Daily Reading

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Bernard, abbot and doctor of the Church Reading I Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 Once in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land; so a man from Bethlehem of Judah departed with his wife and two sons to reside on the plateau of Moab. […]

Reading I Jgs 11:29-39a The Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and through Mizpah-Gilead as well, and from there he went on to the Ammonites. Jephthah made a vow to the LORD. “If you deliver the Ammonites into my power,” he said, “whoever comes out of the doors

Reading I Jgs 9:6-15 All the citizens of Shechem and all Beth-millo came together and proceeded to make Abimelech king by the terebinth at the memorial pillar in Shechem. When this was reported to him, Jotham went to the top of Mount Gerizim and, standing there, cried out to them in a loud voice: “Hear

Reading I Jgs 6:11-24a The angel of the LORD came and sat under the terebinth in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite. While his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press to save it from the Midianites, the angel of the LORD appeared to him and said, “The LORD is with

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

Reading I Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come. When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, “Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!” Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: “I am certain that his eyes will be

Reading I Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray:     “You are righteous, O Lord,         and all your deeds are just;     All your ways are mercy and truth;         you are the judge of the world.     And now,

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my courtyard  to sleep next to the courtyard wall.  My face was uncovered because of the heat.  I did not know there were birds perched on the wall

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

Reading 1 Is 55:1-3 Thus says the LORD: All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and eat; Come, without paying and without cost, drink wine and milk! Why spend your money for what is not bread; your wages for what fails to satisfy? Heed me,