Category: Daily Readings

  • August 24, 2025

    First Reading

    Isaiah 66: 18- 21

    66:18 But I know their works and their thoughts. I am arriving, so that I may gather them together with all nations and languages. And they will approach, and they will see my glory.
    66:19 And I will set a sign among them. And I will send some of those who will have been saved to the Gentiles in the sea, to Africa, and to those who draw the bow in Lydia, to Italy and Greece, to islands far away, to those who have not heard of me, and to those who have not seen my glory. And they will announce my glory to the Gentiles.
    66:20 And they will lead all of your brothers from all of the Gentiles as a gift to the Lord, on horses, and in four-horse chariots, and on stretchers, and on mules, and in coaches, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, in the same manner that the sons of Israel would carry an offering in a pure vessel into the house of the Lord.
    66:21 And I will take from them to be priests and Levites, says the Lord.

    Hebrews 12: 5-7, 11-13

    12:5 And you have forgotten the consolation which speaks to you like sons, saying: “My son, do not be willing to neglect the discipline of the Lord. Neither should you become weary, while being rebuked by him.”
    12:6 For whomever the Lord loves, he chastises. And every son whom he accepts, he scourges.
    12:7 Persevere in discipline. God presents you to himself as sons. But what son is there, whom his father does not correct?

    12:11 Now every discipline, in the present time, does not seem a gladness, of course, but a grief. But afterwards, it will repay a most peaceful fruit of justice to those who become trained in it.
    12:12 Because of this, lift up your lazy hands and your lax knees,
    12:13 and straighten the path of your feet, so that no one, being lame, may wander astray, but instead may be healed.

    Gospel

    Luke 13: 22-30

    13:22 And he was traveling through the cities and towns, teaching and making his way to Jerusalem.
    13:23 And someone said to him, “Lord, are they few who are saved?” But he said to them:
    13:24 “Strive to enter through the narrow gate. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and not be able.
    13:25 Then, when the father of the family will have entered and shut the door, you will begin to stand outside and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, open to us.’ And in response, he will say to you, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
    13:26 Then you will begin to say, ‘We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.’
    13:27 And he will say to you: ‘I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity!’
    13:28 In that place, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, yet you yourselves are expelled outside.
    13:29 And they will arrive from the East, and the West, and the North, and the South; and they will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
    13:30 And behold, those who are last will be first, and those who are first will be last.”

  • August 23, 2025

    Ruth 2: 1- 3, 8- 11; 4: 13- 17

    2:1 But there was a man related to Elimelech, a powerful man, and very wealthy, named Boaz.
    2:2 And Ruth, the Moabite, said to her mother-in-law, “If you order, I will go into the field and gather the ears of grain which escape the reaping hand, wherever I will find favor with the father of a family, who will be compassionate to me.” She answered her, “Go, my daughter.”
    2:3 And so she went and gathered the ears of grain after the completion of the reaping. But it happened that this field was owned by Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech.
    2:8 And Boaz said to Ruth, “Listen to me, daughter. Do not go to gather in any other field, nor depart from this place, but join with my young women,
    2:9 and follow where they reap. For I given orders to my young men, so that no one is to harass you. And so, whenever you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink from the waters that the young men also drink.”
    2:10 She, falling on her face and paying homage on the ground, said to him: “How did this happen to me, that I should find favor before your eyes, and that you would condescend to accept me, a foreign woman?”
    2:11 He answered her, “Everything has been reported to me, what things you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband, and how you left your parents, and the land in which you were born, and came to a people you did not know before.
    4:13 And so Boaz took Ruth, and received her as his wife, and he went in to her, and the Lord granted to her to conceive and bear a son.
    4:14 And the women said to Naomi, “Blessed be the Lord, who has not permitted your family to be without a successor, and may his name be called upon in Israel.
    4:15 And now you may have someone to comfort your soul and to care for you in old age, for he is born of your daughter-in-law, who loves you, and this is much better for you, than if you had seven sons.”
    4:16 And taking up the boy, Naomi placed him on her bosom, and she took on the duties of carrying him and nursing him.
    4:17 And the women of the near future were congratulating her and saying, “There was a son born to Naomi. They called his name Obed. Here is the father of Jesse, the father of David.”

    Matthew 23: 1- 12

    23:1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds, and to his disciples,
    23:2 saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have sat down in the chair of Moses.
    23:3 Therefore, all things whatsoever that they shall say to you, observe and do. Yet truly, do not choose to act according to their works. For they say, but they do not do.
    23:4 For they bind up heavy and unbearable burdens, and they impose them on men’s shoulders. But they are not willing to move them with even a finger of their own.
    23:5 Truly, they do all their works so that they may be seen by men. For they enlarge their phylacteries and glorify their hems.
    23:6 And they love the first places at feasts, and the first chairs in the synagogues,
    23:7 and greetings in the marketplace, and to be called Master by men.
    23:8 But you must not be called Master. For One is your Master, and you are all brothers.
    23:9 And do not choose to call anyone on earth your father. For One is your Father, who is in heaven.
    23:10 Neither should you be called teachers. For One is your Teacher, the Christ.
    23:11 Whoever is greater among you shall be your minister.
    23:12 But whoever has exalted himself, shall be humbled. And whoever has humbled himself, shall be exalted.

