Category: Daily Reading

Reading I Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has told us.” Moses then wrote down all the words of the LORD and, rising early the next day, he erected at […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Boniface, bishop and martyr Reading I Tb 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, […]

Reading I Tb 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 certain that his eyes will be […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs Reading I Tb 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 […]

Reading I Tb 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, […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr Reading 1 Tb 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 […]

Reading I Zep 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!     Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart,      O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the judgment against you,     he has turned away your enemies; The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,     you have […]

Reading I Dt 4:32-34, 39-40 Moses said to the people: “Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created man upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of? Did a people ever hear […]

Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Paul VI, Pope Reading I Sir 51:12cd-20 I thank the LORD and I praise him;     I bless the name of the LORD. When I was young and innocent,     I sought wisdom openly in my prayer I prayed for her before the temple,     and I will […]