Category: Daily Reading

Reading I Mi 7:14-15, 18-20 Shepherd your people with your staff,     the flock of your inheritance, That dwells apart in a woodland,     in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,     as in the days of old; As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt, […]

Reading I Gn 37:3-4, 12-13a, 17b-28a Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons, for he was the child of his old age; and he had made him a long tunic. When his brothers saw that their father loved him best of all his sons, they hated him so much that they would not even […]

Reading I Jer 17:5-10     Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the man who trusts in human beings,     who seeks his strength in flesh,     whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert     that enjoys no change of season, But stands in a lava waste, […]

Reading I Jer 18:18-20 The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem said, “Come, let us contrive a plot against Jeremiah. It will not mean the loss of instruction from the priests, nor of counsel from the wise, nor of messages from the prophets. And so, let us destroy him by his own tongue; […]

Reading I Is 1:10, 16-20 Hear the word of the LORD,     princes of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God,     people of Gomorrah!     Wash yourselves clean! Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes;     cease doing evil; learn to do good. Make justice your aim: redress the wronged,     hear […]

Reading I Dn 9:4b-10 “Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your merciful covenant toward those who love you and observe your commandments! We have sinned, been wicked and done evil; we have rebelled and departed from your commandments and your laws. We have not obeyed your servants the prophets, who spoke in your […]

Reading I Gn 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 God put Abraham to the test. He called to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am!” he replied. Then God said: “Take your son Isaac, your only one, whom you love,  and go to the land of Moriah. There you shall offer him up as a holocaust  on a height […]

Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Gregory of Narek, Abbot and Doctor of the Church Reading I Dt 26:16-19 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “This day the LORD, your God, commands you to observe these statutes and decrees. Be careful, then, to observe them with all your heart and with all your soul. […]

Reading I Ez 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,      if he keeps all my statutes and does what is right and just,     he shall surely live, he shall not die.  None of the crimes he committed shall be remembered against him; […]