Category: Daily Readings

  • November 12, 2025

    Wisdom 6: 1- 11

    6:1 Wisdom is better than power, and a prudent man is better than a powerful one.
    6:2 Therefore, hear, O kings, and understand; learn, you judges of the ends of the earth.
    6:3 Listen closely, you who hold the attention of the crowds, and who please yourselves by disturbing the nations.
    6:4 For power has been given to you from the Lord and strength from the Most High, who will examine your works and scrutinize your thoughts.
    6:5 For, when you were ministers of his kingdom, you did not judge correctly, nor keep the law of justice, nor walk according to the will of God.
    6:6 Horribly and quickly he will appear to you, because he will make a severe judgment for those who are in charge.
    6:7 For, to the little, great mercy is granted, but the powerful will endure powerful torment.
    6:8 For the Lord will not exempt anyone’s character, nor will he stand in awe of anyone’s greatness, because he himself made the little and the great, and he is equally concerned for everyone.
    6:9 But a powerful torture pursues the powerful.
    6:10 Therefore, O kings, these, my words, are for you, so that you may learn wisdom and not perish.
    6:11 For those who have justly preserved justice will be justified, and those who have learned these things will find what to answer.

    Luke 17: 11- 19

    17:11 And it happened that, while he was traveling to Jerusalem, he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
    17:12 And as he was entering a certain town, ten leprous men met him, and they stood at a distance.
    17:13 And they lifted up their voice, saying, “Jesus, Teacher, take pity on us.”
    17:14 And when he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And it happened that, as they were going, they were cleansed.
    17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, returned, magnifying God with a loud voice.
    17:16 And he fell face down before his feet, giving thanks. And this one was a Samaritan.
    17:17 And in response, Jesus said: “Were not ten made clean? And so where are the nine?
    17:18 Was no one found who would return and give glory to God, except this foreigner?”
    17:19 And he said to him: “Rise up, go forth. For your faith has saved you.”

  • November 11, 2025

    Wisdom 2: 23- 3: 9

    2:23 For God created man to be immortal, and he made him in the image of his own likeness.
    2:24 But by the envy of the devil, death entered the world,
    2:25 yet they imitate him, who are from his side.
    3:1 But the souls of the just are in the hand of God and no torment of death will touch them.
    3:2 In the eyes of the foolish, they seemed to die, and their departure was considered an affliction,
    3:3 and their going away from us, a banishment. Yet they are in peace.
    3:4 And though, in the sight of men, they suffered torments, their hope is full of immortality.
    3:5 Troubled in few things, in many things they will be well compensated, because God has tested them and found them worthy of himself.
    3:6 Like gold in the furnace, he has proved them, and as a holocaust victim, he has received them, and in the time of their visitation
    3:7 they will shine, and they will dash about like sparks among stubble.
    3:8 They will judge the nations and they will rule over the people, and their Lord will reign forever.
    3:9 Those who trust in him, will understand the truth, and those who are faithful in love will rest in him, because grace and peace is for his elect.

    Luke 17: 7- 10

    17:7 But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, would say to him, as he was returning from the field, ‘Come in immediately; sit down to eat,’
    17:8 and would not say to him: ‘Prepare my dinner; gird yourself and minister to me, while I eat and drink; and after these things, you shall eat and drink?’
    17:9 Would he be grateful to that servant, for doing what he commanded him to do?
    17:10 I think not. So too, when you have done all these things that have been taught to you, you should say: ‘We are useless servants. We have done what we should have done.’ ”

  • November 10, 2025

    Wisdom 1: 1- 7

    1:1 Love justice, you who judge the land. Think of the Lord in goodness and seek him in simplicity of heart.
    1:2 For he is found by those who do not test him, yet he reveals himself to those who have faith in him.
    1:3 For perverse thoughts separate from God. But his virtue, when it is tested, corrects the foolish.
    1:4 For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subdued by sin.
    1:5 For the holy spirit of instruction will flee from falsehood, and he will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he will not be reached when iniquity overcomes.
    1:6 For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not release the evil speaker from his talk, because God is a witness of his temperament, and a true examiner of his heart, and an auditor of his words.
    1:7 For the spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and he who contains all things, retains knowledge of every voice.

