Category: Daily Reading

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 […]

Reading I Sir 44:1, 9-13 Now will I praise those godly men,     our ancestors, each in his own time. But of others there is no memory,     for when they ceased, they ceased. And they are as though they had not lived,     they and their children after them. Yet these also were godly […]

Reading I Sir 42:15-25 Now will I recall God’s works;     what I have seen, I will describe. At God’s word were his works brought into being;     they do his will as he has ordained for them. As the rising sun is clear to all,     so the glory of the LORD fills all […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, priest Reading I Sir 36:1, 4-5a, 10-17 Come to our aid, O God of the universe,     look upon us, show us the light of your mercies,     and put all the nations in dread of you! Thus they will know, as we know,     that there […]

Reading I Sir 35:1-12 To keep the law is a great oblation,     and he who observes the      commandments sacrifices a peace offering. In works of charity one offers fine flour,     and when he gives alms he presents his sacrifice of praise. To refrain from evil pleases the LORD,     and to avoid […]