Category: Daily Readings

  • September 13, 2025

    Reading

    Timothy 1: 15- 17

    1:15 It is a faithful saying, and worthy of acceptance by everyone, that Christ Jesus came into this world to bring salvation to sinners, among whom I am first.
    1:16 But it was for this reason that I obtained mercy, so that in me as first, Christ Jesus would display all patience, for the instruction of those who would believe in him unto eternal life.
    1:17 So then, to the King of ages, to the immortal, invisible, solitary God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

    Gospel

    Luke 6: 43- 49

    6:43 For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor does an evil tree produce good fruit.
    6:44 For each and every tree is known by its fruit. For they do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they gather the grape from the bramble bush.
    6:45 A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good. And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
    6:46 But why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and not do what I say?
    6:47 Anyone who comes to me, and listens to my words, and does them: I will reveal to you what he is like.
    6:48 He is like a man building a house, who has dug deep and has laid the foundation upon the rock. Then, when the floodwaters came, the river was rushing against that house, and it was not able to move it. For it was founded upon the rock.
    6:49 But whoever hears and does not do: he is like a man building his house upon the soil, without a foundation. The river rushed against it, and it soon fell down, and the ruin of that house was great.”

  • September 12, 2025

    Reading

    Timothy 1: 1- 2, 12- 14

    1:1 Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the authority of God our Savior and Christ Jesus our hope,
    1:2 to Timothy, beloved son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and from Christ Jesus our Lord.
    1:12 I give thanks to him who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he has considered me faithful, placing me in the ministry,
    1:13 though previously I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and contemptuous. But then I obtained the mercy of God. For I had been acting ignorantly, in unbelief.
    1:14 And so the grace of our Lord has abounded greatly, with the faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

    Gospel

    Luke 6: 39- 42

    6:39 Now he told them another comparison: “How can the blind lead the blind? Would they not both fall into a pit?
    6:40 The disciple is not above his teacher. But each one will be perfected, if he is like his teacher.
    6:41 And why do you see the straw that is in your brother’s eye, while the log that is in your own eye, you do not consider?
    6:42 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Brother, allow me to remove the straw from your eye,’ while you yourself do not see the log in your own eye? Hypocrite, first remove the log from your own eye, and then will you see clearly, so that you may lead out the straw from your brother’s eye.

  • September 11, 2025

    Reading

    Colossians 3: 12- 17

    3:12 Therefore, clothe yourselves like the elect of God: holy and beloved, with hearts of mercy, kindness, humility, modesty, and patience.
    3:13 Support one another, and, if anyone has a complaint against another, forgive one another. For just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also must you do.
    3:14 And above all these things have charity, which is the bond of perfection.
    3:15 And let the peace of Christ lift up your hearts. For in this peace, you have been called, as one body. And be thankful.
    3:16 Let the word of Christ live in you in abundance, with all wisdom, teaching and correcting one another, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual canticles, singing to God with the grace in your hearts.
    3:17 Let everything whatsoever that you do, whether in word or in deed, be done all in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

    Gospel

    Luke 6: 27- 38

    6:27 But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you.
    6:28 Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who slander you.
    6:29 And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic.
    6:30 But distribute to all who ask of you. And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.
    6:31 And exactly as you would want people to treat you, treat them also the same.
    6:32 And if you love those who love you, what credit is due to you? For even sinners love those who love them.
    6:33 And if you will do good to those who do good to you, what credit is due to you? Indeed, even sinners behave this way.
    6:34 And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive, what credit is due to you? For even sinners lend to sinners, in order to receive the same in return.
    6:35 So truly, love your enemies. Do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return. And then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.
    6:36 Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.
    6:37 Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven.
    6:38 Give, and it will be given to you: a good measure, pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap. Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out, will be used to measure back to you again.”

