Readings

Weekly Bible Readings

  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
    June 7, 2026 First Reading Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a Moses said to the people:“Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God,has directed all your journeying in the desert,so as ...
  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
    May 31, 2026 First Reading Exodus 34:4b-6, 8-9 Early in the morning Moses went up Mount Sinaias the LORD had commanded him,taking along the two stone tablets. Having come down in ...
  • Pentecost Sunday
    May 24, 2026 First Reading Genesis 11:1-9 The whole world spoke the same language, using the same words.While the people were migrating in the east,they came upon ...
  • Seventh Sunday of Easter – Ascension
    May 17, 2026 First Reading Acts 1:12-14 After Jesus had been taken up to heaven the apostlesreturned to Jerusalemfrom the mount called Olivet, which is near ...
  • Sixth Sunday of Easter
    May 10, 2026 First Reading Acts 8:5-8, 14-17 Philip went down to the city of Samariaand proclaimed the Christ to them.With one accord, the crowds paid attention to what was said ...
  • Fifth Sunday of Easter
    May 3, 2026 First Reading Acts 6:1-7 As the number of disciples continued to grow,the Hellenists complained against the Hebrewsbecause their widowswere being neglected in the daily distribution.So ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Easter
    April 26, 2026 First Reading Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,raised his voice, and proclaimed:“Let the whole house of Israel know for certainthat God has ...
  • Third Sunday of Easter
    April 19, 2026 First Reading Acts 2:14, 22-33 Then Peter stood up with the Eleven,raised his voice, and proclaimed:“You who are Jews, indeed all of you staying in Jerusalem.Let this ...
  • Sunday of Divine Mercy
    April 12, 2026 First Reading Acts 2:42-47 They devoted themselvesto the teaching of the apostles and to the communal life,to the breaking of bread ...
  • The Resurrection of the Lord
    April 5, 2026 First Reading Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said:“You know what has happened all over Judea,beginning in Galilee after the baptismthat John preached,how God anointed Jesus ...
  • Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
    April 3, 2026 First Reading Isaiah 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.Even as many were amazed at him– so marred was ...
  • Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion
    Procession with Palms – Gospel Matthew 21:1-11 When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalemand came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives,Jesus sent two disciples, saying ...
  • Fifth Sunday of Lent
    March 22, 2026 First Reading Ezekiel 37:12-14 Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Lent
    March 15, 2026 First Reading 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel:“Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.I am sending you to ...
  • Third Sunday of Lent
    March 8, 2026 First Reading Exodus 17:3-7 In those days, in their thirst for water,the people grumbled against Moses,saying, “Why did you ever make us leave Egypt?Was ...
  • Second Sunday of Lent
    March 1, 2026 First Reading Genesis 12:1-4a The LORD said to Abram:“Go forth from the land of your kinsfolkand from your father’s house to a land that I will show ...
  • First Sunday of Lent
    February 22, 2027 First Reading Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 The LORD God formed man out of the clay of the groundand blew into his nostrils ...
  • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 15, 2026 First Reading Sirach 15:15-20 If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you;if you trust in God, you too shall ...
  • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 8, 2026 First Reading Isaiah 58:7-10 Thus says the LORD:Share your bread with the hungry,shelter the oppressed and the homeless;clothe the naked when you see them,and do not turn ...
  • Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 1, 2026 First Reading Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth,who have observed his law;seek justice, seek humility;perhaps you may be shelteredon the ...
  • Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
    January 25, 2026 First Reading Isaiah 8:23—9:3 First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulunand the land of Naphtali;but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the ...
  • Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
    January 18, 2026 First Reading Isaiah 49:3, 5-6 The LORD said to me: You are my servant,Israel, through whom I show my glory.Now the LORD has spokenwho ...
  • The Baptism of the Lord
    January 11, 2026 First Reading 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 ...
  • The Epiphany of the Lord
    January 4, 2026 First Reading 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 ...
  • Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
    December 28, 2025 First Reading Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children;a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.Whoever honors his father atones for sins,and preserves ...
  • The Nativity of the Lord
    December 25, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 62:11-12 See, the LORD proclaims to the ends of the earth:say to daughter Zion, your savior comes!Here is his reward with ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Advent
    December 21, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz, saying:Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God;let it be deep as the netherworld, or high as ...
  • Third Sunday of Advent
    December 14, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10 The desert and the parched land will exult;the steppe will rejoice and bloom.They will bloom with abundant flowers,and rejoice with joyful song.The glory of ...
  • Second Sunday of Advent
    December 7, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 11:1-10 On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse,and from his roots a bud shall blossom.The spirit of the LORD shall rest ...
  • First Sunday of Advent
    November 30, 2025 First Reading         Isaiah 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz,saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.In days to come,the mountain of the LORD’s houseshall be established as the highest mountainand raised above ...
  • The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
    November 23, 2025 First Reading 2 Samuel 5:1-3 In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said:“Here we are, your bone and your flesh.In days ...
  • Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
    November 16, 2025 First Reading Malachi 3:19-20a Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set ...
  • Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
    November 9, 2025 First Reading Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 The angel brought meback to the entrance of the temple,and I saw water flowing outfrom beneath the threshold of the temple ...
  • The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed
    November 2, 2025 First Reading Wisdom 3:1-9 The souls of the just are in the hand of God,and no torment shall touch them.They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be ...
  • Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    October 26, 2025 First Reading Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18 The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the ...
  • Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    October 19, 2025 First Reading Exodus 17:8-13 In those days, Amalek came and waged war against Israel.Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, “Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle.I ...
  • Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    October 12, 2025 First Reading Kings 5:14-17 Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God.His flesh became again like the flesh of a ...
  • Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
    October 5, 2025 First Reading Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 How long, O LORD?  I cry for help but you do not listen! I cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not intervene. Why do you let me ...
  • Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    September 28, 2025 First Reading Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Thus says the LORD the God of hosts: Woe to the complacent in Zion! Lying upon beds of ivory, stretched comfortably on their couches, they eat lambs ...
  • Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    September 21, 2025 First Reading Amos 8:4-7 Hear this, you who trample upon the needy and destroy the poor of the land! “When will the new moon be over,” you ask, “that we may ...
  • Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
    September 14, 2025 First Reading Numbers 21:4b-9 With their patience worn out by the journey,the people complained against God and Moses,“Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert,where ...
  • Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
    September 7, 2025 First Reading Wisdom 9:13-18b  Who can know God’s counsel, or who can conceive what the LORD intends? For the deliberations of mortals are timid, and unsure are our plans. For the corruptible body burdens ...
  • Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
    August 31, 2025 First Reading Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 My child, conduct your affairs with humility, and you will be loved more than a giver of gifts. Humble yourself the more, the ...
  • Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
    August 24, 2026 First Reading Isaiah 66:18-21 Thus says the LORD:I know their works and their thoughts,and I come to gather nations of every language;they shall come and see my glory.I ...
  • Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    August 17, 2025 First Reading. Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 In those days, the princes said to the king:“Jeremiah ought to be put to death;he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in this ...
  • Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    August 10, 2025 First Reading Wisdom 18:6-9 The night of the passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people ...
  • Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    August 3, 2025 First Reading Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 Vanity of vanities, says Qoheleth,vanity of vanities!  All things are vanity! Here is one who has labored with wisdom and knowledge and skill,and yet to another who has ...
  • Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    July 27, 2025 First Reading Genesis 18:20-32 In those days, the LORD said: “The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great,and their sin so grave,that I ...
  • Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    July 20, 2025 First Reading Genesis 18:1-10a The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre,as he sat in the entrance of his tent,while the day was growing hot.Looking up, ...
  • Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    July 13, 2025 First Reading Deuteronomy 30:10-14 Moses said to the people:“If only you would heed the voice of the LORD, your God,and keep his commandments and statutesthat are written in this ...
  • Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    July 6, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 66:10-14c Thus says the LORD: Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad because of her, all you who love her; exult, exult with her, all you who were mourning over her! Oh, ...
  • Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
    June 29, 2025 First Reading Acts 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the Church to harm them.He had James, the brother of John, killed ...
  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
    June 22, 2025 First Reading Genesis 14:18-20 In those days, Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought out bread and wine,and being a priest of God Most High,he blessed Abram with these words:“Blessed be ...
  • The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity
    June 15, 2025 First Reading Proverbs 8:22-31  Thus says the wisdom of God: “The LORD possessed me, the beginning of his ways, the forerunner of his ...
  • Pentecost Sunday
    June 8, 2025 First Reading Genesis 11:1-9 The whole world spoke the same language, using the same words.While the people were migrating in the east,they came upon a ...
  • Seventh Sunday of Easter
    June 1, 2025 First Reading Acts 7:55-60 Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit,looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of Godand Jesus standing at the right hand ...
  • Sixth Sunday of Easter
    May 25, 2025 First Reading Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers,“Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic practice,you cannot be ...
  • Fifth Sunday of Easter
    May 18, 2025 First Reading Acts 14:21-27 After Paul and Barnabas had proclaimed the good newsto that cityand made a considerable number of disciples,they returned to Lystra and to Iconium ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Easter
    May 11, 2025 First Reading Acts 13:14, 43-52 Paul and Barnabas continued on from Pergaand reached Antioch in Pisidia.On the sabbath they entered the synagogue and took their seats.Many Jews ...
  • Third Sunday of Easter
    May 4, 2025 First Reading Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 When the captain and the court officers had brought the apostles inand made them stand before the Sanhedrin,the high priest questioned them,“We gave ...
  • Second Sunday of Easter
    April 27, 2025 First Reading Acts 5:12-16 Many signs and wonders were done among the peopleat the hands of the apostles.They were all together in Solomon’s portico.None of the others dared ...
