Daily Gospel Reading and Reflection: Recent Episodes
Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers
Daily scriptural reading and reflections from the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers Seminary in New York, the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America.
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
John 12:24-26
"Whoever loves his life loses it,
and whoever hates his life in this world
will preserve it for eternal life.
Whoever serves me must follow me,
and where I am, there also will my servant be.
The Father will honor whoever serves me.”
Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 16:24-28
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Matthew 17:1-9
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother, John,
and led them up a high mountain by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them;
his face shone like the sun
and his clothes became white as light.
And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them,
conversing with him.
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 15:21-28
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Matthew 9:35-10:1
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds,
his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 14:22-36
Jesus made the disciples get into a boat
and precede him to the other side of the sea,
while he dismissed the crowds.
After doing so, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray.
When it was evening he was there alone.
Meanwhile the boat, already a few miles offshore,
was being tossed about by the waves, for the wind was against it.
During the fourth watch of the night,
he came toward them, walking on the sea.
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
Luke 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away.
Thus it will be at the end of the age.
The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous
and throw them into the fiery furnace,
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.”
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
John 11:19-27
Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary
to comfort them about their brother [Lazarus, who had died].
When Martha heard that Jesus was coming,
she went to meet him;
but Mary sat at home.
Martha said to Jesus,
"Lord, if you had been here,
my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever you ask of God,
God will give you."
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:36-43
"The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
and the enemy who sows them is the Devil.
The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.
Just as weeds are collected and burned up with fire,
so will it be at the end of the age."
Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:31-35
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
and the ‘birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.’”
Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:18-23
"But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:10-17
“But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Jesus said to her,
"Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
'I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.'"
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord,"
and then reported what he told her.
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 12:38-42
"Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,
so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights."
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said:
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Matthew 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes."
Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:34-11:1
"Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.“Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:16-23
"When they hand you over,
do not worry about how you are to speak
or what you are to say.
You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
For it will not be you who speak
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:7-15
"Whatever town or village you enter, look for a worthy person in it,
and stay there until you leave.
As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy,
let your peace come upon it;
if not, let your peace return to you."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:1-7
Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the Twelve Apostles are these:
first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot
who betrayed Jesus.
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:32-38
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Then he said to his disciples,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:18-26
When Jesus arrived at the official’s house
and saw the flute players and the crowd who were making a commotion,
he said, “Go away! The girl is not dead but sleeping.”
And they ridiculed him.
When the crowd was put out, he came and took her by the hand,
and the little girl arose.
And news of this spread throughout all that land.
Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle
John 20:24-29
Jesus came, although the doors were locked,
and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you."
Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here and see my hands,
and bring your hand and put it into my side,
and do not be unbelieving, but believe."
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:1-8
"But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins"–
he then said to the paralytic,
"Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home."
He rose and went home.
When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
and glorified God who had given such authority to men.
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:28-34
When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,
two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.
They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.
They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God?
Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?”
Some distance away a herd of many swine was feeding.
The demons pleaded with him,
“If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine.”
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:23-27
They came and woke him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,
and there was great calm.
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Matthew 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said,
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I will do it. Be made clean.”
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:21-29
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined.”
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Luke 1:57-66, 80
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,
“What, then, will this child be?”
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
The child grew and became strong in spirit,
and he was in the desert until the day
of his manifestation to Israel.
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you."
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged,
and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
But store up treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:7-15
“If you forgive others their transgressions,
your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others,
neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win the praise of others.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil."
Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Matthew 11:25-30
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Matthew 10:7-13
"As you enter a house, wish it peace.
If the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it;
if not, let your peace return to you."
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:1-12
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied."
Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
John 10:11-16
Jesus said:
"I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them."
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
"Which is the first of all the commandments?"
Jesus replied, "The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these."
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Matthew 5:1-12a
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain,
and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him.
He began to teach them, saying:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 12:13-17
Knowing their hypocrisy he said to them,
“Why are you testing me?
Bring me a denarius to look at.”
They brought one to him and he said to them,
“Whose image and inscription is this?”
They replied to him, “Caesar’s.”
So Jesus said to them,
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Matthew 5:13-19
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place."
Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 11:11-26
Early in the morning, as they were walking along,
they saw the fig tree withered to its roots.
Peter remembered and said to him, “Rabbi, look!
The fig tree that you cursed has withered.”
Jesus said to them in reply, “Have faith in God."
Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 10:46-52
Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?”
The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.”
Immediately he received his sight
and followed him on the way.
Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 10:32-45
The disciples were on the way, going up to Jerusalem,
and Jesus went ahead of them.
They were amazed, and those who followed were afraid.
Taking the Twelve aside again, he began to tell them
what was going to happen to him.
"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man
will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes,
and they will condemn him to death
and hand him over to the Gentiles who will mock him,
spit upon him, scourge him, and put him to death,
but after three days he will rise."
Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest
John 17:20-26
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
"Holy Father, I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me."
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 21:29-33
"Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away
until all these things have taken place.
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away."
Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time - Thanksgiving
Luke 17:11-19
They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,
“Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!”
And when he saw them, he said,
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him."
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 21:12-19
"You will be hated by all because of my name,
but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.
By your perseverance you will secure your lives."
Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 21:5-11
While some people were speaking about
how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings,
Jesus said, "All that you see here–
the days will come when there will not be left
a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down."
Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Matthew 10:17-22
"When they hand you over,
do not worry about how you are to speak
or what you are to say.
You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
For it will not be you who speak
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary
Matthew 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 19:41-44
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes."
Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 19:11-28
"He replied, 'I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.
Now as for those enemies of mine who did not want me as their king,
bring them here and slay them before me.'"
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 19:1-10
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said,
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house.”
And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying,
“He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Luke 6:27-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
"To you who hear I say,
love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you."
Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 17:26-37
"Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,
but whoever loses it will save it.
I tell you, on that night there will be two people in one bed;
one will be taken, the other left.
And there will be two women grinding meal together;
one will be taken, the other left."
They said to him in reply, "Where, Lord?"
He said to them, "Where the body is,
there also the vultures will gather."
Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Luke 17:20-25
Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
Jesus said in reply,
"The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.'
For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you."
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
John 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them."
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Matthew 25:31-40
"Then the righteous will answer him and say,
'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,
or thirsty and give you drink?
When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
And the king will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.'"
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 16:1-8
"And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”
Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 15:1-10
The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
"This man welcomes sinners and eats with them."
Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
"If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
John 10:11-16
Jesus said:
"I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them."
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 14:12-14
"Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 14:1-6
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
and the people there were observing him carefully.
In front of him there was a man suffering from dropsy.
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking,
"Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?"
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 13:31-35
"Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how many times I yearned to gather your children together
as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,
but you were unwilling!
Behold, your house will be abandoned.
But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord."
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 13:22-30
"And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last.”
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Luke 6:12-16
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
"Woman, you are set free of your infirmity."
He laid his hands on her,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds,
"When you see a cloud rising in the west
you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south
you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.
You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!"
Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:39-48
"Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
Truly, I say to you, he will put him
in charge of all his property."
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks."
Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
"Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me."
He replied to him,
"Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?"
Then he said to the crowd,
"Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one's life does not consist of possessions."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
John 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:47-54
The Lord said:
"Woe to you who build the memorials of the prophets
whom your fathers killed.
Consequently, you bear witness and give consent
to the deeds of your ancestors,
for they killed them and you do the building."
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
John 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit."
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:37-41
After Jesus had spoken,
a Pharisee invited him to dine at his home.
He entered and reclined at table to eat.
The Pharisee was amazed to see
that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
The Lord said to him, "Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil."
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
"This generation is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:15-26
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house."
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:5-13
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 11:1-4
"Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Luke 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent from God
to a town of Galilee called Nazareth,
to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph,
of the house of David,
and the virgin's name was Mary.
And coming to her, he said,
"Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 10:25-37
"Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers' victim?"
He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy."
Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 10:13-16
Jesus said to them,
"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented,
sitting in sackcloth and ashes."
Memorial of the Guardian Angels
Matthew 18:1-5, 10
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones,
for I say to you that their angels in heaven
always look upon the face of my heavenly Father."
Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 18:1-4
"Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 13:47-52
"Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven
is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
both the new and the old."
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
John 1:47-51
And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 9:18-22
He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 9:7-9
But Herod said, "John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?"
And he kept trying to see him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina
Matthew 16:24-27
Jesus said to his disciples,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 8:16-18
"To anyone who has, more will be given,
and from the one who has not,
even what he seems to have will be taken away."
Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Accompanying him were the Twelve
and some women who had been cured of evil spirits and infirmities,
Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
Joanna, the wife of Herod's steward Chuza,
Susanna, and many others
who provided for them out of their resources.
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 7:36-50
"You did not anoint my head with oil,
but she anointed my feet with ointment.
So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;
hence, she has shown great love.
But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little."
He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
The others at table said to themselves,
"Who is this who even forgives sins?"
But he said to the woman,
"Your faith has saved you; go in peace."
Wednesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 7:31-35
"For John the Baptist came neither eating food nor drinking wine,
and you said, 'He is possessed by a demon.'
The Son of Man came eating and drinking and you said,
'Look, he is a glutton and a drunkard,
a friend of tax collectors and sinners.'
But wisdom is vindicated by all her children."
Memorial of Saint Cornelius, Pope and Martyr, and Saint Cyprian, Bishop and Martyr
John 17:11b-19
"Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth."
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
John 19:25-27
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary Magdalene.
Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:39-42
"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
How can you say to your brother,
‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’
when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye?
You hypocrite! Remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
then you will see clearly
to remove the splinter in your brother’s eye.”
Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 6:27-38
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you."
Join Fr. Danielle Kim, M.M. in today's Gospel reflection on Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time, 9/10/25.
Luke 6:20-26
"Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude and insult you, and denounce your name as evil on account of the Son of Man."
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Memorial of Saint Peter Claver
Matthew 25:31-40
"'When did we see you a stranger and welcome you,
or naked and clothe you?
When did we see you ill or in prison, and visit you?'
And the king will say to them in reply,
'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine you did for me.'"
Join Fr. Danielle Kim, M.M. in today's Gospel reflection on the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 9/8/25.
Matthew 1:1-16, 18-23
After the Babylonian exile,
Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel,
Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,
Zerubbabel the father of Abiud.
Abiud became the father of Eliakim,
Eliakim the father of Azor,
Azor the father of Zadok.
Zadok became the father of Achim,
Achim the father of Eliud,
Eliud the father of Eleazar.
Eleazar became the father of Matthan,
Matthan the father of Jacob,
Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
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Memorial of Saint Teresa of Calcutta
Matthew 25:31-46
"Then they will answer and say,
‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty
or a stranger or naked or ill or in prison,
and not minister to your needs?’
He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones,
you did not do for me.’
And these will go off to eternal punishment,
but the righteous to eternal life.”
Join Fr. Danielle Kim, M.M. in today's Gospel reflection on Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time 9/4/25.
Luke 5:1-11
Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
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Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Luke 22:24-30
An argument broke out among the Apostles
about which of them should be regarded as the greatest.
Jesus said to them,
"The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them
and those in authority over them are addressed as 'Benefactors';
but among you it shall not be so."
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 4:31-37
They were all amazed and said to one another,
"What is there about his word?
For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,
and they come out."
And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Luke 4:16-30
"Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Mark 6:17-29
The girl hurried back to the king's presence and made her request,
"I want you to give me at once
on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
The king was deeply distressed,
but because of his oaths and the guests
he did not wish to break his word to her.
So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders
to bring back his head.
He went off and beheaded him in the prison.
He brought in the head on a platter and gave it to the girl.
The girl in turn gave it to her mother.
When his disciples heard about it,
they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Memorial of Saint Monica
Luke 7:11-17
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,
"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"
and "God has visited his people."
This report about him spread through the whole of Judea
and in all the surrounding region.
Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 23:23-26
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You cleanse the outside of cup and dish,
but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence.
Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup,
so that the outside also may be clean.”
Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 23:13-22
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men.
You do not enter yourselves,
nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter."
Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:26-38
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope
John 21:15-17
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and
eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
John 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them."
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 19:23-30
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich
to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 19:16-22
The young man said to him,
“All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad,
for he had many possessions.
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:39-56
“Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
And how does this happen to me,
that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled.”
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
John 15:12-16
Jesus said to his disciples:
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 18:15-20
"Amen, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Again, amen, I say to you, if two of you agree on earth
about anything for which they are to pray,
it shall be granted to them by my heavenly Father.
For where two or three are gathered together in my name,
there am I in the midst of them."
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever becomes humble like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.
And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me."
Memorial of Saint Clare
Matthew 19:27-29
Peter said to Jesus,
“We have given up everything and followed you.
What will there be for us?”
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you
that you who have followed me, in the new age,
when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,
will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest
Luke 9:57-62
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey
someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him,
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 16:13-23
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Then Peter took Jesus aside and began to rebuke him,
“God forbid, Lord! No such thing shall ever happen to you.”
He turned and said to Peter,
“Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle to me.
You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Luke 9:28b-36
Jesus took Peter, John, and James
and went up a mountain to pray.
While he was praying his face changed in appearance
and his clothing became dazzling white.
And behold, two men were conversing with him, Moses and Elijah,
who appeared in glory and spoke of his exodus
that he was going to accomplish in Jerusalem.
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 14:22-36
Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.
But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened;
and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Immediately Jesus stretched out his hand and caught him,
and said to him, “O you of little faith, why did you doubt?”
After they got into the boat, the wind died down.
Those who were in the boat did him homage, saying,
“Truly, you are the Son of God.”
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Matthew 9:35-10:1
Then he summoned his twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits
to drive them out and to cure every disease and every illness.
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 5:13-19
"You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest
Luke 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.
Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant
searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price,
he goes and sells all that he has and buys it."
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
John 11:19-27
Martha said to him,
"I know he will rise,
in the resurrection on the last day."
Jesus told her,
"I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?"
She said to him, "Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world."
Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:31-35
Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds.
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed
that a person took and sowed in a field.
It is the smallest of all the seeds,
yet when full-grown it is the largest of plants.
It becomes a large bush,
and the birds of the sky come and dwell in its branches.”
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
Matthew 20:20-28
The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons
and did him homage, wishing to ask him for something.
He said to her,
"What do you wish?"
She answered him,
"Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom."
Jesus said in reply,
"You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?"
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:10-17
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 13:1-9
On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea.
Such large crowds gathered around him
that he got into a boat and sat down,
and the whole crowd stood along the shore.
And he spoke to them at length in parables, saying:
“A sower went out to sow.
And as he sowed, some seed fell on the path,
and birds came and ate it up."
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord,"
and then reported what he told her."
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 12:38-42
Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus,
"Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you."
He said to them in reply,
"An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,
but no sign will be given it
except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,
so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights."
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said:
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 11:25-27
"No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him."
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Matthew 10:34—11:1
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and whoever does not take up his cross
and follow after me is not worthy of me.
Whoever finds his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Memorial of Saint Benedict, Abbot
Matthew 19:27-29
"And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters
or father or mother or children or lands
for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more,
and will inherit eternal life."
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:7-15
Jesus said to his Apostles:
"As you go, make this proclamation:
'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:1-7
Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
The names of the Twelve Apostles are these:
first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot
who betrayed Jesus.
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:32-38
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:18-26
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, ""If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.""
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
""Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.""
And from that hour the woman was cured.
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 9:9-13
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
He heard this and said,
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle
John 20:24-29
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!"
Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:28-34
When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,
two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.
They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.
They cried out, "What have you to do with us, Son of God?
Have you come here to torment us before the appointed time?"
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:23-27
As Jesus got into a boat, his disciples followed him.
Suddenly a violent storm came up on the sea,
so that the boat was being swamped by waves;
but he was asleep.
Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 8:18-22
Another of his disciples said to him,
“Lord, let me go first and bury my father.”
But Jesus answered him, “Follow me,
and let the dead bury their dead.”
Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Luke 15:3-7
Jesus addressed this parable to the Pharisees and scribes:
"What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
and go after the lost one until he finds it?"
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:21-29
"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock.
And everyone who listens to these words of mine
but does not act on them
will be like a fool who built his house on sand.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
And it collapsed and was completely ruined."
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:15-20
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but underneath are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will know them."
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist Mass during the Day
Luke 1:57-66, 80
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,
“What, then, will this child be?”
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
The child grew and became strong in spirit,
and he was in the desert until the day
of his manifestation to Israel."
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged,
and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
But store up treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
"In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win the praise of others.
Amen, I say to you, they have received their reward."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil."
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Luke 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Matthew 10:7-13
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"As you go, make this proclamation:
'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Matthew 5:13-16
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
It is no longer good for anything
but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot."
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
John 19:25-34
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
John 21:15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
John 10:11-16
Jesus said:
"I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
John 17:11b-19
"As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Matthew 5:1-12a
"Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven."
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
John 16:29-33
"Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived
when each of you will be scattered to his own home
and you will leave me alone.
But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world."
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:20-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn,
while the world rejoices;
you will grieve, but your grief will become joy."
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Luke 24:46-53
As he blessed them he parted from them
and was taken up to heaven.
They did him homage
and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
and they were continually in the temple praising God.
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:12-15
"Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you."
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
John 16:5-11
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Now I am going to the one who sent me,
and not one of you asks me, 'Where are you going?'
But because I told you this, grief has filled your hearts.
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you."
Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest
John 15:26—16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples:
"When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,
he will testify to me.
And you also testify,
because you have been with me from the beginning."
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
John 15:12-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends.
You are my friends if you do what I command you."
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
John 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love."
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
John 15:1-8
"I am the vine, you are the branches.
Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit,
because without me you can do nothing.
Anyone who does not remain in me
will be thrown out like a branch and wither;
people will gather them and throw them into a fire
and they will be burned."
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter
John 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
John 14:21-26
"I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
whom the Father will send in my name--
he will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 14:1-6
Thomas said to him,
"Master, we do not know where you are going;
how can we know the way?"
Jesus said to him, "I am the way and the truth and the life.
No one comes to the Father except through me."
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 13:16-20
"From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."
Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle
John 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 10:22-30
"My sheep hear my voice;
I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish."
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
John 10:1-10
Jesus said:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate
but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,
as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out."
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:52-59
The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying,
“How can this man give us his Flesh to eat?”
Jesus said to them,
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood,
you do not have life within you."
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:44-51
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my Flesh for the life of the world."
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds,
"I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:30-35
So they said to Jesus,
“Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
John 6:22-29
And when they found him across the sea they said to him,
"Rabbi, when did you get here?"
Jesus answered them and said,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me
not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you."
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 10:22-25
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"You will be hated by all because of my name,
but whoever endures to the end will be saved.
When they persecute you in one town, flee to another.
Amen, I say to you, you will not finish the towns of Israel
before the Son of Man comes."
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:31-36
The one who comes from above is above all.
The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.
But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
He testifies to what he has seen and heard,
but no one accepts his testimony.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.
Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 11:25-30
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
John 3:1-8
There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.
He came to Jesus at night and said to him,
"Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God,
for no one can do these signs that you are doing
unless God is with him."
Friday in the Octave of Easter
John 21:1-14
Jesus said to them, "Come, have breakfast."
And none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?"
because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Luke 24:35-48
While they were still speaking about this,
he stood in their midst and said to them,
"Peace be with you."
But they were startled and terrified
and thought that they were seeing a ghost.
Then he said to them, "Why are you troubled?
And why do questions arise in your hearts?
Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones
as you can see I have."
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Luke 24:13-35
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
John 20:11-18
Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Mary went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he had told her.
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Matthew 28:8-15
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
and there they will see me.”
Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
John 13:1-15
So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Wednesday of Holy Week
Matthew 26:14-25
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born."
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
"Surely it is not I, Rabbi?"
He answered, "You have said so."
Tuesday of Holy Week
John 13:21-33, 36-38
Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?"
Jesus answered him,
"Where I am going, you cannot follow me now,
though you will follow later."
Peter said to him,
"Master, why can I not follow you now?
I will lay down my life for you."
Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me?
Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow
before you deny me three times."
Monday of Holy Week
John 12:1-11
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil
made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;
the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples,
and the one who would betray him, said,
"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages
and given to the poor?"
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
John 10:31-42
He went back across the Jordan
to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained.
Many came to him and said,
"John performed no sign,
but everything John said about this man was true."
And many there began to believe in him.
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
John 8:51-59
So the Jews said to him,
"You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen Abraham?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM."
So they picked up stones to throw at him;
but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
John 8:31-42
"We have one Father, God."
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I came from God and am here;
I did not come on my own, but he sent me."
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
John 8:21-30
Jesus said to the Pharisees:
"I am going away and you will look for me,
but you will die in your sin.
Where I am going you cannot come."
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
John 8:12-20
Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have
the light of life." So the Pharisees said to him, "You testify
on your own behalf, so your testimony cannot be verified."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
Some of the inhabitants of Jerusalem said,
"Is he not the one they are trying to kill?
And look, he is speaking openly and they say nothing to him.
Could the authorities have realized that he is the Christ?
But we know where he is from.
When the Christ comes, no one will know where he is from."
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 5:31-47
"I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father,
but you do not accept me;
yet if another comes in his own name,
you will accept him.
How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another
and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?"
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 5:17-30
"I cannot do anything on my own;
I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just,
because I do not seek my own will
but the will of the one who sent me."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 5:1-16
After this Jesus found him in the temple area and said to him,
"Look, you are well; do not sin any more,
so that nothing worse may happen to you."
The man went and told the Jews
that Jesus was the one who had made him well.
Therefore, the Jews began to persecute Jesus
because he did this on a sabbath.
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
John 4:43-54
The father realized that just at that time Jesus had said to him,
“Your son will live,”
and he and his whole household came to believe.
Now this was the second sign Jesus did
when he came to Galilee from Judea."
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Mark 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
"Which is the first of all the commandments?"
Jesus replied, "The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength."
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Luke 11:14-23
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house."
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Matthew 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place."
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Luke 1:26-38
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
But she was greatly troubled at what was said
and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Luke 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth:
“Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Luke 16:19-31
Then Abraham said,
'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded
if someone should rise from the dead."
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man,
yet unwilling to expose her to shame,
decided to divorce her quietly.
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
When Joseph awoke,
he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him
and took his wife into his home.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
Matthew 23:1-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Luke 6:36-38
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven."
Friday of the First Week of Lent
Matthew 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Matthew 7:7-12
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Ask and it will be given to you;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Luke 11:29-32
"At the judgment
the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation
and she will condemn them,
because she came from the ends of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
and there is something greater than Solomon here."
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Matthew 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
"In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Matthew 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him,
he will sit upon his glorious throne,
and all the nations will be assembled before him.
And he will separate them one from another,
as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.
He will place the sheep on his right and the goats on his left."
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Matthew 9:14-15
Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast."
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Luke 9:22-25
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected
by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised."
Ash Wednesday
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father."
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 10:28-31
Peter began to say to Jesus,
'We have given up everything and followed you."
Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 10:17-27
So Jesus again said to them in reply,
"Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 10:1-12
But Jesus told them,
""Because of the hardness of your hearts
he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh."
Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:41-50
Jesus said to his disciples:
""Anyone who gives you a cup of water to drink
because you belong to Christ,
amen, I say to you, will surely not lose his reward."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:38-40
Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him.
There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me."
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:30-37
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them,
"If anyone wishes to be first,
he shall be the last of all and the servant of all."
Taking a child, he placed it in their midst,
and putting his arms around it, he said to them,
"Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me;
and whoever receives me,
receives not me but the One who sent me."
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mark 9:14-29
Someone from the crowd answered him,
“Teacher, I have brought to you my son possessed by a mute spirit.
Wherever it seizes him, it throws him down;
he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid.
I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable to do so.”
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:34-9:1
Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them,
"Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake
and that of the Gospel will save it."
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:27-33
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and rise after three days.
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:22-26
When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida,
people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him.
He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked,
“Do you see anything?”
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:14-21
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread,
and they had only one loaf with them in the boat.
Jesus enjoined them, “Watch out,
guard against the leaven of the Pharisees
and the leaven of Herod.”
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:11-13
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,
seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,
“Why does this generation seek a sign?"
Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop
Lk 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:24-30
She came and fell at his feet.
The woman was a Greek, a Syrophoenician by birth,
and she begged him to drive the demon out of her daughter.
He said to her, "Let the children be fed first.
For it is not right to take the food of the children
and throw it to the dogs."
She replied and said to him,
"Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps."
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:1-13
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned him,
"Why do your disciples not follow the tradition of the elders
but instead eat a meal with unclean hands?"
He responded,
"Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,
as it is written:
This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
You disregard God's commandment but cling to human tradition."
Memorial of Saint Scholastica
Lk 10:38-42
The Lord said to her in reply,
"Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her."
Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:14-29
King Herod heard about Jesus, for his fame had become widespread,
and people were saying,
"John the Baptist has been raised from the dead;
That is why mighty powers are at work in him."
Others were saying, "He is Elijah";
still others, "He is a prophet like any of the prophets."
But when Herod learned of it, he said,
"It is John whom I beheaded. He has been raised up."
Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and his Companions
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them,
"All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."
Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
Lk 9:23-26
Jesus said to all,
"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:21-43
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd
and touched his cloak.
She said, “If I but touch his clothes, I shall be cured.”
Immediately her flow of blood dried up.
She felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction.
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:1-20
Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.
And they pleaded with him,
“Send us into the swine. Let us enter them.”
And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine.
The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea,
where they were drowned.
Memorial of Saint John Bosco
Mt 18:1-5
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"
Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 4:21-25
"The measure with which you measure will be measured out to you,
and still more will be given to you.
To the one who has, more will be given;
from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
Wednesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 4:1-20
"They are the people who hear the word,
but worldly anxiety, the lure of riches,
and the craving for other things intrude and choke the word,
and it bears no fruit.
But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it
and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mt 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Monday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:22-30
Summoning them, he began to speak to them in parables,
"How can Satan drive out Satan?
If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand.
And if a house is divided against itself,
that house will not be able to stand."
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Jn 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love."
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:7-12
Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples.
A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea.
Hearing what he was doing,
a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem,
from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan,
and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Lk 1:39-56
"For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled."
Memorial of Saint Agnes
Mt 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:18-22
"Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them?
As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast."
Memorial of Saint Anthony
Mt 19:16-26
"Again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God."
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said,
"Who then can be saved?"
Jesus looked at them and said,
"For men this is impossible,
but for God all things are possible."
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:40-45
He spread the report abroad
so that it was impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly.
He remained outside in deserted places,
and people kept coming to him from everywhere.
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:29-39
On leaving the synagogue
Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John.
Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever.
They immediately told him about her.
He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up.
Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:21-28
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another,
“What is this?
A new teaching with authority.
He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
His fame spread everywhere throughout the whole region of Galilee.
Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:14-20
As he passed by the Sea of Galilee,
he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting their nets into the sea;
they were fishermen.
Jesus said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Friday after Epiphany
Lk 5:12-16
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
And the leprosy left him immediately.
Thursday after Epiphany
Lk 4:14-22
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
And all spoke highly of him
and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his mouth.
Wednesday after Epiphany
Mk 6:45-52
After the five thousand had eaten and were satisfied,
Jesus made his disciples get into the boat
and precede him to the other side toward Bethsaida,
while he dismissed the crowd.
And when he had taken leave of them,
he went off to the mountain to pray.
Tuesday after Epiphany
Mk 6:34-44
So he gave orders to have them sit down in groups on the green grass.
The people took their places in rows by hundreds and by fifties.
Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples
to set before the people;
he also divided the two fish among them all.
They all ate and were satisfied.
And they picked up twelve wicker baskets full of fragments
and what was left of the fish.
Monday after Epiphany
Mt 4:12-17, 23-25
His fame spread to all of Syria,
and they brought to him all who were sick with various diseases
and racked with pain,
those who were possessed, lunatics, and paralytics,
and he cured them.
And great crowds from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, and Judea,
and from beyond the Jordan followed him.
Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
Mt 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
The Octave Day of Christmas
Lk 2:16-21
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph,
and the infant lying in the manger.
When they saw this,
they made known the message
that had been told them about this child.
All who heard it were amazed
by what had been told them by the shepherds.
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
Jn 1:1-18
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only-begotten Son,
full of grace and truth.
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Lk 2:36-40
There was a prophetess, Anna,
the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher.
She was advanced in years,
having lived seven years with her husband after her marriage,
and then as a widow until she was eighty-four.
She never left the temple,
but worshiped night and day with fasting and prayer.
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
Jn 20:1a and 2-8
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
Feast of Saint Stephen, first martyr
Mt 10:17-22
"When they hand you over,
do not worry about how you are to speak
or what you are to say.
You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
For it will not be you who speak
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
Mass during the Day
Jn 1:1-18
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only Son,
full of grace and truth.
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:67-79
"In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:57-66
He asked for a tablet and wrote, "John is his name,"
and all were amazed.
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed,
and he spoke blessing God.
Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:5-25
Then Zechariah said to the angel,
"How shall I know this?
For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years."
And the angel said to him in reply,
"I am Gabriel, who stand before God.
I was sent to speak to you and to announce to you this good news."
Friday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:26-38
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
Mt 1:18-25
Such was his intention when, behold,
the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said,
"Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
Mt 1:1-17
Thus the total number of generations
from Abraham to David
is fourteen generations;
from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Christ,
fourteen generations.
Monday of the Third Week of Advent
Mt 21:23-27
When Jesus had come into the temple area,
the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him
as he was teaching and said,
“By what authority are you doing these things?
And who gave you this authority?”
Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Mt 25:1-13
Since the bridegroom was long delayed,
they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
At midnight, there was a cry,
"Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him!"
Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 11:28-30
Jesus said to the crowds:
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
LK 1:26-38
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus."
Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 18:12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
"What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?"
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
And behold, Elizabeth, your relative,
has also conceived a son in her old age,
and this is the sixth month for her who was called barren;
for nothing will be impossible for God."
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.
Friday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 9:27-31
Then he touched their eyes and said,
“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
And their eyes were opened.
Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 7:21, 24-27
"Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock. "
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 15:29-37
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,
gave thanks, broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied.
They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full.
Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier
Mk 16:15-20
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
"Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature."
Monday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 8:5-11
The centurion said in reply,
"Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed."
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:29-33
"Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away
until all these things have taken place.
Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away."
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Mt 4:18-22
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:12-19
Jesus said to the crowd:
"They will seize and persecute you,
they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,
and they will have you led before kings and governors
because of my name."
Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:5-11
While some people were speaking about
how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings,
Jesus said, "All that you see here–
the days will come when there will not be left
a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down."
Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:1-4
He said, "I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
Mt 25:1-13
"Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour."
Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary
Mt 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:11-28
"And to those standing by he said,
‘Take the gold coin from him
and give it to the servant who has ten.’
But they said to him,
‘Sir, he has ten gold coins.’
He replied, ‘I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.'"
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:1-10
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said,
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house.”
And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying,
“He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 18:35-43
Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”
He immediately received his sight
and followed him, giving glory to God.
When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
Friday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 17:26-37
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As it was in the days of Noah,
so it will be in the days of the Son of Man;
they were eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage up to the day
that Noah entered the ark,
and the flood came and destroyed them all."
Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 17:20-25
Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come,
Jesus said in reply,
“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’
For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Lk 17:11-19
And when he saw them, he said,
“Go show yourselves to the priests.”
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 17:20-26
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
"Holy Father,
I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me."
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Matthew 25:31-40
And the king will say to them in reply,
"'Amen, I say to you, whatever you did
for one of the least brothers of mine, you did for me.'"
Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
LK 16:1-8
"And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”
Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
LK 15:1-10
The tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,
but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
“This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,
and he turned and addressed them,
“If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
wife and children, brothers and sisters,
and even his own life,
he cannot be my disciple.
Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him,
“Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God.”
He replied to him,
“A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many.
When the time for the dinner came,
he dispatched his servant to say to those invited,
‘Come, everything is now ready.’
But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves."
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Lk 14:12-14
"Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Solemnity of All Saints
Mt 5:1-12a
"Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy.
Blessed are the clean of heart,
for they will see God.
Blessed are the peacemakers,
for they will be called children of God."
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:31-35
“Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,
how many times I yearned to gather your children together
as a hen gathers her brood under her wings,
but you were unwilling!"
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:22-30
"And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last."
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Lk 6:12-16
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve..."
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds,
“When you see a cloud rising in the west
you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does;
and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south
you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is.
You hypocrites!
You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!"
Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:39-48
"Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Gird your loins and light your lamps
and be like servants who await their master’s return from a wedding,
ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks.
Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival."
Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:13-21
Someone in the crowd said to Jesus,
“Teacher, tell my brother to share the inheritance with me.”
He replied to him,
“Friend, who appointed me as your judge and arbitrator?”
Then he said to the crowd,
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist
Lk 10:1-9
"Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'"
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:42-46
Then one of the scholars of the law said to him in reply,
“Teacher, by saying this you are insulting us too.”
And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law!
You impose on people burdens hard to carry,
but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Jn 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit."
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:29-32
"Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation.
At the judgment
the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation
and she will condemn them,
because she came from the ends of the earth
to hear the wisdom of Solomon,
and there is something greater than Solomon here."
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:15-26
When Jesus had driven out a demon, some of the crowd said:
“By the power of Beelzebul, the prince of demons,
he drives out demons.”
Others, to test him, asked him for a sign from heaven.
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:5-13
"What father among you would hand his son a snake
when he asks for a fish?
Or hand him a scorpion when he asks for an egg?
If you then, who are wicked,
know how to give good gifts to your children,
how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit
to those who ask him?”
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:1-4
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished,
one of his disciples said to him,
"Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."
Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
LK 10:38-42
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
LK 1:26-38
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word."
Then the angel departed from her.
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
Matthew 11:25-30
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 10:1-12
Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Memorial of the Guardian Angels
Matthew 18:1-5, 10
The disciples approached Jesus and said,
"Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven?"
He called a child over, placed it in their midst, and said,
"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven."
Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 18:1-4
"Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven."
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 13:47-52
Jesus said to the disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets."
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul
MT 9:35-38
Then he said to his disciples,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 8:19-21
He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers
are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina
Lk 8:16-18
"To anyone who has, more will be given,
and from the one who has not,
even what he seems to have will be taken away.”
Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, and Saint Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions
Luke 9:23-26
Jesus said to all,
"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 7:36-50
A certain Pharisee invited Jesus to dine with him,
and he entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at table.
Now there was a sinful woman in the city
who learned that he was at table in the house of the Pharisee.
Bringing an alabaster flask of ointment,
she stood behind him at his feet weeping
and began to bathe his feet with her tears.
Wednesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:31-35
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare the people of this generation?
What are they like?"
Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:11-17
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,
"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"
and "God has visited his people."
This report about him spread through the whole of Judea
and in all the surrounding region.
Memorial of Saint Cornelius and Saint Cyprian
Lk 7:1-10
And Jesus went with them,
but when he was only a short distance from the house,
the centurion sent friends to tell him,
"Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.
Therefore, I did not consider myself worthy to come to you;
but say the word and let my servant be healed."
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mark 4:1-10, 13-20
"Some seed fell among thorns,
and the thorns grew up and choked it
and it produced no grain.
And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit.
It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold."
He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."
Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 6:27-38
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the Kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh.
Blessed are you when people hate you,
and when they exclude and insult you,
and denounce your name as evil
on account of the Son of Man."
Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:12-19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew,
Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver
Matthew 25:31-40
Then the king will say to those on his right,
"Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me."
Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 5:33-39
“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.
Otherwise, he will tear the new
and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.
Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined."
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 5:1-11
When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said,
"Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man."
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him
and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
who were partners of Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men."
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 4:38-44
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.
Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Luke 22:24-30
An argument broke out among the Apostles
about which of them should be regarded as the greatest.
Jesus said to them,
"The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them
and those in authority over them are addressed as 'Benefactors';
but among you it shall not be so.
Rather, let the greatest among you be as the youngest,
and the leader as the servant."
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 4:16-30
They also asked, “Is this not the son of Joseph?”
He said to them, “Surely you will quote me this proverb,
‘Physician, cure yourself,’ and say, ‘Do here in your native place
the things that we heard were done in Capernaum.’”
And he said,
“Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 25:1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable:
"The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps."
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Mark 6:17-29
The girl hurried back to the king's presence and made her request,
"I want you to give me at once
on a platter the head of John the Baptist."
The king was deeply distressed,
but because of his oaths and the guests
he did not wish to break his word to her.
So he promptly dispatched an executioner with orders
to bring back his head.
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Memorial of Saint Monica
Luke 7:11-17
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,
"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"
and "God has visited his people."
This report about him spread through the whole of Judea
and in all the surrounding region.
Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 23:13-22
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men.
You do not enter yourselves,
nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter."
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them,
a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him,
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind."
Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Luke 1:26-38
Then the angel said to her,
"Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end."
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope
John 21:15-17
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and
eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
John 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them."
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 19:16-22
The young man said to him,
“All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad,
for he had many possessions.
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 19:3-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying,
"Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?"
He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning
the Creator made them male and female and said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?
So they are no longer two, but one flesh.
Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate."
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LK 1:39-56
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me
and holy is his Name."
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe
John 15:12-16
Jesus said to his disciples:
"This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
"What is your opinion?
If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.
In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father
that one of these little ones be lost.”
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 17:22-27
When they came to Capernaum,
the collectors of the temple tax approached Peter and said,
"Does not your teacher pay the temple tax?"
"Yes," he said.
When he came into the house, before he had time to speak,
Jesus asked him, "What is your opinion, Simon?"
Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 16:24-28
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Memorial of Saint Dominic
Luke 9:57-62
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey
someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him,
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 15:21-28
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Mk 9:2-10
Jesus took Peter, James, and his brother John,
and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them,
and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:13-21
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven,
he said the blessing, broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples,
who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied,
and they picked up the fragments left over–
twelve wicker baskets full.
Friday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:54-58
But Jesus said to them,
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mt 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Lk 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
"Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field."
He said in reply, "He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom."
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Jn 11:19-27
Jesus told her,
"I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?"
She said to him, "Yes, Lord.
I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,
the one who is coming into the world."
Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 13:16-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
Mt 20:20-28
He replied,
"My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father."
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:1-9
"But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 12:46-50
“Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?”
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
"I have seen the Lord,"
and then reported what he told her.
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:28-30
Jesus said:
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:25-27
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike."
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes.
But I tell you, it will be more tolerable
for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you."
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, bishop and doctor of the Church
MT 10:34-11:1
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and whoever does not take up his cross
and follow after me is not worthy of me.
Whoever finds his life will lose it,
and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 10:16-23
Jesus said to his Apostles:
“Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves;
so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves."
Memorial of Saint Benedict
Mt 19:27-29
Peter said to Jesus,
"We have given up everything and followed you.
What will there be for us?"
Jesus said to them, "Amen, I say to you
that you who have followed me, in the new age,
when the Son of Man is seated on his throne of glory,
will yourselves sit on twelve thrones,
judging the twelve tribes of Israel."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:1-7
Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:32-38
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:18-26
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:9-13
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
He heard this and said,
"Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
"Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."
Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle
JN 20:24-29
Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve,
was not with them when Jesus came.
So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.”
But Thomas said to them,
“Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands
and put my finger into the nailmarks
and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 8:23-27
They came and woke him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:18-22
A scribe approached and said to him,
"Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 17:20-26
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said:
“Holy Father, I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me."
Thursday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:21-29
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock."
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:15-20
"By their fruits you will know them.
Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Just so, every good tree bears good fruit,
and a rotten tree bears bad fruit.
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit,
nor can a rotten tree bear good fruit."
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces.“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you."
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Lk 1:57-66, 80
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child
she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard
that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,
and they rejoiced with her.
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Mt 22:34-40
When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them,
a scholar of the law, tested him by asking,
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind."
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
MT 6:7-15
“If you forgive others their transgressions,
your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others,
neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father.
When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win the praise of others."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples:
"You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one to him as well."
Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:27-32
"If your right eye causes you to sin,
tear it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
And if your right hand causes you to sin,
cut it off and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body go into Gehenna."
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Lk 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.
Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away,
not the smallest letter or the smallest part of a letter
will pass from the law,
until all things have taken place."
Memorial of Saint Barnabas, Apostle
Mt 10:7-13
Jesus said to the Twelve:
"As you go, make this proclamation:
'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons."
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:1-12
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are they who mourn,
for they will be comforted.
Blessed are the meek,
for they will inherit the land.
Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness,
for they will be satisfied.
Blessed are the merciful,
for they will be shown mercy."
Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jn 19:31-37
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead,
they did not break his legs,
but one soldier thrust his lance into his side,
and immediately blood and water flowed out.
An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;
he knows that he is speaking the truth,
so that you also may come to believe.
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:28-34
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding,
he said to him, "You are not far from the Kingdom of God."
And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 10:11-16
Jesus said:
"I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd
and whose sheep are not his own,
sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away,
and the wolf catches and scatters them."
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:13-17
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and companions, Martyrs
Mt 5:1-12a
"Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven."
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name."
Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:46-52
The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
Jesus told him, “Go your way; your faith has saved you.”
Immediately he received his sight
and followed him on the way."
Wednesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:32-45
Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
came to Jesus and said to him,
"Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you."
He replied, "What do you wish me to do for you?"
They answered him,
"Grant that in your glory
we may sit one at your right and the other at your left."
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:28-31
Peter began to say to Jesus,
"We have given up everything and followed you."
Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:17-27
As Jesus was setting out on a journey, a man ran up,
knelt down before him, and asked him,
"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?"
Jesus answered him, "Why do you call me good?
No one is good but God alone."
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:1-12
But Jesus told them,
"Because of the hardness of your hearts
he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh.
Therefore what God has joined together,
no human being must separate."
Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:41-50
"Everyone will be salted with fire.
Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid,
with what will you restore its flavor?
Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:38-40
Jesus replied, "Do not prevent him.
There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us."
Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
Mk 9:30-37
Jesus and his disciples left from there and began a journey through Galilee,
but he did not wish anyone to know about it.
He was teaching his disciples and telling them,
“The Son of Man is to be handed over to men
and they will kill him,
and three days after his death the Son of Man will rise.”
But they did not understand the saying,
and they were afraid to question him.
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Jn 19:25-34
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 21:15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:11b-19
"Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle
Jn 15:9-17
“I have told you this so that my joy might be in you
and your joy might be complete.
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you."
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 16:29-33
"Behold, the hour is coming and has arrived
when each of you will be scattered to his own home
and you will leave me alone.
But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.”
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:20-23
"But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,
and no one will take your joy away from you.
On that day you will not question me about anything.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you."
Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:16-20
Jesus said to his disciples:
"A little while and you will no longer see me,
and again a little while later and you will see me."
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:12-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I have much more to tell you, but you cannot bear it now.
But when he comes, the Spirit of truth,
he will guide you to all truth."
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:5-11
"But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.
But if I go, I will send him to you."
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 15:26—16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples:
"When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,
he will testify to me.
And you also testify,
because you have been with me from the beginning."
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Jn 14:6-14
"The words that I speak to you I do not speak on my own.
The Father who dwells in me is doing his works.
Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me,
or else, believe because of the works themselves.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father."
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Jn 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love."
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit.
You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me."
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."
Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Jn 14:21-26
"I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
whom the Father will send in my name --
he will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 14:1-6
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"
Feast of Saint Mark, Evangelist
Mk 16:15-20
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
“Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved;
whoever does not believe will be condemned.
These signs will accompany those who believe:
in my name they will drive out demons,
they will speak new languages."
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 12:44-50
Jesus cried out and said,
“Whoever believes in me believes not only in me
but also in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem.
It was winter.
And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon.
So the Jews gathered around him and said to him,
“How long are you going to keep us in suspense?
If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.”
Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe.
The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me."
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:1-10
Jesus said:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate
but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber."
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:52-59
"Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
remains in me and I in him.
Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me."
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:44-51
Jesus said to the crowds:
"No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draw him,
and I will raise him on the last day."
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds,
"I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:30-35
So Jesus said to them,
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
it was not Moses who gave the bread from heaven;
my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.
For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven
and gives life to the world."
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:22-29
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me
not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you."
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 6:1-15
When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
"This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world."
Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off
to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
Memorial of Saint Stanislaus
Jn 17:11b-19
"Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth."
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:7b-15
"No one has gone up to heaven
except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Lk 1:26-38
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 21:1-14
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.”
And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”
because they realized it was the Lord.
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:35-48
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
And he said to them,
“Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day
and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.”
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:13-35
So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem
where they found gathered together
the Eleven and those with them who were saying,
“The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 20:11-18
Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Mary went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he had told her.
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Mt 28:8-15
They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
and there they will see me.”
Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Jn 13:1-15
So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Wednesday of Holy Week
Mt 26:14-25
The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,
but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.
It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”
Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,
“Surely it is not I, Rabbi?”
He answered, “You have said so.”
Tuesday of Holy Week
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.
Monday of Holy Week
Jn 12:1-11
Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples,
and the one who would betray him, said,
"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wages
and given to the poor?"
He said this not because he cared about the poor
but because he was a thief and held the money bag
and used to steal the contributions.
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 10:31-42
Many came to him and said,
“John performed no sign,
but everything John said about this man was true.”
And many there began to believe in him.
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:51-59
Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
before Abraham came to be, I AM.”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:31-42
Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I came from God and am here;
I did not come on my own, but he sent me."
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, Husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Jacob was the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary.
Of her was born Jesus who is called the Christ.
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:1-11
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said,
"You know me and also know where I am from.
Yet I did not come on my own,
but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:31-47
"I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father,
but you do not accept me;
yet if another comes in his own name,
you will accept him."
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:17-30
"I cannot do anything on my own;
I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just,
because I do not seek my own will
but the will of the one who sent me."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:1-16
When Jesus saw him lying there
and knew that he had been ill for a long time, he said to him,
"Do you want to be well?"
The sick man answered him,
"Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool
when the water is stirred up;
while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me."
Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk."
Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 4:43-54
Then he returned to Cana in Galilee,
where he had made the water wine.
Now there was a royal official whose son was ill in Capernaum.
When he heard that Jesus had arrived in Galilee from Judea,
he went to him and asked him to come down
and heal his son, who was near death.
Jesus said to him,
“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Mk 12:28-34
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him,
"Which is the first of all the commandments?"
Jesus replied, "The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these."
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 11:14-23
"Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand?
For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons.
If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul,
by whom do your own people drive them out?"
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth:
“Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
Jesus said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures:
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Lk 16:19-31
Jesus said to the Pharisees:
"There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
and dined sumptuously each day.
And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
that fell from the rich man's table.
Dogs even used to come and lick his sores."
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 20:17-28
But Jesus summoned them and said,
"You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them,
and the great ones make their authority over them felt.
But it shall not be so among you.
Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you shall be your servant;
whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave.
Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many."
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 23:1-12
Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying,
"The scribes and the Pharisees
have taken their seat on the chair of Moses.
Therefore, do and observe all things whatsoever they tell you,
but do not follow their example.
For they preach but they do not practice.
They tie up heavy burdens hard to carry
and lay them on people's shoulders,
but they will not lift a finger to move them."
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Lk 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven."
Friday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
"I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
Mt 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Lk 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them,
“This generation is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah.
Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 25:31-46
"Come, you who are blessed by my Father.
Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink,
a stranger and you welcomed me,
naked and you clothed me,
ill and you cared for me,
in prison and you visited me."
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Mt 9:14-15
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.”
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Lk 9:22-25
Then he said to all,
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
Ash Wednesday
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father."
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Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:11-13
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus,
seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,
"Why does this generation seek a sign?
Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation."
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:31-37
He took him off by himself away from the crowd.
He put his finger into the man's ears
and, spitting, touched his tongue;
then he looked up to heaven and groaned, and said to him,
"Ephphatha!" (that is, "Be opened!")
And immediately the man's ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:24-30
She replied and said to him,
“Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.”
Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed
and the demon gone.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Memorial of Saint Paul Miki and Companions
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them,
"All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father,
and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."
Memorial of Saint Agatha
Lk 9:23-26
Jesus said to all,
"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.
What profit is there for one to gain the whole world
yet lose or forfeit himself?"
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Lk 2:22-40
The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
“Behold, this child is destined
for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
—and you yourself a sword will pierce—
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:7-13
He said to them,
"Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave from there.
Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you,
leave there and shake the dust off your feet
in testimony against them."
Memorial of Saint John Bosco
Mt 18:1-5
"Whoever humbles himself like this child
is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven.
And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:21-43
The woman, realizing what had happened to her,
approached in fear and trembling.
She fell down before Jesus and told him the whole truth.
He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has saved you.
Go in peace and be cured of your affliction."
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:1-20
Now a large herd of swine was feeding there on the hillside.
And they pleaded with him,
"Send us into the swine. Let us enter them."
And he let them, and the unclean spirits came out and entered the swine.
The herd of about two thousand rushed down a steep bank into the sea,
where they were drowned.
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus
Lk 10:1-9
"Whatever town you enter and they welcome you,
eat what is set before you,
cure the sick in it and say to them,
'The Kingdom of God is at hand for you.'"
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Mk 16:15-18
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
"Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature."
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales
Jn 15:9-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
"As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father's commandments
and remain in his love."
Tuesday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:31-35
And looking around at those seated in the circle he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of God
is my brother and sister and mother."
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Lk 1:39-56
Mary set out
and traveled to the hill country in haste
to a town of Judah,
where she entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting,
the infant leaped in her womb,
and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,
cried out in a loud voice and said,
"Blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:13-19
Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted
and they came to him.
He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,
that they might be with him
and he might send them forth to preach
and to have authority to drive out demons.
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:7-12
He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases were pressing upon him to touch him. And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, “You are the Son of God.” He warned them sternly not to make him known.
Memorial of Saint Anthony
Mt 19:16-26
Someone approached Jesus and said, "Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good."
Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:23-28
Then he said to them, “The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:18-22
"No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. If he does, its fullness pulls away, the new from the old, and the tear gets worse. Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins are ruined. Rather, new wine is poured into fresh wineskins.”
Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:1-12
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days, it became known that he was at home. Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them, not even around the door, and he preached the word to them. They came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. Unable to get near Jesus because of the crowd, they opened up the roof above him. After they had broken through, they let down the mat on which the paralytic was lying. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.”
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:29-39
On leaving the synagogue Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:21-28
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers, and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught. The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
The Baptism of the Lord
Mk 1:7-11
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Memorial of Saint John Neumann
Jn 1:43-51
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him."
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
Jn 1:35-42
He first found his own brother Simon and told him, “We have found the Messiah,” which is translated Christ. Then he brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas,” which is translated Peter.
Christmas Weekday
Jn 1:29-34
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world."
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Lk 2:22-35
The child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, "Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed."
Feast of the Holy Innocents
Mt 2:13-18
When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and Evangelist
Jn 20:1a and 2-8
On the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they put him."
Friday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:46-56
"My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. for he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name. He has mercy on those who fear him in every generation."
Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:39-45
"For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:26-38
Then the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 1:5-25
But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall name him John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord."
Monday of the Third Week of Advent
Mt 1:18-25
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel, which means "God is with us."
Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 11:16-19
Jesus said to the crowds: "To what shall I compare this generation? It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another, 'We played the flute for you, but you did not dance, we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.'"
Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Lk 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
Memorial of Saint Lucy
Mt 25:1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom."
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
LK 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin’s name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
Monday of the Second Week of Advent
Lk 5:17-26
When Jesus saw their faith, he said, "As for you, your sins are forgiven."
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
But Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I have no relations with a man?" And the angel said to her in reply, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be called holy, the Son of God."
Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Jn 10:11-16
"I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep."
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 15:29-37
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied. They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full.
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent
Lk 10:21-24
Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."
Monday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 8:5-11
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed and said to those following him, "Amen, I say to you, in no one in Israel have I found such faith. I say to you, many will come from the east and the west, and will recline with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob at the banquet in the Kingdom of heaven."
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:29-33
"Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away."
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Mt 4:18-22
He said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men."
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:12-19
"You will be hated by all because of my name, but not a hair on your head will be destroyed. By your perseverance you will secure your lives."
Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:5-11
He answered, "See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and 'The time has come.' Do not follow them! When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end."
Monday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:1-4
He said, "I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood."
Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc and Companions
Mt 10:17-22
When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.
Thanksgiving Day
Lk 17:11-19
As they were going they were cleansed. And one of them, realizing he had been healed, returned, glorifying God in a loud voice; and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
Memorial of Saint Cecilia
Mt 25:1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise. The foolish ones, when taking their lamps, brought no oil with them, but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps."
Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary
Mt 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 18:35-43
Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, "What do you want me to do for you?" He replied, "Lord, please let me see." Jesus told him, "Have sight; your faith has saved you." He immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Lk 6:27-38
"Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned. Forgive and you will be forgiven. Give and gifts will be given to you; a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing, will be poured into your lap. For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you."
Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:20-25
Asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, "The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, 'Look, here it is,' or, 'There it is.' For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Wednesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:11-19
As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. They stood at a distance from him and raised their voice, saying, "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!" And when he saw them, he said, "Go show yourselves to the priests." As they were going they were cleansed.
Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:7-10
"When you have done all you have been commanded, say, 'We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.'"
Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
Lk 17:1-6
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith." The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and doctor of the Church
MT 16:13-19
Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father."
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Jn 2:13-22
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body. Therefore, when he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they came to believe the Scripture and the word Jesus had spoken.
Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:25-33
Great crowds were traveling with Jesus, and he turned and addressed them, "If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
Tuesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:15-24
One of those at table with Jesus said to him, "Blessed is the one who will dine in the Kingdom of God." He replied to him, "A man gave a great dinner to which he invited many. When the time for the dinner came, he dispatched his servant to say to those invited, 'Come, everything is now ready.' But one by one, they all began to excuse themselves."
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:12-14
"Rather, when you hold a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind; blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:1-6
Jesus spoke to the scholars of the law and Pharisees in reply, asking, "Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath or not?" But they kept silent; so he took the man and, after he had healed him, dismissed him.
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Jn 6:37-40
"For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I shall raise him on the last day.”
Solemnity of All Saints
Mt 5:1-12a
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the land. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied..."
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:18-21
Jesus said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it? It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden. When it was fully grown, it became a large bush and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches."
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath. And a woman was there who for eighteen years had been crippled by a spirit; she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect. When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said, "Woman, you are set free of your infirmity." He laid his hands on her, and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:54-59
Jesus said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west you say immediately that it is going to rain–and so it does; and when you notice that the wind is blowing from the south you say that it is going to be hot–and so it is. You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky; why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples: "I have come to set the earth on fire, and how I wish it were already blazing! There is a baptism with which I must be baptized, and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!"
Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:39-48
Jesus said to his disciples: "Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour when the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. You also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come."
Tuesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:35-38
Jesus said to his disciples: "Gird your loins and light your lamps and be like servants who await their master's return from a wedding, ready to open immediately when he comes and knocks. Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival."
Monday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:13-21
But God said to him, 'You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?' Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God."
Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:1-7
"Are not five sparrows sold for two small coins? Yet not one of them has escaped the notice of God. Even the hairs of your head have all been counted. Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many sparrows."
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, and their Companions
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."
Feast of Saint Luke, Evangelist
Lk 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:29-32
While still more people gathered in the crowd, Jesus said to them, "This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it, except the sign of Jonah. Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:15-26
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that it is by Beelzebul that I drive out demons. If I, then, drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your own people drive them out?"
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:5-13
"And I tell you, ask and you will receive; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:1-4
Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he had finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples."
Tuesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:38-42
The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her."
Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:25-37
"Which of these three, in your opinion, was neighbor to the robbers' victim?" He answered, "The one who treated him with mercy." Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
Friday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:13-16
"Whoever listens to you listens to me. Whoever rejects you rejects me. And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me."
Thursday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 10:1-12
Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit. He said to them, "The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
Mt 11:25-30
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:51-56
"Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" Jesus turned and rebuked them, and they journeyed to another village.
Memorial of the Guardian Angels
Mt 18:1-5, 10
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven always look upon the face of my heavenly Father."
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
Jn 1:47-51
"You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:7-9
But Herod said, "John I beheaded. Who then is this about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see him.
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul
Mt 9:35-38
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom, and curing every disease and illness.
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 8:19-21
He said to them in reply, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and act on it."