  • September 10, 2025

    Reading

    Colossians 3: 1- 11

    3:1 Therefore, if you have risen together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.
    3:2 Consider the things that are above, not the things that are upon the earth.
    3:3 For you have died, and so your life is hidden with Christ in God.
    3:4 When Christ, your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
    3:5 Therefore, mortify your body, while it is upon the earth. For because of fornication, impurity, lust, evil desires, and avarice, which are a kind of service to idols,
    3:6 the wrath of God has overwhelmed the sons of unbelief.
    3:7 You, too, walked in these things, in times past, when you were living among them.
    3:8 But now you must set aside all these things: anger, indignation, malice, blasphemy, and indecent speech from your mouth.
    3:9 Do not lie to one another. Strip yourselves of the old man, with his deeds,
    3:10 and clothe yourself with the new man, who has been renewed by knowledge, in accord with the image of the One who created him,
    3:11 where there is neither Gentile nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian nor Scythian, servant nor free. Instead, Christ is everything, in everyone.

    Gospel

    Luke 6: 20- 26

    6:20 And lifting up his eyes to his disciples, he said: “Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.
    6:21 Blessed are you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who are weeping now, for you shall laugh.
    6:22 Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you, and when they will have separated you and reproached you, and thrown out your name as if evil, because of the Son of man.
    6:23 Be glad in that day and exult. For behold, your reward is great in heaven. For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.
    6:24 Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy, for you have your consolation.
    6:25 Woe to you who are satisfied, for you will be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
    6:26 Woe to you when men will have blessed you. For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

  • September 9, 2025

    Colossians 2: 6- 15

    2:6 Therefore, just as you have received the Lord Jesus Christ, walk in him.
    2:7 Be rooted and continually built up in Christ. And be confirmed in the faith, just as you have also learned it, increasing in him with acts of thanksgiving.
    2:8 See to it that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty falsehoods, as found in the traditions of men, in accord with the influences of the world, and not in accord with Christ.
    2:9 For in him, all the fullness of the Divine Nature dwells bodily.
    2:10 And in him, you have been filled; for he is the head of all principality and power.
    2:11 In him also, you have been circumcised with a circumcision not made by hand, not by the despoiling of the body of flesh, but by the circumcision of Christ.
    2:12 You have been buried with him in baptism. In him also, you have risen again through faith, by the work of God, who raised him up from the dead.
    2:13 And when you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he enlivened you, together with him, forgiving you of all transgressions,
    2:14 and wiping away the handwriting of the decree which was against us, which was contrary to us. And he has taken this away from your midst, affixing it to the Cross.
    2:15 And so, despoiling principalities and powers, he has led them away confidently and openly, triumphing over them in himself.

    Luke 6: 12- 19

    6:12 And it happened that, in those days, he went out to a mountain to pray. And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.
    6:13 And when daylight had arrived, he called his disciples. And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles):
    6:14 Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
    6:15 Matthew and Thomas, James of Alphaeus, and Simon who is called the Zealot,
    6:16 and Jude of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was a traitor.
    6:17 And descending with them, he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples, and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast, and Tyre and Sidon,
    6:18 who had come so that they might listen to him and be healed of their diseases. And those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.
    6:19 And the entire crowd was trying to touch him, because power went out from him and healed all.

  • September 8, 2025

    The Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

    Micah 5: 1-4

    5:1 Now you will be devastated, you daughter of a robber. They have placed a blockade against us, with a rod they will strike the jaw of the judge of Israel.
    5:2 And you, Bethlehem Ephrata, are a little one among the thousands of Judah. From you will go forth he who shall be the ruler in Israel, and his landing place has been set from the beginning, from the days of eternity.
    5:3 Because of this, he will provide for them, even until the time in which she who bears him gives birth. And the remnant of his brothers will be converted to the sons of Israel.
    5:4 And he will stand firm and feed on the strength of the Lord, according to the sublime name of the Lord his God. And they will be converted, for now he will be magnified, even to the ends of the earth.

    or, Romans 8: 28- 30

    8:28 And we know that, for those who love God, all things work together unto good, for those who, in accordance with his purpose, are called to be saints.
    8:29 For those whom he foreknew, he also predestinated, in conformity with the image of his Son, so that he might be the Firstborn among many brothers.
    8:30 And those whom he predestinated, he also called. And those whom he called, he also justified. And those whom he justified, he also glorified.