    Luke 17: 1- 6

    17:1 And he said to his disciples: “It is impossible for scandals not to occur. But woe to him through whom they come!
    17:2 It would be better for him if a millstone were placed around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than to lead astray one of these little ones.
    17:3 Be attentive to yourselves. If your brother has sinned against you, correct him. And if he has repented, forgive him.
    17:4 And if he has sinned against you seven times a day, and seven times a day has turned back to you, saying, ‘I am sorry,’ then forgive him.”
    17:5 And the Apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
    17:6 But the Lord said: “If you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you may say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and be transplanted into the sea.’ And it would obey you.

  • November 9, 2025

    The feast of the dedication of the Lateran Basilica

    Ezekiel 47: 1-2, 8-9, 12

    47:1 And he turned me back to the gate of the house. And behold, waters went out, from under the threshold of the house, toward the east. For the face of the house looked toward the east. But the waters descended on the right side of the temple, toward the south of the altar.
    47:2 And he led me out, along the way of the north gate, and he turned me back toward the way outside the exterior gate, the way which looked toward the east. And behold, the waters overflowed on the right side.
    47:8 And he said to me: “These waters, which go forth toward the hillocks of sand to the east, and which descend to the plains of the desert, will enter the sea, and will go out, and the waters will be healed.
    47:9 And every living soul that moves, wherever the torrent arrives, will live. And there will be more than enough fish, after these waters have arrived there, and they will be healed. And all things will live, where the torrent arrives.
    47:12 And above the torrent, on its banks on both sides, every kind of fruit tree will rise up. Their foliage will not fall away, and their fruit will not fail. Every single month they will bring forth first-fruits. For its waters will go forth from the sanctuary. And its fruits will be for food, and its leaves will be for medicine.”

    First Corinthians 3: 9-11, 16-17

    3:9 For we are God’s assistants. You are God’s cultivation; you are God’s construction.
    3:10 According to the grace of God, which has been given to me, I have laid the foundation like a wise architect. But another builds upon it. So then, let each one be careful how he builds upon it.
    3:11 For no one is able to lay any other foundation, in place of that which has been laid, which is Christ Jesus.
    3:16 Do you not know that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within you?
    3:17 But if anyone violates the Temple of God, God will destroy him. For the Temple of God is holy, and you are that Temple.

    John 2: 13- 22

    2:13 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and so Jesus ascended to Jerusalem.
    2:14 And he found, sitting in the temple, sellers of oxen and sheep and doves, and the moneychangers.
    2:15 And when he had made something like a whip out of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, including the sheep and the oxen. And he poured out the brass coins of the moneychangers, and he overturned their tables.
    2:16 And to those who were selling doves, he said: “Take these things out of here, and do not make my Father’s house into a house of commerce.”
    2:17 And truly, his disciples were reminded that it is written: “Zeal for your house consumes me.”
    2:18 Then the Jews responded and said to him, “What sign can you show to us, that you may do these things?”
    2:19 Jesus responded and said to them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
    2:20 Then the Jews said, “This temple has been built up over forty-six years, and you will raise it up in three days?”
    2:21 Yet he was speaking about the Temple of his body.
    2:22 Therefore, when he had resurrected from the dead, his disciples were reminded that he had said this, and they believed in the Scriptures and in the word that Jesus had spoken.

  • November 8, 2025

    Romans 16: 3- 9, 16, 22- 27

    16:3 Greet Prisca and Aquila, my helpers in Christ Jesus,
    16:4 who have risked their own necks on behalf of my life, for whom I give thanks, not I alone, but also all the churches of the Gentiles;
    16:5 and greet the church at their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is among the first-fruits of Asia in Christ.
    16:6 Greet Mary, who has labored much among you.
    16:7 Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and fellow captives, who are noble among the Apostles, and who were in Christ prior to me.
    16:8 Greet Ampliatus, most beloved to me in the Lord.
    16:9 Greet Urbanus, our helper in Christ Jesus, and Stachys, my beloved.
    16:16 Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you.
    16:22 I, Tertius, who wrote this epistle, greet you in the Lord.
    16:23 Gaius, my host, and the entire church, greets you. Erastus, the treasurer of the city, greets you, and Quartus, a brother.
    16:24 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.
    16:25 But to him who is able to confirm you according to my Gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in accord with the revelation of the mystery which has been hidden from time immemorial,
    16:26 (which now has been made clear through the Scriptures of the Prophets, in accord with the precept of the eternal God, unto the obedience of faith) which has been made known among all the Gentiles:
    16:27 to God, who alone is wise, through Jesus Christ, to him be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