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 8:16-18
Jesus said to the crowd: "No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel or sets it under a bed; rather, he places it on a lampstand so that those who enter may see the light."
Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Mt 9:9-13
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Memorial of Saint Andrew Kim Taegon, Saint Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions
Lk 9:23-26
Jesus said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it."
Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:11-17
The dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming, “A great prophet has arisen in our midst,” and “God has visited his people.” This report about him spread through the whole of Judea and in all the surrounding region.
Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:1-10
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him and, turning, said to the crowd following him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Jn 19:25-27
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son." Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother." And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Jn 3:13-17
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mk 4:1-10, 13-20
And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit. It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." He added, "Whoever has ears to hear ought to hear."
Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:12-19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. When day came, he called his disciples to himself, and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles: Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called a Zealot, and Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:6-11
Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?"
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:1-16, 18-23
For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her. She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son, and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means "God is with us."
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 5:1-11
Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:38-44
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon. Simon's mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever, and they interceded with him about her. He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her. She got up immediately and waited on them.
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:31-37
They were all amazed and said to one another, "What is there about his word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out." And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:16-30
And he said, "Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place. Indeed, I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah when the sky was closed for three and a half years and a severe famine spread over the entire land. It was to none of these that Elijah was sent, but only to a widow in Zarephath in the land of Sidon."
Friday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 25:1-13
Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. Five of them were foolish and five were wise."
Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 24:42-51
Jesus said to his disciples: "Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come. Be sure of this: if the master of the house had known the hour of night when the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and not let his house be broken into."
Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 23:27-32
Jesus said, "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites. You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside, but inside are full of dead men's bones and every kind of filth. Even so, on the outside you appear righteous, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing."
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Mk 6:17-29
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 25:1-13
“The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.”
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 22:34-40
"You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
Jn 1:45-51
Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said to him, "Do you believe because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this." And he said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 20:1-16
He said to one of them in reply, "My friend, I am not cheating you. Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage? Take what is yours and go. What if I wish to give this last one the same as you? Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money? Are you envious because I am generous?' Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last."
Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
The angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. And coming to her, he said, "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope
Jn 21:15-17
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and
eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
"Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?"
Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my lambs."
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 19:3-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?" He said in reply, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female and said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, man must not separate."
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 18:21–19:1
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?" Jesus answered, "I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 18:15-20
"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LK 1:39-56
And Mary said: “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my Savior for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me and holy is his Name."
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe
Jn 15:12-16
Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Memorial of Saint Clare
Mt 19:27-29
"And everyone who has given up houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for the sake of my name will receive a hundred times more, and will inherit eternal life.”
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Jn 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples: "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat; but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 15: 21-28
Then Jesus said to her in reply, "O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Memorial of Saint Dominic
Lk 9:57-62
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go."
Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:13-21
Taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he said the blessing, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the fragments left over– twelve wicker baskets full.
Memorial of Saint John Vianney
Mt 13:54-58
But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and in his own house." And he did not work many mighty deeds there because of their lack of faith.
Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:47-53
"Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth."
Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori
Mt 13:36-43
"Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. Whoever has ears ought to hear."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola
Lk 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple."
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:10-17
"But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:18-23
"But the seed sown on rich soil is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.”
Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 13:16-17
Jesus said to his disciples: "Blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it."
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
Mt 20:20-28
He replied, "My chalice you will indeed drink, but to sit at my right and at my left, this is not mine to give but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." When the ten heard this, they became indignant at the two brothers.
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:38-42
Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." He said to them in reply, "An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it except the sign of Jonah the prophet. Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights, so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights."
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here. If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice, you would not have condemned these innocent men. For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath."
Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:28-30
Jesus said: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves. For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:25-27
At that time Jesus exclaimed: "I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns where most of his mighty deeds had been done, since they had not repented. "Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty deeds done in your midst had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes."
Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:34—11:1
"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; and whoever does not take up his cross and follow after me is not worthy of me. Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Mt 10:16-23
Jesus said to his Apostles: "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men, for they will hand you over to courts and scourge you in their synagogues, and you will be led before governors and kings for my sake as a witness before them and the pagans."
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:7-15
"Whoever will not receive you or listen to your words— go outside that house or town and shake the dust from your feet. Amen, I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:1-7
Jesus sent out these Twelve after instructing them thus, "Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town. Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Memorial of Saint Benedict
Mt 19:27-29
Peter said to Jesus, "We have given up everything and followed you. What will there be for us?”
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:18-26
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him and touched the tassel on his cloak. She said to herself, "If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured." Jesus turned around and saw her, and said, "Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you." And from that hour the woman was cured.
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:9-13
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" He heard this and said, "Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do. Go and learn the meaning of the words, I desire mercy, not sacrifice. I did not come to call the righteous but sinners."
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town. And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Courage, child, your sins are forgiven."
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:28-34
The demons pleaded with him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of swine." And he said to them, "Go then!" They came out and entered the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea where they drowned.
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:23-27
They came and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We are perishing!" He said to them, "Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was great calm. The men were amazed and said, "What sort of man is this, whom even the winds and the sea obey?"
Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle
Jn 20:24-29
Thomas answered and said to him, "My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed."
Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him. And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said, “Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.” He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said, “I will do it. Be made clean.”
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Mt 16:13-19
Simon Peter said in reply, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.”
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples: "Stop judging, that you may not be judged. For as you judge, so will you be judged, and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you. Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:7-15
"If you forgive others their transgressions, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you do not forgive others, neither will your Father forgive your transgressions."
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Mt 22:34-40
Jesus said to him, "You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the greatest and the first commandment. The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your heavenly Father, for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good, and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples: "You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil. When someone strikes you on your right cheek, turn the other one to him as well."
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal. But store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples: "I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Lk 10:1-9
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:1-12
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he had sat down, his disciples came to him. He began to teach them, saying:
"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they will be comforted."
Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:35-37
As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, "How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my lord, 'Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet.' David himself calls him 'lord'; so how is he his son?" The great crowd heard this with delight.
Thursday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:28-34
The scribe said to him, "Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he. And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices."
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:18-27
"As for the dead being raised, have you not read in the Book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God told him, I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not God of the dead but of the living. You are greatly misled."
Tuesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:13-17
So Jesus said to them, "Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar and to God what belongs to God." They were utterly amazed at him.
Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr
Mk 12:1-12
"The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?”
Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 11:11-26
The chief priests and the scribes came to hear of it and were seeking a way to put him to death, yet they feared him because the whole crowd was astonished at his teaching.
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Mt 5:13-19
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
"When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, "Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?"
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:28-31
"But many that are first will be last, and the last will be first."
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Jn 19:25-34
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved, he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.” Then he said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother.”
Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest
Jn 21:15-19
He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time, "Do you love me?" and he said to him, "Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you, but I know you, and they know that you sent me. I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:11b-19
"Your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. And I consecrate myself for them, so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:1-11a
Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and said, "Father, the hour has come. Give glory to your son, so that your son may glorify you, just as you gave him authority over all people, so that your son may give eternal life to all you gave him."
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 16:29-33
"But I am not alone, because the Father is with me. I have told you this so that you might have peace in me. In the world you will have trouble, but take courage, I have conquered the world."
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:20-23
Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, amen, I say to you, you will weep and mourn, while the world rejoices; you will grieve, but your grief will become joy."
The Ascension of the Lord
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.”
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:12-15
"He will glorify me, because he will take from what is mine and declare it to you. Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you."
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:5-11
"But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you."
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 15:26—16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me. And you also testify, because you have been with me from the beginning."
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:12-17
Jesus said to his disciples: "This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends."
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples: "As the Father loves me, so I also love you. Remain in my love."
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:1-8
"Remain in me, as I remain in you. Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own unless it remains on the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. I am the vine, you are the branches. Whoever remains in me and I in him will bear much fruit, because without me you can do nothing."
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples: "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:21-26
"I have told you this while I am with you. The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name-- he will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 14:1-6
Jesus said to his disciples: "Do not let your hearts be troubled. You have faith in God; have faith also in me. In my Father's house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 13:16-20
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Jn 14:6-14
Jesus said to Thomas, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you know me, then you will also know my Father."
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Jn 10:22-30
The feast of the Dedication was taking place in Jerusalem. It was winter. And Jesus walked about in the temple area on the Portico of Solomon. So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, "How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, "I told you and you do not believe. The works I do in my Father's name testify to me.
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:11-18
Jesus said: “I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep."
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:52-59
"Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:44-51
"Everyone who listens to my Father and learns from him comes to me. Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father. Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life."
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds, "I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst."
Feast of Saint Mark, evangelist
Mk 16:15-20
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: "Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned."
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:22-29
Jesus answered them and said, "Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you."
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 6:1-15
When the people saw the sign he had done, they said, "This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world." Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off to make him king, he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:31-36
The Father loves the Son and has given everything over to him. Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains upon him.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:7b-15
"No one has gone up to heaven except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man. And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:1-8
There was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. He came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one can do these signs that you are doing unless God is with him." Jesus answered and said to him, "Amen, amen, I say to you, unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 21:1-14
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them, and in like manner the fish. This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples after being raised from the dead.
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:35-48
While they were still speaking about this, he stood in their midst and said to them, "Peace be with you." But they were startled and terrified and thought that they were seeing a ghost. Then he said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do questions arise in your hearts? Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself. Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones as you can see I have.”
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:13-35
Then they said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?” So they set out at once and returned to Jerusalem where they found gathered together the Eleven and those with them who were saying, “The Lord has truly been raised and has appeared to Simon!” Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread.
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 20:11-18
Jesus said to her, “Mary!” She turned and said to him in Hebrew, “Rabbouni,” which means Teacher. Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am going to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary went and announced to the disciples,“I have seen the Lord,” and then reported what he had told her.
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Mt 28:8-15
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to his disciples. And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them. They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage. Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me.”
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Jn 18:1—19:42
But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs, but one soldier thrust his lance into his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out. An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true; he knows that he is speaking the truth, so that you also may come to believe.
Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Jn 13:1-15
So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Wednesday of Holy Week
Mt 26:14-25
“Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?”
Tuesday of Holy Week
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once.”
Monday of Holy Week
Jn 12:1-11
The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning away and believing in Jesus because of him.
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 10:31-42
He went back across the Jordan to the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said, "John performed no sign, but everything John said about this man was true." And many there began to believe in him.
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:51-59
Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say, 'He is our God.' You do not know him, but I know him.”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:31-42
Jesus said to those Jews who believed in him, "If you remain in my word, you will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:1-11
Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with his finger. But when they continued asking him, he straightened up and said to them, “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:21-30
So Jesus said to them, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will realize that I AM, and that I do nothing on my own, but I say only what the Father taught me."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said, "You know me and also know where I am from. Yet I did not come on my own, but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true. I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me."
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:31-47
"I do not accept human praise; moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you. I came in the name of my Father, but you do not accept me; yet if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?"
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:17-30
Jesus answered and said to them, "Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:1-16
Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk." Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
Now this is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about. When his mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph, but before they lived together, she was found with child through the Holy Spirit. Joseph her husband, since he was a righteous man, yet unwilling to expose her to shame, decided to divorce her quietly. Such was his intention when, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her."
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Mk 12:28-34
Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 11:14-23
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste and house will fall against house. And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?”
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth: “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone; by the Lord has this been done, and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Lk 16:19-31
Then Abraham said, "If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead."
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 20:17-28
Jesus said in reply, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 23:1-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Lk 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples: "Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful."
Friday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Mt 7:7-12
Jesus said to his disciples: "Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Lk 11:29-32
"Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. At the judgment the queen of the south will rise with the men of this generation and she will condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and there is something greater than Solomon here."
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples: "In praying, do not babble like the pagans, who think that they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 25:31-46
Jesus said to his disciples: "When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him."
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Mt 9:14-15
"The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast."
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Lk 9:22-25
Jesus said to his disciples: "The Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed and on the third day be raised."
Ash Wednesday
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples: "Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets to win the praise of others."
Tuesday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:30-37
Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all." Taking a child, he placed it in their midst, and putting his arms around it, he said to them, "Whoever receives one child such as this in my name, receives me; and whoever receives me, receives not me but the One who sent me.”
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:14-29
As Jesus came down from the mountain with Peter, James, John and approached the other disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and scribes arguing with them. Immediately on seeing him, the whole crowd was utterly amazed.
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:34—9:1
Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and that of the Gospel will save it."
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:27-33
Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan. You are thinking not as God does, but as human beings do.”
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:22-26
When Jesus and his disciples arrived at Bethsaida, people brought to him a blind man and begged Jesus to touch him. He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
Memorial of Saints Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishop
Memorial of Saints Cyril and Methodius, bishops
Mk 8:14-21
The disciples had forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. Jesus enjoined them, "Watch out, guard against the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod."
Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:11-13
The Pharisees came forward and began to argue with Jesus, seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.
Memorial of Saint Scholastica,
Lk 10:38-42
The Lord said to her in reply, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing. Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
Thursday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:24-30
She replied and said to him, "Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children's scraps." Then he said to her, "For saying this, you may go. The demon has gone out of your daughter." When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed and the demon gone.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:1-13
This people honors me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines human precepts.
Memorial of Saint Paul Miki, priest and martyr, and his companions, martyrs
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them, "All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age."
Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:14-29
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man, and kept him in custody. When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed, yet he liked to listen to him.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Lk 2:22-40
When the days were completed for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord, and to offer the sacrifice of a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons, in accordance with the dictate in the law of the Lord.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:1-6
Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished.
Memorial of Saint John Bosco
Mt 18:1-5
"Whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the Kingdom of heaven. And whoever receives one child such as this in my name receives me.”
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:1-20
Jesus and his disciples came to the other side of the sea, to the territory of the Gerasenes. When he got out of the boat, at once a man from the tombs who had an unclean spirit met him. The man had been dwelling among the tombs, and no one could restrain him any longer, even with a chain. In fact, he had frequently been bound with shackles and chains, but the chains had been pulled apart by him and the shackles smashed, and no one was strong enough to subdue him.
Friday of the Third Week of Ordinary Time
Mk 4:26-34
“To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishops
Lk 10:1-9
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest."
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Mk 16:15-18
"These signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will drive out demons, they will speak new languages. They will pick up serpents with their hands, and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them. They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, bishop and doctor of the Church
Jn 15:9-17
"I have told you this so that my joy be in you and your joy be complete. This is my commandment: love one another as I love you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends.”
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Lk 1:39-56
"Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. And how does this happen to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.”
Friday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:13-19
He appointed the Twelve: Simon, whom he named Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus, Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:7-12
Jesus withdrew toward the sea with his disciples. A large number of people followed from Galilee and from Judea. Hearing what he was doing, a large number of people came to him also from Jerusalem, from Idumea, from beyond the Jordan, and from the neighborhood of Tyre and Sidon.
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:1-6
Then he said to the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil, to save life rather than to destroy it?" But they remained silent.
Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbott
Mt 19:16-26
Someone approached Jesus and said, "Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?" Jesus answered him, "Why do you ask me about the good? There is only One who is good. If you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments."
Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:18-22
People came to Jesus and objected, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?" Jesus answered them, "Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast."
Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:1-12
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to him, “Child, your sins are forgiven.”
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched the leper, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.” The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:29-39
Jesus entered the house of Simon and Andrew with James and John. Simon’s mother-in-law lay sick with a fever. They immediately told him about her. He approached, grasped her hand, and helped her up. Then the fever left her and she waited on them.
Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:21-28
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!” The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him. All were amazed and asked one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority. He commands even the unclean spirits and they obey him.”
The Baptism of the Lord
Mt 3:13-17
Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him. John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you are coming to me?” Jesus said to him in reply, “Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.”
Christmas Weekday
MK 1:7-11
This is what John the Baptist proclaimed: "One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop
Jn 1:43-51 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, "Here is a true child of Israel. There is no duplicity in him."
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Jn 1:35-42
They said to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means Teacher), “where are you staying?” He said to them, “Come, and you will see.”
Christmas Weekday
Jn 1:29-34
John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.”
Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church
Mt 23:8-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
Mt 2:13-15, 19-23
When Herod had died, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child’s life are dead.”
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
*Lk 2:22-35*The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Lk 2:22-35
The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him; and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be contradicted (and you yourself a sword will pierce) so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Feast of the Holy Innocents, Martyrs
Mt 2:13-1
When the magi had departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.”
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
Jn 20:1a and 2-8
Then the other disciple also went in, the one who had arrived at the tomb first, and he saw and believed.
Feast of Saint Stephen, First Martyr
MT 10:17-22
"When they hand you over, do not worry about how you are to speak or what you are to say. You will be given at that moment what you are to say. For it will not be you who speak but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:57-66
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her, and they rejoiced with her.
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:46-56
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my savior. For he has looked upon his lowly servant. From this day all generations will call me blessed: the Almighty has done great things for me, and holy is his Name."
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:39-45
When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and said, “Most blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:26-38
"Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name him Jesus. He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father, and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever, and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:5-25
"He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.”
Friday of the Third Week in Advent
Jn 5:33-36
Jesus said to the Jews:
“You sent emissaries to John, and he testified to the truth.
I do not accept testimony from a human being,
but I say this so that you may be saved."
Thursday of the Third Week in Advent
Lk 7:24-30
This is the one about whom Scripture says:
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
he will prepare your way before you.
Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church
Lk 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple.”
Memorial of Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr
Mt 25:1-13
"Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
LK 1:26-38
And coming to her, he said,
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
But she was greatly troubled at what was said
and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God."
Friday of the Second Week of Advent
MT 11:16-19
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance,
we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’"
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
Memorial of Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church
Jn 10:11-16
"I am the good shepherd,
and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father;
and I will lay down my life for the sheep.”
Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 18:12-14
"In just the same way, it is not the will of your heavenly Father
that one of these little ones be lost.”
Monday of the Second Week of Advent
Lk 5:17-26
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,
“What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
he said to the one who was paralyzed,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
Friday of the First Week of Advent
MT 9:27-31
As Jesus passed by, two blind men followed him, crying out,
“Son of David, have pity on us!”
When he entered the house,
the blind men approached him and Jesus said to them,
“Do you believe that I can do this?”
“Yes, Lord,” they said to him.
Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 7:21, 24-27
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’
will enter the Kingdom of heaven,
but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven."
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Mt 4:18-22
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
At once they left their nets and followed him.
Tuesday of the First Week of Advent
LK 10:21-24
Turning to the disciples in private he said,
“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
Monday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 8:5-11
The centurion said in reply,
"Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed."
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 21:29-33
"Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away.”
Thanksgiving Day
Lk 17:11-19
As they were going they were cleansed.
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
Wednesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 21:12-19
"You will be hated by all because of my name,
but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.
By your perseverance you will secure your lives.”
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr
Mt 25:1-13
But he said in reply,
"'Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.'
Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary
Mt 12:46-50
And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said,
"Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother."
Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 19:45-48
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written,
My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary
Lk 6:27-38
"Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”
Wednesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:11-28
He replied, "I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.”