     

     

     

     

    Matthew 1: 1- 16, 18- 23

    1:1 The book of the lineage of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
    1:2 Abraham conceived Isaac. And Isaac conceived Jacob. And Jacob conceived Judah and his brothers.
    1:3 And Judah conceived Perez and Zerah by Tamar. And Perez conceived Hezron. And Hezron conceived Ram.
    1:4 And Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon. And Nahshon conceived Salmon.
    1:5 And Salmon conceived Boaz by Rahab. And Boaz conceived Obed by Ruth. And Obed conceived Jesse.
    1:6 And Jesse conceived king David. And king David conceived Solomon, by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
    1:7 And Solomon conceived Rehoboam. And Rehoboam conceived Abijah. And Abijah conceived Asa.
    1:8 And Asa conceived Jehoshaphat. And Jehoshaphat conceived Joram. And Joram conceived Uzziah.
    1:9 And Uzziah conceived Jotham. And Jotham conceived Ahaz. And Ahaz conceived Hezekiah.
    1:10 And Hezekiah conceived Manasseh. And Manasseh conceived Amos. And Amos conceived Josiah.
    1:11 And Josiah conceived Jechoniah and his brothers in the transmigration of Babylon.
    1:12 And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechoniah conceived Shealtiel. And Shealtiel conceived Zerubbabel.
    1:13 And Zerubbabel conceived Abiud. And Abiud conceived Eliakim. And Eliakim conceived Azor.
    1:14 And Azor conceived Zadok. And Zadok conceived Achim. And Achim conceived Eliud.
    1:15 And Eliud conceived Eleazar. And Eleazar conceived Matthan. And Matthan conceived Jacob.
    1:16 And Jacob conceived Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
    1:18 Now the procreation of the Christ occurred in this way. After his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they lived together, she was found to have conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit.
    1:19 Then Joseph, her husband, since he was just and was not willing to hand her over, preferred to send her away secretly.
    1:20 But while thinking over these things, behold, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in his sleep, saying: “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to accept Mary as your wife. For what has been formed in her is of the Holy Spirit.
    1:21 And she shall give birth to a son. And you shall call his name JESUS. For he shall accomplish the salvation of his people from their sins.”
    1:22 Now all this occurred in order to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:
    1:23 “Behold, a virgin shall conceive in her womb, and she shall give birth to a son. And they shall call his name Emmanuel, which means: God is with us.”

  • September 7, 2025

    First Reading

    Wisdom 9: 13- 18

    9:13 For who among men can know the counsel of God? Or who can imagine the will of God?
    9:14 For the thoughts of mortals are timid, and our foresight is uncertain.
    9:15 For the corruptible body weighs down the soul, and this earthy dwelling presses many thoughts upon the mind.
    9:16 And we assess with difficulty the things that are of earth, and we discover with labor the things that are within our view. So who will search out the things that are in heaven?
    9:17 Moreover, who will know your mind, unless you give wisdom and send your holy spirit from on high?
    9:18 And in this way, those who are on earth are corrected in their path, and men learn the things that are pleasing to you.

    Second Reading

    Philemon 9-10, 12- 17

    1:9 but I beg you instead, for the sake of charity, since you are so much like Paul: an old man and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
    1:10 I beg you, on behalf of my son, whom I have begotten in my chains, Onesimus.
    1:12 So I have sent him back to you. And may you receive him like my own heart.
    1:13 I myself wanted to retain him with me, so that he might minister to me, on your behalf, while I am in the chains of the Gospel.
    1:14 But I was willing to do nothing without your counsel, so as not to make use of your good deed as if out of necessity, but only willingly.
    1:15 So perhaps, then, he departed from you for a time, so that you might receive him again for eternity,
    1:16 no longer as a servant, but, in place of a servant, a most beloved brother, especially to me: but how much so more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord!
    1:17 Therefore, if you hold me to be a companion, receive him as you would me.

