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 …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their staff of bread he shattered, in his zeal he reduced them to straits; By …

Read Our Latest Post – The Catholic Truths in “The Lord of the Rings” First Reading – 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she began to kill off the whole royal family. But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and …