    Luke 16: 9- 15

    16:9 And so I say to you, make friends for yourself using iniquitous mammon, so that, when you will have passed away, they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles.
    16:10 Whoever is faithful in what is least, is also faithful in what is greater. And whoever is unjust in what is small, is also unjust in what is greater.
    16:11 So then, if you have not been faithful with iniquitous mammon, who will trust you with what is true?
    16:12 And if you have not been faithful with what belongs to another, who will give you what is yours?
    16:13 No servant is able to serve two lords. For either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will cling to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
    16:14 But the Pharisees, who were greedy, were listening to all these things. And they ridiculed him.
    16:15 And he said to them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of men. But God knows your hearts. For what is lifted up by men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • November 7, 2025

    Romans 15: 14- 21

    15:14 But I am also certain about you, my brothers, that you also have been filled with love, completed with all knowledge, so that you are able to admonish one another.
    15:15 But I have written to you, brothers, more boldly than to the others, as if calling you to mind again, because of the grace which has been given to me from God,
    15:16 so that I may be a minister of Christ Jesus among the Gentiles, sanctifying the Gospel of God, in order that the oblation of the Gentiles may be made acceptable and may be sanctified in the Holy Spirit.
    15:17 Therefore, I have glory in Christ Jesus before God.
    15:18 So I dare not speak of any of those things which Christ does not effect through me, unto the obedience of the Gentiles, in word and deed,
    15:19 with the power of signs and wonders, by power of the Holy Spirit. For in this way, from Jerusalem, throughout its surroundings, as far as Illyricum, I have replenished the Gospel of Christ.
    15:20 And so I have preached this Gospel, not where Christ was known by name, lest I build upon the foundation of another,
    15:21 but just as it was written: “Those to whom he was not announced shall perceive, and those who have not heard shall understand.”

    Luke 16: 1- 8

    16:1 And he also said to his disciples: “A certain man was wealthy, and he had a steward of his estate. And this man was accused to him of having dissipated his goods.
    16:2 And he called him and said to him: ‘What is this that I hear about you? Give an account of your stewardship. For you can no longer be my steward.’
    16:3 And the steward said within himself: ‘What shall I do? For my lord is taking the stewardship away from me. I am not strong enough to dig. I am too ashamed to beg.
    16:4 I know what I will do so that, when I have been removed from the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.’
    16:5 And so, calling together each one of his lord’s debtors, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my lord?’
    16:6 So he said, ‘One hundred jars of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your invoice, and quickly, sit down and write fifty.’
    16:7 Next, he said to another, ‘In truth, how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your record books, and write eighty.’
    16:8 And the lord praised the iniquitous steward, in that he had acted prudently. For the sons of this age are more prudent with their generation than are the sons of light.

  • November 6, 2025

    Romans 14: 7- 12

    14:7 For none of us lives for himself, and none of us dies for himself.
    14:8 For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord.
    14:9 For Christ died and rose again for this purpose: that he might be the ruler of both the dead and the living.
    14:10 So then, why do you judge your brother? Or why do you despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ.
    14:11 For it is written: “As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bend to me, and every tongue shall confess to God.”
    14:12 And so, each one of us shall offer an explanation of himself to God.

    Luke 15: 1- 10

    15:1 Now tax collectors and sinners were drawing near to him, so that they might listen to him.
    15:2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, “This one accepts sinners and eats with them.”
    15:3 And he told this parable to them, saying:
    15:4 “What man among you, who has one hundred sheep, and if he will have lost one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the one whom he had lost, until he finds it?
    15:5 And when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing.
    15:6 And returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: ‘Congratulate me! For I have found my sheep, which had been lost.’
    15:7 I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.
    15:8 Or what woman, having ten drachmas, if she will have lost one drachma, would not light a candle, and sweep the house, and diligently search until she finds it?
    15:9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying: ‘Rejoice with me! For I have found the drachma, which I had lost.’
    15:10 So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant.”

  • November 5, 2025

    Romans 13: 8- 10

    13:8 You should owe nothing to anyone, except so as to love one another. For whoever loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
    13:9 For example: You shall not commit adultery. You shall not kill. You shall not steal. You shall not speak false testimony. You shall not covet. And if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this word: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
    13:10 The love of neighbor does no harm. Therefore, love is the plenitude of the law.