    Gospel

    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.

  • September 6, 2025

    Reading

    Colossians 1: 21- 23

    1:21 And you, though you had been, in times past, understood to be foreigners and enemies, with works of evil,

    1:22 yet now he has reconciled you, by his body of flesh, through death, so as to offer you, holy and immaculate and blameless, before him.

    1:23 So then, continue in the faith: well-founded and steadfast and immovable, by the hope of the Gospel that you have heard, which has been preached throughout all creation under heaven, the Gospel of which I, Paul, have become a minister.

    Gospel

    Luke 6: 1-5

    6:1 Now it happened that, on the second first Sabbath, as he passed through the grain field, his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them, by rubbing them in their hands.

    6:2 Then certain Pharisees said to them, “Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

    6:3 And responding to them, Jesus said: “Have you not read this, what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him?

    6:4 How he entered into the house of God, and took the bread of the Presence, and ate it, and gave it to those who were with him, though it is not lawful for anyone to eat it, except the priests alone?”

    6:5 And he said to them, “For the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

  • September 5, 2025

    Reading

    Colossians 1: 15- 20

    1:15 He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature.
    1:16 For in him was created everything in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones, or dominations, or principalities, or powers. All things were created through him and in him.
    1:17 And he is before all, and in him all things continue.
    1:18 And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.
    1:19 For the Father is well-pleased that all fullness reside in him,
    1:20 and that, through him, all things be reconciled to himself, making peace through the blood of his cross, for the things that are on earth, as well as the things that are in heaven.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Luke   5: 33-39

    5:33 But they said to him, “Why do the disciples of John fast frequently, and make supplications, and those of the Pharisees act similarly, while yours eat and drink?”
    5:34 And he said to them: “How can you cause the sons of the groom to fast, while the groom is still with them?
    5:35 But the days will come when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast, in those days.”
    5:36 Then he also made a comparison for them: “For no one sews a patch from a new garment onto an old garment. Otherwise, he both disrupts the new one, and the patch from the new one does not join together with the old one.
    5:37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine ruptures the wineskins, and it will be poured out, and the wineskins will be lost.
    5:38 Instead, the new wine is put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.
    5:39 And no one who is drinking the old, soon wishes for the new. For he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

  • September 4, 2025

    Reading

    Colossians 1: 9- 14

    1:9 Then, too, from the day when we first heard it, we have not ceased praying for you and requesting that you be filled with the knowledge of his will, with all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

    1:10 so that you may walk in a manner worthy of God, being pleasing in all things, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God,

    1:11 being strengthened in every virtue, in accord with the power of his glory, with all patience and longsuffering, with joy,

    1:12 giving thanks to God the Father, who has made us worthy to have a share in the portion of the saints, in the light.

    1:13 For he has rescued us from the power of darkness, and he has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love,

    1:14 in whom we have redemption through his blood, the remission of sins.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Luke   5: 1-11

    5:1 Now it happened that, when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.
    5:2 And he saw two boats standing beside the lake. But the fishermen had climbed down, and they were washing their nets.
    5:3 And so, climbing into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, he asked him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the crowds from the boat.
    5:4 Then, when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch.”
    5:5 And in response, Simon said to him: “Teacher, working throughout the night, we caught nothing. But on your word, I will release the net.”
    5:6 And when they had done this, they enclosed such a copious multitude of fish that their net was rupturing.
    5:7 And they signaled to their associates, who were in the other boat, so that they would come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were nearly submerged.
    5:8 But when Simon Peter had seen this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
    5:9 For astonishment had enveloped him, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish that they had taken.
    5:10 Now the same was true of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were associates of Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: “Do not be afraid. From now on, you will be catching men.”
    5:11 And having led their boats to land, leaving behind everything, they followed him.