  • The Resurrection of the Lord
    April 20, 2025 First Reading Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Peter proceeded to speak and said:“You know what has happened all over Judea,beginning in Galilee after the baptismthat John preached,how God anointed ...
  • Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion
    April 18, 2025 First Reading Isaiah 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,he shall be raised high and greatly exalted.Even as many were amazed at him–so marred was his look beyond human ...
  • Palm Sunday of the Lord s Passion
    April 13, 2025 At the procession with palms – Gospel Luke 19:28-40 Jesus proceeded on his journey up to Jerusalem.As he drew near to Bethphage and Bethanyat the place called the ...
  • Fifth Sunday of Lent
    April 6, 2025 First Reading Ezekiel 37:12-14 Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of Israel.Then ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Lent
    March 30, 2025 First Reading 1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a The LORD said to Samuel:“Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I ...
  • Third Sunday of Lent
    March 23, 2025 First Reading Exodus 3:1-8a, 13-15 Moses was tending the flock of his father-in-law Jethro,the priest of Midian.Leading the flock across the desert, he came to Horeb,the mountain of God.There ...
  • Second Sunday of Lent
    March 16, 2025 First Reading Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18 The Lord God took Abram outside and said,“Look up at the sky and count the stars, if you can.Just so,” he added, ...
  • First Sunday of Lent
    March 9, 2025 First Reading Deuteronomy 26:4-10 Moses spoke to the people, saying:“The priest shall receive the basket from youand shall set it in front of the altar of the ...
  • Ash Wednesday
    March 5, 2025 First Reading Joel 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD,return to me with your whole heart,with fasting, and weeping, and mourning;Rend your hearts, not your garments,and return to the LORD, ...
  • Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    March 2, 2025 First Reading 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 ...
  • Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 23, 2025 First Reading 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 In those days, Saul went down to the desert of Ziphwith three thousand picked men of Israel,to search for David in the ...
  • Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 16, 2025 First Reading 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 ...
  • Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
    February 9, 2025 First Reading 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 ...
  • Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
    February 2, 2025 First Reading Malachi 3:1-4 Thus says the Lord GOD:Lo, I am sending my messengerto prepare the way before me;And suddenly there will come to the templethe LORD ...
  • Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
    January 26, 2025 First Reading Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly,which consisted of men, women,and those children old enough to understand.Standing at one end of the open ...
  • Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
    January 19, 2025 First Reading 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 dawnand her victory ...
  • The Baptism of the Lord
    January 12, 2025 First Reading 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 ...
  • The Epiphany of the Lord
    January 5, 2025 First Reading 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 ...
  • Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
    December 29, 2024 First Reading Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children;a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.Whoever honors his father atones for sins,and preserves himself from ...
  • The Nativity of the Lord
    December 25, 2034 First Reading Isaiah 62:11-12 See, the LORD proclaimsto the ends of the earth:say to daughter Zion,your savior comes!Here is his reward with him,his recompense before him.They ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Advent
    December 22, 2024 First Reading Micah 5:1-4a Thus says the LORD:You, Bethlehem-Ephrathahtoo small to be among the clans of Judah,from you shall come forth for meone who is to be ruler in ...
  • Third Sunday of Advent
    December 15, 2024 First Reading Zephaniah 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 youhe has ...
  • Second Sunday of Advent
    December 8, 2024 First Reading Baruch 5:1-9 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery;put on the splendor of glory from God forever:wrapped in the cloak of ...
  • First Sunday of Advent
    December 1, 2024 First Reading Jeremiah 33:14-16 The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah.In those days, in that time, I will raise ...
  • The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
    November 24, 2024 First Reading Daniel 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I sawone like a Son of man coming,on the clouds of heaven;when he reached the Ancient Oneand was ...
  • Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
    November 17, 2024 First Reading Daniel 12:1-3 In those days, I Daniel, heard this word of the Lord:“At that time there shall ariseMichael, the great prince,guardian of your people;it shall be a time unsurpassed ...
  • Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
    November 10, 2024 First Reading Kings 17:10-16 In those days, Elijah the prophet went to Zarephath.As he arrived at the entrance of the city,a widow was gathering sticks there; ...
  • Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
    November 3, 2024 First Reading Deuteronomy 6:2-6 Moses spoke to the people, saying:“Fear the LORD, your God,and keep, throughout the days of your lives,all his statutes and commandments which I enjoin on you,and ...
  • Fourth Sunday of Easter
    April 21, 2024 First Reading     Acts 4:8-12 Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said:“Leaders of the people and elders:If we are being examined todayabout a good deed done to a cripple,namely, by what means he was ...
  • Third Sunday of Easter
    April 14, 2024 First Reading     Acts 3:13-15, 17-19 Peter said to the people:“The God of Abraham,the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob,the God of our fathers, has glorified his servant Jesus,whom you handed ...
  • Second Sunday of Easter
    First Reading Acts 4:32-35 The community of believers was of one heart and mind,and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own,but they ...