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 19:1-10
When he reached the place, Jesus looked up and said,
“Zacchaeus, come down quickly,
for today I must stay at your house.”
And he came down quickly and received him with joy.
Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 18:35-43
Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him;
and when he came near, Jesus asked him,
“What do you want me to do for you?”
He replied, “Lord, please let me see.”
Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”
He immediately received his sight
and followed him, giving glory to God.
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, bishop
Mt 25:31-40
Jesus said to his disciples:
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory,
and all the angels with him,
he will sit upon his glorious throne,
and all the nations will be assembled before him.”
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and doctor of the Church
MT 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Jn 2:13-22
Jesus answered and said to them,
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Jews said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:7-10
"When you have done all you have been commanded, say,
‘We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.’”
Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:1-6
And the Apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
The Lord replied, "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
you would say to this mulberry tree,
'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you."
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
LK 16:1-8
"And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”
Thursday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
LK 15:1-10
“Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
searching carefully until she finds it?
And when she does find it,
she calls together her friends and neighbors
and says to them,
‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(All Souls)
Jn 6:37-40
"For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.”
Solemnity of All Saints
Mt 11:28
" Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven.
Blessed are you when they insult you and persecute you
and utter every kind of evil against you falsely because of me.
Rejoice and be glad,
for your reward will be great in heaven.”
Monday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:12-14
"Rather, when you hold a banquet,
invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.”
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Lk 6:12-16
When day came, he called his disciples to himself,
and from them he chose Twelve, whom he also named Apostles:
Simon, whom he named Peter, and his brother Andrew,
James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew,
Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus,
Simon who was called a Zealot,
and Judas the son of James,
and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor.
Thursday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 13:31-35
"Behold, your house will be abandoned.
But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:22-30
"And people will come from the east and the west
and from the north and the south
and will recline at table in the Kingdom of God.
For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last."
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 13:18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 13:10-17
Jesus was teaching in a synagogue on the sabbath.
And a woman was there who for eighteen years
had been crippled by a spirit;
she was bent over, completely incapable of standing erect.
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:54-59
"You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:49-53
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I have come to set the earth on fire,
and how I wish it were already blazing!
There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!"
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests and martyrs, and their companions, martyrs
Mt 28:16-20
Then Jesus approached and said to them,
"All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.”
Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist
Lk 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
He said to them,
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit.”
Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 12:1-7
"Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness
will be heard in the light,
and what you have whispered behind closed doors
will be proclaimed on the housetops."
Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:47-54
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:42-46
And he said, “Woe also to you scholars of the law!
You impose on people burdens hard to carry,
but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:37-41
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil."
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:29-32
"At the judgment the men of Nineveh will arise with this generation
and condemn it,
because at the preaching of Jonah they repented,
and there is something greater than Jonah here.”
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Lk 1:26-38
And the angel said to her in reply,
"The Holy Spirit will come upon you,
and the power of the Most High will overshadow you.
Therefore the child to be born
will be called holy, the Son of God."
Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
LK 11:5-13
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:1-4
He said to them, "When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test."
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
LK 10:38-42
The Lord said to her in reply,
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
Monday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
LK 10:25-37
"Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mt 13:47-52
And he replied,
"Then every scribe who has been instructed in the Kingdom of heaven
is like the head of a household who brings from his storeroom
both the new and the old."
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, Archangels
Jn 1:47-51
And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:57-62
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding
on their journey, someone said to him,
"I will follow you wherever you go."
Jesus answered him,
"Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head."
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest
Mt 9:35-38
Jesus went around to all the towns and villages,
teaching in their synagogues,
proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness.
Monday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 9:46-50
Then John said in reply,
“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name
and we tried to prevent him
because he does not follow in our company.”
Jesus said to him,
“Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina
LK 9:18-22
He said, “The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Thursday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
LK 9:7-9
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
And he kept trying to see him.
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist
Mt 9:9-13
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
Lk 9:23-26
Jesus said to all,
"If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
Monday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 8:16-18
Jesus said to the crowd:
"No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel
or sets it under a bed;
rather, he places it on a lampstand
so that those who enter may see the light.”
Memorial of Saints Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs
LK 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Jn 19:25-27
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Jn 3:13-17
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Lk 7:11-17
Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, exclaiming,
"A great prophet has arisen in our midst,"
and "God has visited his people.”
Monday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:1-10
When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him
and, turning, said to the crowd following him,
"I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith."
When the messengers returned to the house,
they found the slave in good health.
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest
LK 6:39-42
"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?
How can you say to your brother,
‘Brother, let me remove that splinter in your eye,’
when you do not even notice the wooden beam in your own eye?”
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:1-16, 18-23
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-Third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 6:20-26
Raising his eyes toward his disciples Jesus said:
“Blessed are you who are poor,
for the Kingdom of God is yours.
Blessed are you who are now hungry,
for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who are now weeping,
for you will laugh…"
Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:12-19
Everyone in the crowd sought to touch him
because power came forth from him and healed them all.
Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
LK 6:6-11
Then Jesus said to them,
“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 5:33-39
“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.
Otherwise, he will tear the new
and the piece from it will not match the old cloak."
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 5:1-11
Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men."
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 4:38-44
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.
The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,
they tried to prevent him from leaving them.
But he said to them, “To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,
because for this purpose I have been sent.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
LK 4:31-37
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.
He taught them on the sabbath,
and they were astonished at his teaching
because he spoke with authority.
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist
Mk 6:17-29
Herod was the one who had John the Baptist arrested and bound in prison
on account of Herodias,
the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.
Friday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
MT 25:1-13
"But he said in reply,
‘Amen, I say to you, I do not know you.’
Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time
MT 24:42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come."
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
Jn 1:45-51
Philip found Nathanael and told him,
“We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law,
and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
MT 23:23-26
Jesus said:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You pay tithes of mint and dill and cummin,
and have neglected the weightier things of the law:
judgment and mercy and fidelity."
Memorial of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
Mary said, "Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 22:34-40
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 22:1-14
Jesus again in reply spoke to the chief priests and the elders of the people in parables saying,
“The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who gave a wedding feast for his son."
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 20:1-16
He said to one of them in reply,
"My friend, I am not cheating you.
Did you not agree with me for the usual daily wage?
Take what is yours and go.
What if I wish to give this last one the same as you?
Or am I not free to do as I wish with my own money?
Are you envious because I am generous?’
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 19:23-30
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, I say to you, it will be hard for one who is rich
to enter the Kingdom of heaven.
Again I say to you,
it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LK 1:39-56
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me
and holy is his Name.”
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 19:3-12
Some Pharisees approached Jesus, and tested him, saying,
“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any cause whatever?”
He said in reply, “Have you not read that from the beginning
the Creator made them male and female and said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?"
Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin
MT 18:21–19:1
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
JN 12:24-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit."
Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
"If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.”
Memorial of Saint Dominic
Mt 17:22-27
As Jesus and his disciples were gathering in Galilee,
Jesus said to them,
"The Son of Man is to be handed over to men,
and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day."
And they were overwhelmed with grief."
Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 16:24-28
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.”
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Mt 16:13-23
From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples
that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer greatly
from the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.
Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 15:21-28
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 14:22-36
During the fourth watch of the night,
he came toward them, walking on the sea.
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
MT 14:13-21
The crowds heard of this and followed him on foot from their towns.
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Jn 11:19-27
Jesus told her,
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die."
Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 13:47-53
Jesus said to the disciples:
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
When it is full they haul it ashore
and sit down to put what is good into buckets.
What is bad they throw away."
Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:44-46
Jesus said to his disciples:
"The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field."
Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
MT 13:36-43
Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house.
His disciples approached him and said,
“Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
He said in reply, “He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom."
Feast of Saint James, Apostle
MT 20:20-28
She answered him,
“Command that these two sons of mine sit,
one at your right and the other at your left, in your Kingdom.”
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he told her.
Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 13:10-17
“But blessed are your eyes, because they see,
and your ears, because they hear.
Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:1-9
"But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 12:46-50
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 12:38-42
"Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,
so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights."
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
MT 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
MT 11:28-30
Jesus said:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.”
Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 11:25-27
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.”
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida!
For if the mighty deeds done in your midst
had been done in Tyre and Sidon,
they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes."
Memorial of Saint Benedict, Abbot
MT 10:34-11:1
“Whoever receives you receives me,
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.
Whoever receives a prophet because he is a prophet
will receive a prophet’s reward,
and whoever receives a righteous man
because he is righteous
will receive a righteous man’s reward."
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 10:16-23
"When they hand you over,
do not worry about how you are to speak
or what you are to say.
You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
For it will not be you who speak
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 10:7-15
Jesus said to his Apostles:
“As you go, make this proclamation:
‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 10:1-7
Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples
and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out
and to cure every disease and every illness.
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 9:32-38
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
MT 9:18-26
A woman suffering hemorrhages for twelve years came up behind him
and touched the tassel on his cloak.
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:9-13
He heard this and said,
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:1-8
"But that you may know that the Son of Man
has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
he then said to the paralytic,
“Rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He rose and went home.
When the crowds saw this they were struck with awe
and glorified God who had given such authority to men.
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Mass during the Day
Mt 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr
Mt 8:23-27
They came and woke him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
Then he got up, rebuked the winds and the sea,
and there was great calm.
The men were amazed and said, “What sort of man is this,
whom even the winds and the sea obey?”
Monday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:18-22
A scribe approached and said to him,
“Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go.”
Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Lk 15:3-7
"I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance."
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Lk 1:57-66, 80
When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child
she gave birth to a son.
Her neighbors and relatives heard
that the Lord had shown his great mercy toward her,
and they rejoiced with her.
When they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child,
they were going to call him Zechariah after his father,
but his mother said in reply,
“No. He will be called John.”
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:15-20
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing,
but underneath are ravenous wolves.
By their fruits you will know them."
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
Mt 7:6, 12-14
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.
This is the Law and the Prophets."
Monday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:1-5
"How can you say to your brother,
‘Let me remove that splinter from your eye,’
while the wooden beam is in your eye?
You hypocrite, remove the wooden beam from your eye first;
then you will see clearly
to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.”
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:19-23
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth,
where moth and decay destroy, and thieves break in and steal.
But store up treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor decay destroys, nor thieves break in and steal.
For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be."
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:43-48
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust."
Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mt 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one to him as well."
Friday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:27-32
"If your right eye causes you to sin,
tear it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
And if your right hand causes you to sin,
cut it off and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body go into Gehenna."
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:13-16
"You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house.
Just so, your light must shine before others,
that they may see your good deeds
and glorify your heavenly Father.”
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Jn 19:25-34
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary of Magdala.
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Jn 21:15-19
After Jesus had revealed himself to his disciples and eaten breakfast with them,
he said to Simon Peter,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”
Simon Peter answered him, “Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.”
Jesus said to him, “Feed my lambs.”
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:20-26
"Righteous Father, the world also does not know you,
but I know you, and they know that you sent me.
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them.”
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Jn 17:11b-19
"Consecrate them in the truth.
Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
And Mary said:
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name."
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 16:29-33
"But I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
I have told you this so that you might have peace in me.
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.”
Friday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:20-23
"So you also are now in anguish.
But I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice,
and no one will take your joy away from you.
On that day you will not question me about anything.
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.”
The Ascension of the Lord
Lk 24:46-53
As he blessed them he parted from them
and was taken up to heaven.
They did him homage
and then returned to Jerusalem with great joy,
and they were continually in the temple praising God.
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:12-15
"Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you.”
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:5-11
"But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you."
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 15:26—16:4a
Jesus said to his disciples:
“When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,
he will testify to me.
And you also testify,
because you have been with me from the beginning."
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:12-17
"It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.
If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love,
just as I have kept my Father’s commandments
and remain in his love."
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:1-8
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vine grower.
He takes away every branch in me that does not bear fruit,
and everyone that does he prunes so that it bears more fruit."
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:27-31a
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid."
Monday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:21-26
“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
whom the Father will send in my name --
he will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.”
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 14:1-6
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?"
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 13:16-20
"From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 12:44-50
Jesus cried out and said,
“Whoever believes in me believes not only in me
but also in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
I came into the world as light,
so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:22-30
"My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all,
and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand.
The Father and I are one.”
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:1-10
Jesus said:
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate
but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber.
But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice,
as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out."
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:52-59
"Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
remains in me and I in him.
Just as the living Father sent me
and I have life because of the Father,
so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me."
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:44-51
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my Flesh for the life of the world.”
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:35-40
Jesus said to the crowds,
“I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Jn 14:6-14
"Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father."
Memorial of Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Jn 6:22-29
Jesus answered them and said,
“Amen, amen, I say to you, you are looking for me
not because you saw signs
but because you ate the loaves and were filled.
Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.
For on him the Father, God, has set his seal.”
Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Jn 6:1-15
When the people saw the sign he had done, they said,
“This is truly the Prophet, the one who is to come into the world.”
Since Jesus knew that they were going to come and carry him off
to make him king,
he withdrew again to the mountain alone.
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:31-36
The one who comes from above is above all.
The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.
But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:7b-15
Jesus said to Nicodemus:
“‘You must be born from above.’
The wind blows where it wills, and you can hear the sound it makes,
but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes;
so it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
Feast of Saint Mark, evangelist
Mk 16:15-20
Then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them,
was taken up into heaven
and took his seat at the right hand of God.
But they went forth and preached everywhere,
while the Lord worked with them
and confirmed the word through accompanying signs.
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 21:1-14
Jesus came over and took the bread and gave it to them,
and in like manner the fish.
This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to his disciples
after being raised from the dead.
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:35-48
Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures.
And he said to them,
“Thus it is written that the Christ would suffer
and rise from the dead on the third day
and that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,
would be preached in his name
to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.
You are witnesses of these things.”
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:13-35
That very day, the first day of the week,
two of Jesus’ disciples were going
to a village seven miles from Jerusalem called Emmaus,
and they were conversing about all the things that had occurred.
And it happened that while they were conversing and debating,
Jesus himself drew near and walked with them,
but their eyes were prevented from recognizing him.
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 20:11-18
Mary went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he had told her.
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Mt 28:8-15
Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb,
fearful yet overjoyed,
and ran to announce the news to his disciples.
And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Jn 18:1—19:42
After this, aware that everything was now finished,
in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
Jesus said, “I thirst.”
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop
and put it up to his mouth.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said,
“It is finished.”
And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
Holy Thursday
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Jn 13:1-15
So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Wednesday of Holy Week
Mt 26:14-25
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,
went to the chief priests and said,
“What are you willing to give me
if I hand him over to you?”
They paid him thirty pieces of silver,
and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.
Tuesday of Holy Week
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,
“Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.
Monday of Holy Week
Jn 12:1-11
Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,
where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.
They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,
while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil
made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;
the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 10:31-42
Many came to him and said,
“John performed no sign,
but everything John said about this man was true.”
And many there began to believe in him.
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:51-59
Jesus answered, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing;
but it is my Father who glorifies me,
of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
You do not know him, but I know him.”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:31-42
Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me,
for I came from God and am here;
I did not come on my own, but he sent me.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:21-30
“When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will realize that I AM,
and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me.
The one who sent me is with me.
He has not left me alone,
because I always do what is pleasing to him.”
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:12-20
Jesus spoke to them again, saying,
“I am the light of the world.
Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness,
but will have the light of life.”
Friday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
So Jesus cried out in the temple area as he was teaching and said,
“You know me and also know where I am from.
Yet I did not come on my own,
but the one who sent me, whom you do not know, is true.
I know him, because I am from him, and he sent me.”
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:31-47
“I do not accept human praise;
moreover, I know that you do not have the love of God in you.
I came in the name of my Father,
but you do not accept me;
yet if another comes in his own name,
you will accept him."
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:17-30
“I cannot do anything on my own;
I judge as I hear, and my judgment is just,
because I do not seek my own will
but the will of the one who sent me.”
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:1-16
The sick man answered him,
“Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool
when the water is stirred up;
while I am on my way, someone else gets down there before me.”
Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.”
Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 4:43-54
Jesus said to him,
“Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will not believe.”
The royal official said to him,
“Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Jesus said to him, “You may go; your son will live.”
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Lk 1:26-38
“Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
But she was greatly troubled at what was said
and pondered what sort of greeting this might be.
Then the angel said to her,
“Do not be afraid, Mary,
for you have found favor with God.
Behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son,
and you shall name him Jesus.
He will be great and will be called Son of the Most High,
and the Lord God will give him the throne of David his father,
and he will rule over the house of Jacob forever,
and of his Kingdom there will be no end.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 11:14-23
But he knew their thoughts and said to them,
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand?"
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth:
“Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place.”
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
"Therefore, I say to you,
the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you
and given to a people that will produce its fruit.”
When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables,
they knew that he was speaking about them.
And although they were attempting to arrest him,
they feared the crowds, for they regarded him as a prophet.
Memorial of Saint Patrick, bishop
Lk 5:1-11
For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him
and all those with him,
and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee,
who were partners of Simon.
Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men."
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 20:17-28
Jesus said in reply,
“You do not know what you are asking.
Can you drink the chalice that I am going to drink?”
They said to him, “We can.”
He replied,
“My chalice you will indeed drink,
but to sit at my right and at my left,
this is not mine to give
but is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 23:1-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Lk 6:36-38
"For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”
Friday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Thursday of the First Week in Lent
Mt 7:7-12
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.
This is the law and the prophets.”
Wednesday of the First Week in Lent
Lk 11:29-32
"Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him."
Monday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 25:31-46
He will answer them, ‘Amen, I say to you,
what you did not do for one of these least ones,
you did not do for me.’
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Mt 9:14-15
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.”
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Lk 9:22-25
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
Ash Wednesday
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
"But when you pray, go to your inner room,
close the door, and pray to your Father in secret.
And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.”
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:28-31
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you,
there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or lands
for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel
who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age.”
Monday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:17-27
So Jesus again said to them in reply,
“Children, how hard it is to enter the Kingdom of God!
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for one who is rich to enter the Kingdom of God.”
Friday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:1-12
But Jesus told them,
“Because of the hardness of your hearts
he wrote you this commandment.
But from the beginning of creation, God made them male and female.
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife,
and the two shall become one flesh.
So they are no longer two but one flesh.”
Thursday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:41-50
“Everyone will be salted with fire.
Salt is good, but if salt becomes insipid,
with what will you restore its flavor?
Keep salt in yourselves and you will have peace with one another.”
Memorial of Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr
Mk 9:38-40
"There is no one who performs a mighty deed in my name
who can at the same time speak ill of me.
For whoever is not against us is for us.”
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter
Mt 16:13-19
Simon Peter said in reply,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah.
For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.
And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it."
Monday of the Seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 9:14-29
It has often thrown him into fire and into water to kill him.
But if you can do anything, have compassion on us and help us.”
Jesus said to him,
“‘If you can!’ Everything is possible to one who has faith.”
Then the boy’s father cried out, “I do believe, help my unbelief!”
Jesus, on seeing a crowd rapidly gathering,
rebuked the unclean spirit and said to it,
“Mute and deaf spirit, I command you:
come out of him and never enter him again!”