    Luke 14: 25- 33

    14:25 Now great crowds traveled with him. And turning around, he said to them:
    14:26 “If anyone comes to me, and does not hate his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and yes, even his own life, he is not able to be my disciple.
    14:27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after me, is not able to be my disciple.
    14:28 For who among you, wanting to build a tower, would not first sit down and determine the costs that are required, to see if he has the means to complete it?
    14:29 Otherwise, after he will have laid the foundation and not been able to finish it, everyone who sees it may begin to mock him,
    14:30 saying: ‘This man began to build what he was not able to finish.’
    14:31 Or, what king, advancing to engage in war against another king, would not first sit down and consider whether he may be able, with ten thousand, to meet one who comes against him with twenty thousand?
    14:32 If not, then while the other is still far away, sending a delegation, he would ask him for terms of peace.
    14:33 Therefore, everyone of you who does not renounce all that he possesses is not able to be my disciple.

  • November 4, 2025

    Romans 12: 5- 16

    12:5 so also we, being many, are one body in Christ, and each one is a part, the one of the other.
    12:6 And we each have different gifts, according to the grace that has been given to us: whether prophecy, in agreement with the reasonableness of faith;
    12:7 or ministry, in ministering; or he who teaches, in doctrine;
    12:8 he who exhorts, in exhortation; he who gives, in simplicity; he who governs, in solicitude; he who shows mercy, in cheerfulness.
    12:9 Let love be without falseness: hating evil, clinging to what is good,
    12:10 loving one another with fraternal charity, surpassing one another in honor:
    12:11 in solicitude, not lazy; in spirit, fervent; serving the Lord;
    12:12 in hope, rejoicing; in tribulation, enduring; in prayer, ever-willing;
    12:13 in the difficulties of the saints, sharing; in hospitality, attentive.
    12:14 Bless those who are persecuting you: bless, and do not curse.
    12:15 Rejoice with those who are rejoicing. Weep with those who are weeping.
    12:16 Be of the same mind toward one another: not savoring what is exalted, but consenting in humility. Do not choose to seem wise to yourself.

    Luke 14: 15- 24

    14:15 When someone sitting at table with him had heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is he who will eat bread in the kingdom of God.”
    14:16 So he said to him: “A certain man prepared a great feast, and he invited many.
    14:17 And he sent his servant, at the hour of the feast, to tell the invited to come; for now everything was ready.
    14:18 And at once they all began to make excuses. The first said to him: ‘I bought a farm, and I need to go out and see it. I ask you to excuse me.’
    14:19 And another said: ‘I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine them. I ask you to excuse me.’
    14:20 And another said, ‘I have taken a wife, and therefore I am not able to go.’
    14:21 And returning, the servant reported these things to his lord. Then the father of the family, becoming angry, said to his servant: ‘Go out quickly into the streets and neighborhoods of the city. And lead here the poor, and the disabled, and the blind, and the lame.’
    14:22 And the servant said: ‘It has been done, just as you ordered, lord, and there is still room.’
    14:23 And the lord said to the servant: ‘Go out to the highways and hedges, and compel them to enter, so that my house may be filled.
    14:24 For I tell you, that none of those men who were invited will taste of my feast.’ ”

  • November 3, 2025

    Romans 11: 29- 36

    11:29 For the gifts and the call of God are without regret.
    11:30 And just as you also, in times past, did not believe in God, but now you have obtained mercy because of their unbelief,
    11:31 so also have these now not believed, for your mercy, so that they might obtain mercy also.
    11:32 For God has enclosed everyone in unbelief, so that he may have mercy on everyone.
    11:33 Oh, the depths of the richness of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How incomprehensible are his judgments, and how unsearchable are his ways!
    11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?
    11:35 Or who first gave to him, so that repayment would be owed?
    11:36 For from him, and through him, and in him are all things. To him is glory, for all eternity. Amen.

    Luke 14: 12- 14

    14:12 Then he also said to the one who had invited him: “When you prepare a lunch or dinner, do not choose to call your friends, or your brothers, or your relatives, or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they might then invite you in return and repayment would made to you.
    14:13 But when you prepare a feast, call the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind.
    14:14 And you will be blessed because they do not have a way to repay you. So then, your recompense will be in the resurrection of the just.”