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First Sunday of Lent
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm Lectionary: 24 Reading I Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying: “The priest shall receive the basket from you and shall set it in front of the altar of the LORD, your God. Then you shall declare before the Lord, your God, ‘My father was a wandering Aramean who went down to Egypt… | Continue reading..
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030225.cfm Lectionary: 84 Reading I Sirach 27:4-7 When a sieve is shaken, the husks appear; so do one’s faults when one speaks. As the test of what the potter molds is in the furnace, so in tribulation is the test of the just. The fruit of a tree shows the care it has had; so… | Continue reading..
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022325.cfm Lectionary: 81 Reading I 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziph with three thousand picked men of Israel, to search for David in the desert of Ziph. So David and Abishai went among Saul’s soldiers by night and found Saul lying asleep within the… | Continue reading..
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021625.cfm Lectionary: 78 Reading I Jeremiah 17:5-8 Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the one who trusts in human beings, who seeks his strength in flesh, whose heart turns away from the LORD. He is like a barren bush in the desert that enjoys no change of season, but stands in a lava waste, a… | Continue reading..
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020925.cfm Lectionary: 75 Reading 1 Isaiah 6:1-2a, 3-8 In the year King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a high and lofty throne, with the train of his garment filling the temple. Seraphim were stationed above. They cried one to the other, “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of hosts! All the earth… | Continue reading..
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020225.cfm Lectionary: 524 Reading I Malachi 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord GOD: Lo, I am sending my messenger to prepare the way before me; And suddenly there will come to the temple the LORD whom you seek, And the messenger of the covenant whom you desire. Yes, he is coming, says the LORD of… | Continue reading..
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011925.cfm Lectionary: 66 Reading I Isaiah 62:1-5 For Zion’s sake I will not be silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines forth like the dawn and her victory like a burning torch. Nations shall behold your vindication, and all the kings your glory; you shall be called by a… | Continue reading..
The Baptism of the Lord
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011225.cfm Lectionary: 21 Reading I Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 Thus says the LORD: Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his voice heard in the street…. | Continue reading..
The Epiphany of the Lord
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010525.cfm Lectionary: 20 Reading I Isaiah 60:1-6 Rise up in splendor, Jerusalem! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. See, darkness covers the earth, and thick clouds cover the peoples; but upon you the LORD shines, and over you appears his glory. Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by… | Continue reading..
Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God The Octave Day of Christmas
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010125.cfm Lectionary: 18 Reading I Numbers 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses: “Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them: This is how you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them: The LORD bless you and keep you! The LORD let his face shine upon you, and be gracious to you! The LORD look… | Continue reading..