Friday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:34–9:1
Jesus summoned the crowd with his disciples and said to them,
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake
and that of the Gospel will save it.”
Thursday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:27-33
He began to teach them
that the Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed, and rise after three days.
Wednesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:22-26
He took the blind man by the hand and led him outside the village.
Putting spittle on his eyes he laid his hands on the man and asked,
“Do you see anything?”
Tuesday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 8:14-21
“Why do you conclude that it is because you have no bread?
Do you not yet understand or comprehend?
Are your hearts hardened?"
Memorial of Saints Cyril, Monk, and Methodius, Bishop
Mk 8:11-13
He sighed from the depth of his spirit and said,
“Why does this generation seek a sign?
Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Friday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:31-37
They were exceedingly astonished and they said,
“He has done all things well.
He makes the deaf hear and the mute speak.”
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin
Mk 7:24-30
She replied and said to him,
“Lord, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s scraps.”
Then he said to her, “For saying this, you may go.
The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
When the woman went home, she found the child lying in bed
and the demon gone.
Wednesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:14-23
Jesus summoned the crowd again and said to them,
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 7:1-13
He responded,
“Well did Isaiah prophesy about you hypocrites,
as it is written:
This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
In vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition.”
Monday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:53-56
Whatever villages or towns or countryside he entered,
they laid the sick in the marketplaces
and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak;
and as many as touched it were healed.
Friday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:14-29
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,
and kept him in custody.
When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed,
yet he liked to listen to him.
Thursday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 6:7-13
So they went off and preached repentance.
The Twelve drove out many demons,
and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Lk 2:22-40
Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon.
This man was righteous and devout,
awaiting the consolation of Israel,
and the Holy Spirit was upon him.
It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit
that he should not see death
before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.
Tuesday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 5:21-43
He took along the child’s father and mother
and those who were with him
and entered the room where the child was.
He took the child by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum,”
which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise!”
The girl, a child of twelve, arose immediately and walked around.
At that they were utterly astounded.
He gave strict orders that no one should know this
and said that she should be given something to eat.
Memorial of Saint John Bosco, Priest
Mk 5:1-20
“Go home to your family and announce to them
all that the Lord in his pity has done for you.”
Then the man went off and began to proclaim in the Decapolis
what Jesus had done for him; and all were amazed.
Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mk 4:26-34
Jesus said to the crowds:
“This is how it is with the Kingdom of God;
it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land
and would sleep and rise night and day
and the seed would sprout and grow,
he knows not how."
Thursday of the Third Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 4:21-25
Jesus said to his disciples,
“Is a lamp brought in to be placed under a bushel basket
or under a bed,
and not to be placed on a lampstand?
For there is nothing hidden except to be made visible;
nothing is secret except to come to light.”
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, Bishops
Mk 4:1-20
"Some seed fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked it
and it produced no grain.
And some seed fell on rich soil and produced fruit.
It came up and grew and yielded thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold.”
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Mk 16:15-18
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
“Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature."
Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mk 3:22-30
"Amen, I say to you, all sins and all blasphemies
that people utter will be forgiven them.
But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit
will never have forgiveness,
but is guilty of an everlasting sin.”
Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
Mk 3:13-19
Jesus went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted
and they came to him.
He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,
that they might be with him
and he might send them forth to preach
and to have authority to drive out demons.
Thursday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:7-12
He had cured many and, as a result, those who had diseases
were pressing upon him to touch him.
Wednesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 3:1-6
Jesus entered the synagogue.
There was a man there who had a withered hand.
They watched Jesus closely
to see if he would cure him on the sabbath
so that they might accuse him.
Tuesday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:23-28
“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Memorial of Saint Anthony, Abbot
Mk 2:18-22
People came to Jesus and objected,
“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast,
but your disciples do not fast?”
Friday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 2:1-12
When Jesus returned to Capernaum after some days,
it became known that he was at home.
Many gathered together so that there was no longer room for them,
not even around the door,
and he preached the word to them.
Thursday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
“If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched the leper, and said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
Wednesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:29-39
He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages
that I may preach there also.
For this purpose have I come.”
So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons
throughout the whole of Galilee.
Tuesday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:21-28
Jesus rebuked him and said, “Quiet! Come out of him!”
The unclean spirit convulsed him and with a loud cry came out of him.
All were amazed and asked one another,
“What is this?
A new teaching with authority.
Monday of the First Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 1:14-20
Jesus came to Galilee proclaiming the Gospel of God:
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
Friday after Epiphany
Lk 5:12-16
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
Thursday after Epiphany
Lk 4:14-22
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Memorial of Saint John Neumann, Bishop
Mk 6:45-52
But at once he spoke with them,
“Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”
He got into the boat with them and the wind died down.
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious
Mk 6:34-44
When Jesus saw the vast crowd, his heart was moved with pity for them,
for they were like sheep without a shepherd;
and he began to teach them many things.
Monday after Epiphany
Mt 4:12-17, 23-25
He went around all of Galilee,
teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the Gospel of the Kingdom,
and curing every disease and illness among the people.
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
Jn 1:1-18
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among us,
and we saw his glory,
the glory as of the Father’s only-begotten Son,
full of grace and truth.
The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Lk 2:36-40
When they had fulfilled all the prescriptions
of the law of the Lord,
they returned to Galilee,
to their own town of Nazareth.
The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom;
and the favor of God was upon him.
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
Lk 2:22-35
The child’s father and mother were amazed at what was said about him;
and Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother,
“Behold, this child is destined
for the fall and rise of many in Israel,
and to be a sign that will be contradicted
(and you yourself a sword will pierce)
so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.”
Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
Mt 2:13-18
Then was fulfilled what had been said through Jeremiah the prophet:
A voice was heard in Ramah,
sobbing and loud lamentation;
Rachel weeping for her children,
and she would not be consoled,
since they were no more.
Feast of Saint John, Apostle and evangelist
Jn 20:1a and 2-8
Then the other disciple also went in,
the one who had arrived at the tomb first,
and he saw and believed.
Friday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Mass in the Morning
Lk 1:67-79
“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel;
for he has come to his people and set them free.
He has raised up for us a mighty Savior,
born of the house of his servant David.
Through his prophets he promised of old
that he would save us from our enemies,
from the hands of all who hate us.
He promised to show mercy to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant."
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:57-66
Immediately his mouth was opened, his tongue freed,
and he spoke blessing God.
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:46-56
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my savior.
for he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:39-45
"For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by the Lord
would be fulfilled."
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
Lk 1:26-38
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Then the angel departed from her.
Friday of the Third Week of Advent
Mt 1:1-17
Thus the total number of generations
from Abraham to David
is fourteen generations;
from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Christ,
fourteen generations.
Thursday of the Third Week in Advent
Lk 7:24-30
"Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
This is the one about whom Scripture says":
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
he will prepare your way before you.
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
Lk 7:18b-23
At that time,
John summoned two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord to ask,
“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mt 21:28-32
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you,
tax collectors and prostitutes
are entering the Kingdom of God before you."
Memorial of Saint Lucy, Virgin and Martyr
Mt 21:23-27
When Jesus had come into the temple area,
the chief priests and the elders of the people approached him
as he was teaching and said,
“By what authority are you doing these things?”
Friday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 11:16-19
Jesus said to the crowds:
“To what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children who sit in marketplaces and call to one another,
‘We played the flute for you, but you did not dance,
we sang a dirge but you did not mourn.’"
Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 11:11-15
“Amen, I say to you,
among those born of women
there has been none greater than John the Baptist;
yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he."
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:26-38
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mt 18:12-14
"If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?
And if he finds it, amen, I say to you, he rejoices more over it
than over the ninety-nine that did not stray.”
Monday of the Second Week of Advent
Lk 5:17-26
And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;
they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence.
But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd,
they went up on the roof
and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles
into the middle in front of Jesus.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said,
“As for you, your sins are forgiven.”
Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
Mt 9:27-31
Then he touched their eyes and said,
“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
And their eyes were opened.
Thursday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 7:21, 24-27
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.
The rain fell, the floods came,
and the winds blew and buffeted the house.
But it did not collapse; it had been set solidly on rock."
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 15:29-37
Jesus walked by the Sea of Galilee,
went up on the mountain, and sat down there.
Great crowds came to him,
having with them the lame, the blind, the deformed, the mute,
and many others.
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
Mt 4:18-22
As Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers,
Simon who is called Peter, and his brother Andrew,
casting a net into the sea; they were fishermen.
He said to them,
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Monday of the First Week of Advent
Mt 8:5-11
The centurion said in reply,
“Lord, I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof;
only say the word and my servant will be healed.”
Friday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:29-33
"Heaven and earth will pass away,
but my words will not pass away.”
Thanksgiving Day
Lk 17:11-19
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Memorial of Saint Andrew Dŭng-Ląc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
Lk 21:12-19
Jesus said to the crowd:
“They will seize and persecute you,
they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons,
and they will have you led before kings and governors
because of my name.”
Tuesday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 21:5-11
“See that you not be deceived,
for many will come in my name, saying,
‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’
Do not follow them! “
Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr
Lk 21:1-4
He said, “I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”
Friday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:45-48
Jesus entered the temple area and proceeded to drive out
those who were selling things, saying to them,
“It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:41-44
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes."
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
Lk 19:11-28
He replied, "I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away.”
Tuesday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 19:1-10
And Jesus said to him,
“Today salvation has come to this house
because this man too is a descendant of Abraham.
For the Son of Man has come to seek
and to save what was lost.”
Monday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 18:35-43
Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”
He immediately received his sight
and followed him, giving glory to God.
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 17:20-26
"Holy Father,
I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me.”
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Lk 17:20-25
“The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed,
and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’
For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.”
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Lk 17:11-19
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Jn 2:13-22
“Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up.”
The Jews said,
“This temple has been under construction for forty-six years,
and you will raise it up in three days?”
But he was speaking about the temple of his Body.
Monday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 17:1-6
"Be on your guard!
If your brother sins, rebuke him;
and if he repents, forgive him.
And if he wrongs you seven times in one day
and returns to you seven times saying, ‘I am sorry,’
you should forgive him.”
Friday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 16:1-8
And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, Bishop
Lk 15:1-10
"‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
In just the same way, I tell you,
there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
over one sinner who repents.”
Wednesday of the Thirty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:25-33
"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
cannot be my disciple."
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
(All Souls)
Jn 6:37-40
"For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.”
Solemnity of All Saints
Mt 5:1-12a
He began to teach them, saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven..."
Friday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 14:1-6
On a sabbath Jesus went to dine
at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
and the people there were observing him carefully.
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Lk 6:12-16
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
Wednesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:22-30
"For behold, some are last who will be first,
and some are first who will be last.”
Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”
Monday of the Thirtieth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 13:10-17
When Jesus saw her, he called to her and said,
“Woman, you are set free of your infirmity.”
He laid his hands on her,
and she at once stood up straight and glorified God.
Friday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:54-59
"You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky;
why do you not know how to interpret the present time?"
Thursday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:49-53
"There is a baptism with which I must be baptized,
and how great is my anguish until it is accomplished!”
Wednesday of the Twenty-ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 12:39-48
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward
whom the master will put in charge of his servants
to distribute the food allowance at the proper time?
Blessed is that servant whom his master on arrival finds doing so.
Truly, I say to you, he will put him
in charge of all his property.”
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs
Lk 12:35-38
"Blessed are those servants
whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”
Feast of Saint Luke, evangelist
Lk 10:1-9
The Lord Jesus appointed seventy-two disciples
whom he sent ahead of him in pairs
to every town and place he intended to visit.
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Lk 12:1-7
"I tell you, my friends,
do not be afraid of those who kill the body
but after that can do no more.”
Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:47-54
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
Wednesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:42-46
“Woe also to you scholars of the law!
You impose on people burdens hard to carry,
but you yourselves do not lift one finger to touch them.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:37-41
The Lord said to him, “Oh you Pharisees!
Although you cleanse the outside of the cup and the dish,
inside you are filled with plunder and evil."
Monday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:29-32
“This generation is an evil generation;
it seeks a sign, but no sign will be given it,
except the sign of Jonah."
Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:15-26
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand?”
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
Lk 11:5-13
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you.
For everyone who asks, receives;
and the one who seeks, finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened."
Wednesday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 11:1-4
“When you pray, say:
Father, hallowed be your name,
your Kingdom come.
Give us each day our daily bread
and forgive us our sins
for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us,
and do not subject us to the final test.”
Memorial of Saint Faustina Kowalska, virgin
Mt 11:25-30
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light.”
Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lk 10:25-37
"Which of these three, in your opinion,
was neighbor to the robbers’ victim?”
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Lk 10:13-16
"Whoever listens to you listens to me.
Whoever rejects you rejects me.
And whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Lk 10:1-12
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels
Jn 1:47-51
"You will see greater things than this.”
And he said to him, “Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-sixth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:51-56
When the disciples James and John saw this they asked,
“Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven
to consume them?”
Jesus turned and rebuked them,
and they journeyed to another village.
Memorial of Saint Vincent de Paul, Priest
Lk 9:46-50
Jesus said to him,
“Do not prevent him, for whoever is not against you is for you.”
Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:18-22
“The Son of Man must suffer greatly
and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes,
and be killed and on the third day be raised.”
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
Lk 9:7-9
Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening,
and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying,
“John has been raised from the dead”;
others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”;
still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelist
Mt 9:9-13
As Jesus passed by,
he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post.
He said to him, “Follow me.”
And he got up and followed him.
Memorial of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gon, Priest, and Paul Chong Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
Lk 8:16-18
Jesus said to the crowd:
“No one who lights a lamp conceals it with a vessel
or sets it under a bed;
rather, he places it on a lampstand”
Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Thursday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 7:36-50
"So I tell you, her many sins have been forgiven;
hence, she has shown great love.
But the one to whom little is forgiven, loves little.”
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
Jn 19:25-27
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
And from that hour the disciple took her into his home.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
Jn 3:13-17
“No one has gone up to heaven
except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
Memorial of Saint John Chrysostom, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Lk 7:1-10
“Lord, do not trouble yourself,
for I am not worthy to have you enter under my roof.”
Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:39-42
"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?"
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest
Lk 6:27-38
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven.
Give and gifts will be given to you;
a good measure, packed together, shaken down, and overflowing,
will be poured into your lap.
For the measure with which you measure
will in return be measured out to you.”
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:1-16, 18-23
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
Tuesday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:12-19
Jesus departed to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
When day came, he called his disciples to himself...
Monday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 6:6-11
“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Lk 5:33-39
And he also told them a parable.
“No one tears a piece from a new cloak to patch an old one.
Otherwise, he will tear the new
and the piece from it will not match the old cloak.
Likewise, no one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.
Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins.”
Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 5:1-11
Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.”
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.
Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:38-44
After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered the house of Simon.
Simon’s mother-in-law was afflicted with a severe fever,
and they interceded with him about her.
He stood over her, rebuked the fever, and it left her.
She got up immediately and waited on them.
Tuesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:31-37
They were all amazed and said to one another,
“What is there about his word?
For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits,
and they come out.”
And news of him spread everywhere in the surrounding region.
Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time
Lk 4:16-30
“Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Memorial of Saint Monica
Mt 25:1-13
"Therefore, stay awake,
for you know neither the day nor the hour.”
Thursday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 24:42-51
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stay awake!
For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.”
Wednesday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 23:27-32
Jesus said,
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,
but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing.”
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
Jn 1:45-51
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him,
“Here is a true child of Israel.
There is no duplicity in him.”
Monday of the Twenty-first Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 23:13-22
Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You lock the Kingdom of heaven before men.
You do not enter yourselves,
nor do you allow entrance to those trying to enter.”
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
Mt 22:34-40
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
Thursday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 22:1-14
"The feast is ready,
but those who were invited were not worthy to come.
Go out, therefore, into the main roads
and invite to the feast whomever you find.”
Wednesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 20:1-16
"Are you envious because I am generous?”
Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 19:23-30
“For men this is impossible,
but for God all things are possible.”
Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 19:16-22
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 19:3-12
“Have you not read that from the beginning
the Creator made them male and female and said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?"
Thursday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 18:21–19:1
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin
Mt 18:15-20
"Amen, I say to you,
whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven,
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
Jn 12:24-26
"Whoever loves his life loses it,
and whoever hates his life in this world
will preserve it for eternal life."
Monday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 17:22-27
“The Son of Man is to be handed over to men,
and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.”
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
Mk 9:2-10
Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;
from the cloud came a voice,
“This is my beloved Son. Listen to him.”
Thursday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 16:13-23
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.
I will give you the keys to the Kingdom of heaven.
Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven;
and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.”
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Mt 15: 21-28
Then Jesus said to her in reply,
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:22-36
When the disciples saw him walking on the sea they were terrified.
“It is a ghost,” they said, and they cried out in fear.
At once Jesus spoke to them, “Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid.”
Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 14:13-21
When he disembarked and saw the vast crowd,
his heart was moved with pity for them, and he cured their sick.
Friday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:54-58
“A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
Jn 11:19-27
“I am the resurrection and the life;
whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live,
and anyone who lives and believes in me will never die.
Do you believe this?”
Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:44-46
“The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field,
which a person finds and hides again,
and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.”
Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:36-43
“He who sows good seed is the Son of Man,
the field is the world, the good seed the children of the Kingdom.
The weeds are the children of the Evil One,
and the enemy who sows them is the Devil."
Memorial of Saints Joachim and Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 13:16-17
"Amen, I say to you, many prophets and righteous people
longed to see what you see but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:18-23
“Hear the parable of the sower.
The seed sown on the path is the one who hears the word of the Kingdom
without understanding it,
and the Evil One comes and steals away
what was sown in his heart."
Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene
Jn 20:1-2, 11-18
Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples,
“I have seen the Lord,”
and then reported what he told her."
Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 13:1-9
"But some seed fell on rich soil, and produced fruit,
a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Whoever has ears ought to hear.”
Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:46-50
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:38-42
“An evil and unfaithful generation seeks a sign,
but no sign will be given it
except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Just as Jonah was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights,
so will the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth
three days and three nights."
Friday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 12:1-8
"I say to you, something greater than the temple is here.
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.”
Memorial of Saint Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Mt 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin
Mt 11:25-27
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned
you have revealed them to the childlike.”
Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:34—11:1
“Whoever receives you receives me,
and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me."
Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:16-23
"You will be given at that moment what you are to say.
For it will not be you who speak
but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you."
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:7-15
"Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Without cost you have received; without cost you are to give."
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 10:1-7
As you go, make this proclamation: "The Kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:32-38
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.”
Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:18-26
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured."
Friday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:9-13
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
Thursday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 9:1-8
Jesus knew what they were thinking, and said,
"Why do you harbor evil thoughts?"
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:28-34
When Jesus came to the territory of the Gadarenes,
two demoniacs who were coming from the tombs met him.
They were so savage that no one could travel by that road.
They cried out, “What have you to do with us, Son of God?”
Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
Mt 16:13-19
“Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah,
still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Simon Peter said in reply,
“You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Memorial of Saint Irenaeus, Bishop and Martyr
Mt 8:18-22
“Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Friday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said,
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I will do it. Be made clean.”
Solemnity of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
Mass during the Day
Lk 1:57-66, 80
All who heard these things took them to heart, saying,
“What, then, will this child be?”
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.”
Wednesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Jn 15:4a, 5b
"Every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down
and thrown into the fire.
So by their fruits you will know them.”
Tuesday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 7:6, 12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga
Mt 7:1-5
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Stop judging, that you may not be judged.
For as you judge, so will you be judged,
and the measure with which you measure will be measured out to you.
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"
Friday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:19-23
"For where your treasure is, there also will your heart be.”
Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:7-15
“If you forgive others their transgressions,
your heavenly Father will forgive you.
But if you do not forgive others,
neither will your Father forgive your transgressions.”
Wednesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
"When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you,
as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets
to win the praise of others."
Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:43-48
"So be perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.”
Monday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:38-42
"When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one to him as well."
Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Jn 19:31-37
An eyewitness has testified, and his testimony is true;
he knows that he is speaking the truth,
so that you also may come to believe.
Thursday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:20-26
Jesus said to his disciples:
“I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill."
Tuesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:13-16
"You are the light of the world.
A city set on a mountain cannot be hidden.
Nor do they light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket;
it is set on a lampstand,
where it gives light to all in the house."
Monday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time
Mt 5:1-12
“Blessed are the poor in spirit,
for theirs is the Kingdom of heaven."
Friday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:35-37
“How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David?”
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions
Mk 12:28-34
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Wednesday of the Ninth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 12:18-27
"As for the dead being raised,
have you not read in the Book of Moses,
in the passage about the bush, how God told him,
I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac,
and the God of Jacob?
He is not God of the dead but of the living."
Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr
Mk 12:13-17
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Lk 1:39-56
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior,
for he has looked with favor on his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.”
Friday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 11:11-26
"When you stand to pray,
forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance,
so that your heavenly Father may in turn
forgive you your transgressions.”
Thursday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:46-52
Jesus said to him in reply, “What do you want me to do for you?”
The blind man replied to him, “Master, I want to see.”
Jesus told him, ‘Go your way; your faith has saved you.”
Immediately he received his sight
and followed him on the way."
Memorial of Saint Philip Neri
Mk 10:32-45
"For the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Tuesday of the Eighth Week in Ordinary Time
Mk 10:28-31
Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you,
there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters
or mother or father or children or lands
for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel
who will not receive a hundred times more now in this present age."
Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church
Jn 19:25-34
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 21:15-19
He said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time,
“Do you love me?” and he said to him,
“Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”
Thursday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:20-26
"I wish that where I am they also may be with me,
that they may see my glory that you gave me,
because you loved me before the foundation of the world."
Wednesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:11b-19
"Your word is truth.
As you sent me into the world,
so I sent them into the world.
And I consecrate myself for them,
so that they also may be consecrated in truth.”
Tuesday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 17:1-11a
"Now this is eternal life,
that they should know you, the only true God,
and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ."
Monday of the Seventh Week of Easter
Jn 16:29-33
"In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.”
Feast of Saint Matthias, Apostle
Jn 15:9-17
"I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
It was not you who chose me, but I who chose you
and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain,
so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.
This I command you: love one another.”
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
Mk 16:15-20
"These signs will accompany those who believe:
in my name they will drive out demons,
they will speak new languages.
They will pick up serpents with their hands,
and if they drink any deadly thing, it will not harm them.
They will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Wednesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:12-15
"Everything that the Father has is mine;
for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine
and declare it to you.”
Tuesday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 16:5-11
"But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you."
Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter
Jn 15:26—16:4a
“When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father,
the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father,
he will testify to me.
And you also testify,
because you have been with me from the beginning."
Friday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:12-17
Jesus said to his disciples:
“This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:9-11
Jesus said to his disciples:
“As the Father loves me, so I also love you.
Remain in my love.”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 15:1-8
“You are already pruned because of the word that I spoke to you.
Remain in me, as I remain in you.
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me.”
Tuesday of Fifth Week of Easter
Jn 14:27-31a
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.”
Feast of Saints Philip and James, Apostles
Jn 14:6-14
Whoever has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me?
Friday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 14:1-6
“Do not let your hearts be troubled.
You have faith in God; have faith also in me.
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places.
If there were not,
would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
Memorial of Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
Jn 13:16-20
"Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever receives the one I send
receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 12:44-50
“Whoever believes in me believes not only in me
but also in the one who sent me,
and whoever sees me sees the one who sent me.
I came into the world as light,
so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness."
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:22-30
Jesus answered them, “I told you and you do not believe.
The works I do in my Father’s name testify to me.
But you do not believe, because you are not among my sheep.
My sheep hear my voice;
I know them, and they follow me."
Monday of the Fourth Week of Easter
Jn 10:1-10
"I am the gate.
Whoever enters through me will be saved,
and will come in and go out and find pasture.”
Friday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:52-59
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood,
you do not have life within you.
Whoever eats my Flesh and drinks my Blood
has eternal life,
and I will raise him on the last day.
For my Flesh is true food,
and my Blood is true drink."
Thursday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:44-51
"I am the living bread that came down from heaven;
whoever eats this bread will live forever;
and the bread that I will give
is my Flesh for the life of the world.”
Wednesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:35-40
"Everything that the Father gives me will come to me,
and I will not reject anyone who comes to me,
because I came down from heaven not to do my own will
but the will of the one who sent me.”
Tuesday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:30-35
“Sir, give us this bread always.”
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life;
whoever comes to me will never hunger,
and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
Monday of the Third Week of Easter
Jn 6:22-29
"Do not work for food that perishes
but for the food that endures for eternal life,
which the Son of Man will give you.”
Friday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 6:1-15
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those who were reclining,
and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
When they had had their fill, he said to his disciples,
“Gather the fragments left over,
so that nothing will be wasted.”
So they collected them,
and filled twelve wicker baskets with fragments
from the five barley loaves that had been more than they could eat.
Thursday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:31-36
The one who comes from above is above all.
The one who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of earthly things.
But the one who comes from heaven is above all.
Wednesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:16-21
God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
Tuesday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:7b-15
No one has gone up to heaven
except the one who has come down from heaven, the Son of Man.
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.”
Monday of the Second Week of Easter
Jn 3:1-8
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless one is born of water and Spirit
he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Friday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 21:1-14
Jesus said to them, “Come, have breakfast.”
And none of the disciples dared to ask him, “Who are you?”
because they realized it was the Lord.
Thursday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:35-48
Then he said to them, “Why are you troubled?
And why do questions arise in your hearts?
Look at my hands and my feet, that it is I myself.
Touch me and see, because a ghost does not have flesh and bones
as you can see I have.”
Wednesday in the Octave of Easter
Lk 24:13-35
With that their eyes were opened and they recognized him,
but he vanished from their sight.
Then they said to each other,
“Were not our hearts burning within us
while he spoke to us on the way and opened the Scriptures to us?”
Tuesday in the Octave of Easter
Jn 20:11-18
Jesus said to her, “Stop holding on to me,
for I have not yet ascended to the Father."
Monday in the Octave of Easter
Mt 28:8-15
And behold, Jesus met them on their way and greeted them.
They approached, embraced his feet, and did him homage.
Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid.
Go tell my brothers to go to Galilee,
and there they will see me.”
Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
Jn 18:1—19:42
After this, aware that everything was now finished,
in order that the Scripture might be fulfilled,
Jesus said, “I thirst.”
There was a vessel filled with common wine.
So they put a sponge soaked in wine on a sprig of hyssop
and put it up to his mouth.
When Jesus had taken the wine, he said,
“It is finished.”
And bowing his head, he handed over the spirit.
Holy Thursday
Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Jn 13:1-15
"If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
Wednesday of Holy Week
Mt 26:14-25
“Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Deeply distressed at this,
they began to say to him one after another,
“Surely it is not I, Lord?”
Tuesday of Holy Week
Jn 13:21-33, 36-38
“Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself,
and he will glorify him at once.”
Monday of Holy Week
Jn 12:1-11
The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came,
not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus,
whom he had raised from the dead.
And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,
because many of the Jews were turning away
and believing in Jesus because of him.
Friday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 10:31-42
"If I do not perform my Father’s works, do not believe me;
but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,
believe the works, so that you may realize and understand
that the Father is in me and I am in the Father.”
Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord
Lk 1:26-38
“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Wednesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:31-42
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.”
Tuesday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:21-30
“When you lift up the Son of Man,
then you will realize that I AM,
and that I do nothing on my own,
but I say only what the Father taught me.
The one who sent me is with me.
He has not left me alone,
because I always do what is pleasing to him.”
Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent
Jn 8:1-11
“Let the one among you who is without sin
be the first to throw a stone at her.”
Solemnity of Saint Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24a
“Joseph, son of David,
do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.
For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
Thursday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:31-47
How can you believe, when you accept praise from one another
and do not seek the praise that comes from the only God?
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:17-30
“Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own,
but only what he sees the Father doing;
for what he does, the Son will do also.”
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 5:1-16
Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your mat, and walk.”
Immediately the man became well, took up his mat, and walked.
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent
Jn 4:43-54
“Sir, come down before my child dies.”
Jesus said to him, “You may go; your son will live.”
The man believed what Jesus said to him and left.
Friday of the Third Week of Lent
Mk 12:28-34
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul,
with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 11:14-23
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house.
And if Satan is divided against himself,
how will his kingdom stand?”
Wednesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 5:17-19
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets.
I have come not to abolish but to fulfill.”
Tuesday of the Third Week of Lent
Mt 18:21-35
Peter approached Jesus and asked him,
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times."
Monday of the Third Week of Lent
Lk 4:24-30
Jesus said to the people in the synagogue at Nazareth:
“Amen, I say to you,
no prophet is accepted in his own native place."
Friday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 21:33-43, 45-46
The stone that the builders rejected
has become the cornerstone;
by the Lord has this been done,
and it is wonderful in our eyes?
Thursday of the Second Week of Lent
Lk 16:19-31
Abraham replied, ‘My child,
remember that you received what was good during your lifetime
while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented."
Wednesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 20:17-28
"Just so, the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve
and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Tuesday of the Second Week of Lent
Mt 23:1-12
"The greatest among you must be your servant.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.”
Monday of the Second Week in Lent
Lk 6:36-38
Jesus said to his disciples:
“Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”
Friday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 5:20-26
“I tell you,
unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven."
Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 7:7-12
“Do to others whatever you would have them do to you.
This is the law and the prophets.”
Wednesday of the First Week of Lent
Lk 11:29-32
"Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
Tuesday of the First Week of Lent
Mt 6:7-15
"Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.”
Feast of the Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle
Mt 16:13-19
"And so I say to you, you are Peter,
and upon this rock I will build my Church,
and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
Friday after Ash Wednesday
Mt 9:14-15
Jesus answered them, “Can the wedding guests mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them?
The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them,
and then they will fast.”
Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Lk 9:22-25
“If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself
and take up his cross daily and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
Ash Wednesday
Mt 6:1-6, 16-18
“Take care not to perform righteous deeds
in order that people may see them;
otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father."
Mk 8:14-21
Do you not yet understand or comprehend?
Are your hearts hardened?
Do you have eyes and not see, ears and not hear?
Mk 8:11-13
“Why does this generation seek a sign?
Amen, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
Mk 7:31-37
And immediately the man’s ears were opened,
his speech impediment was removed,
and he spoke plainly.
Memorial of Saint Scholastica, Virgin
Mk 7:14-23
“Hear me, all of you, and understand.
Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person;
but the things that come out from within are what defile.”
Mk 7:1-13
This people honors me with their lips,
but their hearts are far from me;
in vain do they worship me,
teaching as doctrines human precepts.
Mk 6:53-56
As they were leaving the boat, people immediately recognized him.
They scurried about the surrounding country
and began to bring in the sick on mats
to wherever they heard he was.
Memorial of Saint Agatha, Virgin and Martyr
Mk 6:14-29
Herod feared John, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man,
and kept him in custody.
When he heard him speak he was very much perplexed,
yet he liked to listen to him.
Mk 6:7-13
The Twelve drove out many demons,
and they anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them.
Memorial of Saint Blase, bishop and martyr
Mk 16:15-20
So then the Lord Jesus, after he spoke to them,
was taken up into heaven
and took his seat at the right hand of God.
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
Lk 2:22-32
“Now, Master, you may let your servant go
in peace, according to your word,
for my eyes have seen your salvation,
which you prepared in the sight of all the peoples:
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and glory for your people Israel.”
Mk 5:1-20
Catching sight of Jesus from a distance,
he ran up and prostrated himself before him,
crying out in a loud voice,
“What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God?
Mk 4:26-34
“To what shall we compare the Kingdom of God,
or what parable can we use for it?
It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground,
is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth.
But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants
and puts forth large branches,
so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”
Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the Church
Mt 23:8-12
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted."
Mk 4:1-20
"But those sown on rich soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it
and bear fruit thirty and sixty and a hundredfold.”
Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus
Lk 10:1-9
"The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest."
Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle
Mk 16:15-18
Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them:
“Go into the whole world
and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.
Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Mk 3:13-19
He appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles,
that they might be with him
and he might send them forth to preach
and to have authority to drive out demons.
Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
Mk 3:7-12
And whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him
and shout, “You are the Son of God.”
Mk 3:1-6
“Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
Mk 2:23-28
“The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath.
That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.”
Mk 2:1-12
They were all astounded
and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this.”
Mk 1:40-45
A leper came to him and kneeling down begged him and said,
“If you wish, you can make me clean.”
Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand,
touched the leper, and said to him,
“I do will it. Be made clean.”
Mk 1:29-39
For this purpose have I come.”
So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons
throughout the whole of Galilee.
Mk 1:21-28
Jesus came to Capernaum with his followers,
and on the sabbath he entered the synagogue and taught.
The people were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.
Monday, January 11, 2021
Mk 1:14-20
“This is the time of fulfillment.
The Kingdom of God is at hand.
Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
Friday after Epiphany
Lk 5:12-16
The report about him spread all the more,
and great crowds assembled to listen to him
and to be cured of their ailments,
but he would withdraw to deserted places to pray.
Thursday after Epiphany
Lk 4:14-22
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.”
Wednesday after Epiphany
Mk 6:45-52
But at once he spoke with them,
“Take courage, it is I, do not be afraid!”
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious
Mt 4:12-17, 23-25
From that time on, Jesus began to preach and say,
"Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.”
Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God
LK 2:16-21
The shepherds went in haste to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph,
and the infant lying in the manger.
The Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
JN 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with God.
All things came to be through him,
and without him nothing came to be.
The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
LK 2:22-35
“Lord, now let your servant go in peace;
your word has been fulfilled:
my own eyes have seen the salvation
which you prepared in the sight of every people,
a light to reveal you to the nations
and the glory of your people Israel.”
Feast of the Holy Innocents, martyrs
MT 2:13-18
Joseph rose and took the child and his mother by night
and departed for Egypt.
He stayed there until the death of Herod,
that what the Lord had said through the prophet might be fulfilled,
Out of Egypt I called my son
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
Jn 1:1-18
In the beginning was the Word,
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.
Thursday in the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:67-79
"In the tender compassion of our God
the dawn from on high shall break upon us,
to shine on those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death,
and to guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:57-66
“What, then, will this child be?"
For surely the hand of the Lord was with him.
Tuesday of the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:46-56
“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my savior.”
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
LK 1:39-45
For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears,
the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
Friday of the Third Week of Advent
MT 1:18-25
All this took place to fulfill
what the Lord had said through the prophet:
Behold, the virgin shall be with child and bear a son,
and they shall name him Emmanuel,
which means “God is with us.”
Thursday of the Third Week of Advent
MT 1:1-17
Thus the total number of generations
from Abraham to David
is fourteen generations;
from David to the Babylonian exile, fourteen generations;
from the Babylonian exile to the Christ,
fourteen generations.
Wednesday of the Third Week of Advent
LK 7:18B-23
“Go and tell John what you have seen and heard:
the blind regain their sight,
the lame walk,
lepers are cleansed,
the deaf hear, the dead are raised,
the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.
And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me.”
Tuesday of the Third Week of Advent
MT 21:28-32
Jesus said to them, “Amen, I say to you,
tax collectors and prostitutes
are entering the Kingdom of God before you.”
Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church
MT 21:23-27
“By what authority are you doing these things?
And who gave you this authority?”
Friday of the Second Week of Advent
MT 11:16-19
"But wisdom is vindicated by her works.”
Thursday of the Second Week of Advent
MT 11:11-15
“Amen, I say to you,
among those born of women
there has been none greater than John the Baptist;
yet the least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than he.”
Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent
Mt 11:28-30
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
LK 1:26-38
Mary said, “Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.”
Then the angel departed from her.
Memorial of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
LK 5:17-26
Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God,
and, struck with awe, they said,
“We have seen incredible things today.”
Friday of the First Week of Advent
MT 9:27-31
“Let it be done for you according to your faith.”
Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, Priest
MT 7:21, 24-27
“Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them
will be like a wise man who built his house on rock.”
Wednesday of the First Week of Advent
MT 15:29-37
He ordered the crowd to sit down on the ground.
Then he took the seven loaves and the fish,
gave thanks, broke the loaves,
and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
They all ate and were satisfied.
They picked up the fragments left over–seven baskets full.
LK 10:21-24
“Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
For I say to you,
many prophets and kings desired to see what you see,
but did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”
Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle
MT 4:18-22
“Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.”
Thanksgiving Day
Lk 17:11-19
And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
He was a Samaritan.
LK 21:12-19
"You will be hated by all because of my name,
but not a hair on your head will be destroyed."
Memorial of Saint Andrew Dung-Lac, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs
LK 21:5-11
“See that you not be deceived,
for many will come in my name, saying,
‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’
Do not follow them!"
LK 21:1-4
“I tell you truly,
this poor widow put in more than all the rest;
for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth,
but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”
LK 19:45-48
“It is written,
My house shall be a house of prayer,
but you have made it a den of thieves.”
LK 19:41-44
As Jesus drew near Jerusalem,
he saw the city and wept over it, saying,
“If this day you only knew what makes for peace–
but now it is hidden from your eyes."
Lk 19:11-28
He replied, "I tell you,
to everyone who has, more will be given,
but from the one who has not,
even what he has will be taken away."
Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious
LK 19:1-10
When they saw this, they began to grumble, saying,
“He has gone to stay at the house of a sinner.”
Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini
LK 17:26-37
"Whoever seeks to preserve his life will lose it,
but whoever loses it will save it."
Memorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr
Jn 17:20-26
"Holy Father,
I pray not only for these,
but also for those who will believe in me through their word,
so that they may all be one,
as you, Father, are in me and I in you,
that they also may be in us,
that the world may believe that you sent me.”
Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, Bishop
Lk 17:11-19
“Stand up and go;
your faith has saved you.”
Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Lk 17:7-10
"We are unprofitable servants;
we have done what we were obliged to do.”
Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
JN 2:13-22
“Take these out of here, and stop making my Father’s house a marketplace.”
LK 16:1-8
"For the children of this world
are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
than the children of light.”
LK 15:1-10
"I tell you, in just the same way
there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
than over ninety-nine righteous people
who have no need of repentance.”
Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop
LK 14:25-33
"Which of you wishing to construct a tower
does not first sit down and calculate the cost
to see if there is enough for its completion?"
LK 14:15-24
The master then ordered the servant,
"Go out to the highways and hedgerows
and make people come in that my home may be filled."
The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
JN 6:37-40
"For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.”
LK 14:1-6
“Who among you, if your son or ox falls into a cistern,
would not immediately pull him out on the sabbath day?”
LK 13:31-35
"But I tell you, you will not see me until the time comes when you say,
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
LK 6:12-16
Jesus went up to the mountain to pray,
and he spent the night in prayer to God.
LK 13:18-21
Jesus said, “What is the Kingdom of God like?
To what can I compare it?
It is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in the garden.
When it was fully grown, it became a large bush
and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches.”
LK 13:10-17
When he said this, all his adversaries were humiliated;
and the whole crowd rejoiced at all the splendid deeds done by him.
LK 12:54-59
"If you are to go with your opponent before a magistrate,
make an effort to settle the matter on the way”
Memorial of Saint John Paul II
Jn 21:15-17
"Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you."
Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep."
LK 12:39-48
"Much will be required of the person entrusted with much,
and still more will be demanded of the person entrusted with more.”
LK 12:35-38
"And should he come in the second or third watch
and find them prepared in this way,
blessed are those servants.”
Memorial of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs
LK 12:13-21
“Take care to guard against all greed,
for though one may be rich,
one’s life does not consist of possessions.”
LK 12:1-7
"I tell you, my friends,
do not be afraid of those who kill the body
but after that can do no more.”
Memorial of Saint Teresa of Jesus, Doctor of the Church
LK 11:47-54
When Jesus left, the scribes and Pharisees
began to act with hostility toward him
and to interrogate him about many things,
for they were plotting to catch him at something he might say.
LK 11:42-46
“Woe to you Pharisees!
You pay tithes of mint and of rue and of every garden herb,
but you pay no attention to judgment and to love for God."
LK 11:37-41
The Pharisee was amazed to see
that he did not observe the prescribed washing before the meal.
LK 11:29-32
"Just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites,
so will the Son of Man be to this generation."
LK 11:15-26
“Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste
and house will fall against house."
LK 11:5-13
“And I tell you, ask and you will receive;
seek and you will find;
knock and the door will be opened to you."
Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary
LK 11:1-4
“Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
LK 10:38-42
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.
There is need of only one thing.
Mary has chosen the better part
and it will not be taken from her.”
LK 10:25-37
He answered, “The one who treated him with mercy.”
Jesus said to him, “Go and do likewise.”
Memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels
MT 18:1-5, 10
“Amen, I say to you, unless you turn and become like children,
you will not enter the Kingdom of heaven.”
Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church
LK 10:1-12
The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few;
so ask the master of the harvest
to send out laborers for his harvest.
Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church
LK 9:57-62
“Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests,
but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.”
Feast of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, archangels
JN 1:47-51
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
you will see heaven opened
and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Luke 9:18-22
Then he said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
Peter said in reply, “The Christ of God.”
Luke 9:7-9
“One of the ancient prophets has arisen.”
But Herod said, “John I beheaded.
Who then is this about whom I hear such things?”
Memorial of Saint Pius of Pietrelcina, Priest
Luke 9:1-6
Jesus summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority
over all demons and to cure diseases,
and he sent them to proclaim the Kingdom of God
and to heal the sick.
Luke 8:19-21
He said to them in reply, “My mother and my brothers
are those who hear the word of God and act on it.”
Feast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Matthew 9:9-13
The Pharisees saw this and said to his disciples,
“Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
He heard this and said,
“Those who are well do not need a physician, but the sick do.
Go and learn the meaning of the words,
I desire mercy, not sacrifice.
I did not come to call the righteous but sinners.”
Luke 8:1-3
Jesus journeyed from one town and village to another,
preaching and proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom of God.
Luke 7:36-50
He said to her, “Your sins are forgiven.”
The others at table said to themselves,
“Who is this who even forgives sins?”
But he said to the woman,
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
Memorial of Saints Cornelius and Cyprian
Luke 7:31-35
"We played the flute for you, but you did not dance.
We sang a dirge, but you did not weep."
Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows
John 19:25-27
Standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother
and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas,
and Mary Magdalene.
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
John 3:13-17
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son,
so that everyone who believes in him might not perish
but might have eternal life.
Luke 6:39-42
"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own?"
Luke 6:27-38
“Stop judging and you will not be judged.
Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.
Forgive and you will be forgiven."
Memorial of Saint Peter Claver, Priest
Luke 6:20-26
"Blessed are you when people hate you,
and when they exclude and insult you,
and denounce your name as evil
on account of the Son of Man.Rejoice and leap for joy on that day!"
Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Matthew 1:18-23
"For it is through the Holy Spirit
that this child has been conceived in her.
She will bear a son and you are to name him Jesus,
because he will save his people from their sins.”
Luke 6:6-11
Then Jesus said to them,
“I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the sabbath
rather than to do evil,
to save life rather than to destroy it?”
Luke 5:33-39
“No one pours new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins,
and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined.
Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins."
Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church
Luke 5:1-11
Jesus said to Simon, “Do not be afraid;
from now on you will be catching men.”
When they brought their boats to the shore,
they left everything and followed him.
Luke 4:38-44
At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.
The crowds went looking for him, and when they came to him,
they tried to prevent him from leaving them.
But he said to them, “To the other towns also
I must proclaim the good news of the Kingdom of God,
because for this purpose I have been sent.”
Luke 4:31-37
Jesus went down to Capernaum, a town of Galilee.
He taught them on the sabbath,
and they were astonished at his teaching
because he spoke with authority.
Memorial of Saint Augustine, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 25:1-13
“The Kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins
who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
The foolish ones, when taking their lamps,
brought no oil with them,
but the wise brought flasks of oil with their lamps.”
Memorial of St. Monica
Matthew 24:42-51
“Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant,
whom the master has put in charge of his household
to distribute to them their food at the proper time?"
Matthew 23:27-32
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites.
You are like whitewashed tombs, which appear beautiful on the outside,
but inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of filth.
Even so, on the outside you appear righteous,
but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and evildoing."
Matthew 23:23-26
"You cleanse the outside of cup and dish,
but inside they are full of plunder and self-indulgence.
Blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup,
so that the outside also may be clean.”
Feast of Saint Bartholomew, Apostle
John 1:45-51
“We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the law,
and also the prophets, Jesus son of Joseph, from Nazareth.”
But Nathanael said to him,
“Can anything good come from Nazareth?”
Philip said to him, “Come and see.”
Memorial of Saint Pius X, Pope
Matthew 22:34-40
“Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?”
He said to him,
“You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart,
with all your soul, and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments.”
Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church
Matthew 22:1-14
“The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a king
who gave a wedding feast for his son.
He dispatched his servants to summon the invited guests to the feast,
but they refused to come.”
Matthew 20:1-16
“‘Are you envious because I am generous?’
Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Matthew 19:23-30
When the disciples heard this, they were greatly astonished and said,
“Who then can be saved?”
Jesus looked at them and said,
“For men this is impossible,
but for God all things are possible.”
Matthew 19:16-22
“All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?”
Jesus said to him, “If you wish to be perfect, go,
sell what you have and give to the poor,
and you will have treasure in heaven.
Then come, follow me.”
When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad,
for he had many possessions.
Memorial of Saint Maximilian Kolbe, Priest and Martyr
Matthew 9:3-12
“Have you not read that from the beginning
the Creator made them male and female and said,
For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother
and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh?”
Matthew 18:21-19:1
“Lord, if my brother sins against me,
how often must I forgive him?
As many as seven times?”
Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times.”
Matthew 18:15-20
“If your brother sins against you,
go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.
If he listens to you, you have won over your brother.”
Memorial of St. Clare, Virgin
Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14
“If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray,
will he not leave the ninety-nine in the hills
and go in search of the stray?”
Feast of Saint Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr
John 12:24-26
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies,
it remains just a grain of wheat;
but if it dies, it produces much fruit.”
Matthew 16:24-28
“Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself,
take up his cross, and follow me.
For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord
MT 17:1-9
“Lord, it is good that we are here.
If you wish, I will make three tents here,
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”
Matthew 15: 21-28
“O woman, great is your faith!
Let it be done for you as you wish.”
And her daughter was healed from that hour.
Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest
Matthew 15:1-2, 10-14
It is not what enters one’s mouth that defiles the man;
but what comes out of the mouth is what defiles one.”
Matthew 14:22-36
Peter got out of the boat and began to walk on the water toward Jesus.
But when he saw how strong the wind was he became frightened;
and, beginning to sink, he cried out, “Lord, save me!”
Matthew 13:54-58
"A prophet is not without honor except in his native place
and in his own house.”
And he did not work many mighty deeds there
because of their lack of faith.
Matthew 13:47-53
The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea,
which collects fish of every kind.
Memorial of Saint Martha
Luke 10:38-42
Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said,
“Lord, do you not care
that my sister has left me by myself to do the serving?
Tell her to help me."
Matthew 13:36-43
They will throw them into the fiery furnace
where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.
Matthew 13:31-35
The Kingdom of heaven is like yeast
that a woman took and mixed with three measures of wheat flour
until the whole batch was leavened.
Matthew 13:18-23
But the seed sown on rich soil
is the one who hears the word and understands it,
who indeed bears fruit and yields a hundred or sixty or thirtyfold.
Matthew 13:10-17
To anyone who has, more will be given and he will grow rich;
from anyone who has not, even what he has will be taken away.
John 20:1-2, 11-18
Jesus said to her,
“Stop holding on to me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father.
But go to my brothers and tell them,
‘I am going to my Father and your Father,
to my God and your God.’”
Matthew 12:46-50
“Here are my mother and my brothers.
For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father
is my brother, and sister, and mother.”
Matthew 12:1-8
If you knew what this meant, I desire mercy, not sacrifice,
you would not have condemned these innocent men.
For the Son of Man is Lord of the sabbath.
Matthew 11:28-30
Jesus said:
“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest."
Matthew 11:20-24
Jesus began to reproach the towns
where most of his mighty deeds had been done,
since they had not repented.
Matthew 10:34-11:1
“Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me,
and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me;
and whoever does not take up his cross
and follow after me is not worthy of me."
Matthew 10:24-33
Everyone who acknowledges me before others
I will acknowledge before my heavenly Father.
But whoever denies me before others,
I will deny before my heavenly Father.
Matthew 10:16-23
Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves;
so be shrewd as serpents and simple as doves.
Matthew 10:7-15
Jesus said to his Apostles:
“As you go, make this proclamation:
‘The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Cure the sick, raise the dead,
cleanse the lepers, drive out demons.
Matthew 10:1-7
The names of the Twelve Apostles are these:
first, Simon called Peter, and his brother Andrew;
James, the son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
Philip and Bartholomew,
Thomas and Matthew the tax collector;
James, the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddeus;
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot
who betrayed Jesus.
Matthew 9:32-38
At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them
because they were troubled and abandoned,
like sheep without a shepherd.
Matthew 9:18-26
She said to herself, “If only I can touch his cloak, I shall be cured.”
Jesus turned around and saw her, and said,
“Courage, daughter! Your faith has saved you.”
And from that hour the woman was cured.
Matthew 9:14-17
No one patches an old cloak with a piece of unshrunken cloth,
for its fullness pulls away from the cloak and the tear gets worse.
People do not put new wine into old wineskins.
Otherwise the skins burst, the wine spills out, and the skins are ruined.
Rather, they pour new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved
John 20:24-29
Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me?
Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”
Matthew 9:1-8
After entering a boat, Jesus made the crossing, and came into his own town.
And there people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic,
“Courage, child, your sins are forgiven.”
Amos 5:14-15, 21-24
Seek good and not evil,
that you may live;
Then truly will the LORD, the God of hosts,
be with you as you claim!
Matthew 8:23-27
They came and woke him, saying,
“Lord, save us! We are perishing!”
He said to them, “Why are you terrified, O you of little faith?”
Matthew 8:5-17
Jesus entered the house of Peter,
and saw his mother-in-law lying in bed with a fever.
He touched her hand, the fever left her,
and she rose and waited on him.
Matthew 8:1-4
When Jesus came down from the mountain, great crowds followed him.
And then a leper approached, did him homage, and said,
“Lord, if you wish, you can make me clean.”
He stretched out his hand, touched him, and said,
“I will do it. Be made clean.
Matthew 7:21-29
When Jesus finished these words,
the crowds were astonished at his teaching,
for he taught them as one having authority,
and not as their scribes.
Matthew 7:6, 12-14
“Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine,
lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces."
Matthew 7:1-5
"Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye,
but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?"
Luke 2:41-51
“Son, why have you done this to us?
Your father and I have been looking for you with great anxiety.”
Matthew 11:25-30
"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,
for I am meek and humble of heart;
and you will find rest for yourselves.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden light."
Matthew 6:7-15
Jesus said to his disciples:
“In praying, do not babble like the pagans,
who think that they will be heard because of their many words.
Do not be like them.
Your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18
“When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites.
They neglect their appearance,
so that they may appear to others to be fasting."
Matthew 5:43-48
But I say to you, love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute you,
that you may be children of your heavenly Father,
for he makes his sun rise on the bad and the good,
and causes rain to fall on the just and the unjust.
Matthew 5:38-42
Jesus said to his disciples:
“You have heard that it was said,
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
But I say to you, offer no resistance to one who is evil.
When someone strikes you on your right cheek,
turn the other one to him as well."
Matthew 5:33-37
Let your ‘Yes’ mean ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No’ mean ‘No.’
Anything more is from the Evil One.”
Matthew 5:27-32
If your right eye causes you to sin,
tear it out and throw it away.
It is better for you to lose one of your members
than to have your whole body thrown into Gehenna.
Matthew, 5:20-26
I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that
of the scribes and Pharisees,
you will not enter into the Kingdom of heaven.
1 KGS 18:20-39
“How long will you straddle the issue?
If the LORD is God, follow him; if Baal, follow him.”
Matthew 5:13-16
You are the salt of the earth.
But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned?
Mark 12:38-44
A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents.
Calling his disciples to himself, he said to them,
“Amen, I say to you, this poor widow put in more
than all the other contributors to the treasury.
Mark 12:28-34
“Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this:
Hear, O Israel!
The Lord our God is Lord alone!
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,
with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength.
The second is this:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
There is no other commandment greater than these.”
2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12
For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame
the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands.
For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice
but rather of power and love and self-control.
Mark 12:13-17
“Repay to Caesar what belongs to Caesar
and to God what belongs to God.”
They were utterly amazed at him.
John 19:25-34
When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple there whom he loved,
he said to his mother, “Woman, behold, your son.”
Then he said to the disciple,
“Behold, your mother.”
John 21:20-25
There are also many other things that Jesus did,
but if these were to be described individually,
I do not think the whole world would contain the books
that would be written.
John 21:15-19
He said to him the third time,
“Simon, son of John, do you love me?”
Peter was distressed that he had said to him a third time.
John 17:20-26
I made known to them your name and I will make it known,
that the love with which you loved me
may be in them and I in them.
ACTS 20:28-38
I know that after my departure savage wolves will come among you,
and they will not spare the flock.
John 17:1-11A
Now this is eternal life,
that they should know you, the only true God,
and the one whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
I believe part of what eternal life means is not to be forgotten.
John 16:29-33
In the world you will have trouble,
but take courage, I have conquered the world.
What does it mean to take courage?
John 16:23B-28
For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me
and have come to believe that I came from God.
I came from the Father and have come into the world.
If you want to know how your relationship is with God, just gauge how your relationships are with those around you.
John 16:5-11
But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go.
For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you.
John 15:26—16:4A
In fact, the hour is coming when everyone who kills you
will think he is offering worship to God.
John 15:18-21
If the world hates you, realize that it hated me first.
If you belonged to the world, the world would love its own;
but because you do not belong to the world,
and I have chosen you out of the world,
the world hates you.
John 15:12-17
I have called you friends,
because I have told you everything I have heard from my Father.
John 15:9-17
This is my commandment: love one another as I love you.
No one has greater love than this,
to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
John 15:1-8
Just as a branch cannot bear fruit on its own
unless it remains on the vine,
so neither can you unless you remain in me
John 14:27-31A
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you.
Not as the world gives do I give it to you.
Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.
John 14:21-26
“I have told you this while I am with you.
The Advocate, the Holy Spirit
whom the Father will send in my name
he will teach you everything
and remind you of all that I told you.”
Amen, amen, I say to you,
whoever believes in me will do the works that I do,
and will do greater ones than these,
because I am going to the Father.
John 14:7-14
In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places. If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?
John 14:1-6
From now on I am telling you before it happens,
so that when it happens you may believe that I AM.
John 13:16-20
I came into the world as light,
so that everyone who believes in me might not remain in darkness.
And if anyone hears my words and does not observe them,
I do not condemn him,
for I did not come to condemn the world but to save the world.
John 12:44-50
My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can take them out of the Father’s hand. The Father and I are one.
John 10:22-30
I am the good shepherd.
A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
John 10:11-18
Simon Peter answered him, “Master, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life."
John 6:60-69
"Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the Flesh of the Son of Man and drink his Blood, you do not have life within you."
John 6:52-59
For this is the will of my Father,
that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him
may have eternal life,
and I shall raise him on the last day.
John 6:35-40
Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me will never hunger, and whoever believes in me will never thirst.”
John 6: 30-35
"Do not work for food that perishes but for the food that endures for eternal life,which the Son of Man will give you."
John 6:22-29
John 6:1-15
Then Jesus took the loaves, gave thanks,
and distributed them to those who were reclining,
and also as much of the fish as they wanted.
John 3:16-21
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,
but that the world might be saved through him
John 3: 7B-15
"And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert,
so must the Son of Man be lifted up,
so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life."
John 3: 1-8
“Amen, amen, I say to you,
unless one is born from above, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Mark 16:9-15 "Christ said, 'Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature.'"
John 21:1-14
"It is very heartwarming to notice that often when the Risen Christ appears to his disciples, a meal is close at hand."
Luke 24: 35-48
"Even after Christ was raised from the dead, the wounds of his passion remained"
Luke 24:13-35 "Then the two recounted what had taken place on the way
and how he was made known to them in the breaking of the bread."