  • August 22, 2025

    Reading

    Ruth   1: 1, 3-6, 14-16, 22

    1:1 In the days of one of the judges, when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a man from Bethlehem in Judah departed to sojourn in the region of the Moabites with his wife and two children.

    1:4 They took wives from among the Moabites, of whom one was called Orpah, and the other Ruth. And they lived there ten years.

    1:5 And they both died, namely Mahlon and Chilion, and the woman was left alone, bereaved of her two children and her husband.

    1:6 And she arose so that she might journey to her native land, with both her daughters-in-law, from the region of the Moabites. For she had heard that the Lord had provided for his people and had given them food.

    1:14 In response, they lifted up their voice and began to weep again. Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, and then turned back. Ruth clung to her mother-in-law.

    1:15 Naomi said to her, “See, your kinswoman returns to her people, and to her gods. Hurry after her.”

    1:16 She answered, “Do not be against me, as if I would abandon you and go away; for wherever you will go, I will go, and where you will stay, I also will stay with you. Your people are my people, and your God is my God.

    1:22 Therefore, Naomi went with Ruth, the Moabite, her daughter-in-law, from the land of her sojourn, and returned to Bethlehem, at the time of the first reaping of the barley.

    Gospel

    Matthew   22: 34-40

    22:34 But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one.

    22:35 And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him:

    22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?”

    22:37 Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’

    22:38 This is the greatest and first commandment.

    22:39 But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’

    22:40 On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”

  • August 21, 2025

    Reading

    Judges    11: 29-39

    11:29 Therefore, the Spirit of the Lord rested upon Jephthah, and circling around Gilead, and Manasseh, and also Mizpah of Gilead, and crossing from there to the sons of Ammon,

    11:30 he made a vow to the Lord, saying, “If you will deliver the sons of Ammon into my hands,

    11:31 whoever will be the first to depart from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, the same will I offer as a holocaust to the Lord.”

    11:32 And Jephthah crossed to the sons of Ammon, so that he might fight against them. And the Lord delivered them into his hands.

    11:33 And he struck them down from Aroer, as far as the entrance to Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel, which is covered with vineyards, in an exceedingly great slaughter. And the sons of Ammon were humbled by the sons of Israel.

    11:34 But when Jephthah returned to Mizpah, to his own house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and dances. For he had no other children.

    11:35 And upon seeing her, he tore his garments, and he said: “Alas, my daughter! You have cheated me, and you yourself have been cheated. For I opened my mouth to the Lord, and I can do nothing else.”

    11:36 And she answered him, “My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me whatever you have promised, since victory has been granted to you, as well as vengeance against your enemies.”

    11:37 And she said to her father: “Grant to me this one thing, which I request. Permit me, that I may wander the hillsides for two months, and that I may mourn my virginity with my companions.”

    11:38 And he answered her, “Go.” And he released her for two months. And when she had departed with her friends and companions, she wept over her virginity in the hillsides.

    11:39 And when the two months expired, she returned to her father, and he did to her just as he had vowed, though she knew no man. From this, the custom grew up in Israel, and the practice has been preserved,

    Gospel

    Matthew 22: 1-14

    22:1 And responding, Jesus again spoke to them in parables, saying:

    22:2 “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who was king, who celebrated a wedding for his son.

    22:3 And he sent his servants to call those who were invited to the wedding. But they were not willing to come.

    22:4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, ‘Tell the invited: Behold, I have prepared my meal. My bulls and fatlings have been killed, and all is ready. Come to the wedding.’

    22:5 But they ignored this and they went away: one to his country estate, and another to his business.

    22:6 Yet truly, the rest took hold of his servants and, having treated them with contempt, killed them.

    22:7 But when the king heard this, he was angry. And sending out his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and he burned their city.

    22:8 Then he said to his servants: ‘The wedding, indeed, has been prepared. But those who were invited were not worthy.

    22:9 Therefore, go out to the ways, and call whomever you will find to the wedding.’

    22:10 And his servants, departing into the ways, gathered all those whom they found, bad and good, and the wedding was filled with guests.

    22:11 Then the king entered to see the guests. And he saw a man there who was not clothed in a wedding garment.

    22:12 And he said to him, ‘Friend, how is it that you have entered here without having a wedding garment?’ But he was dumbstruck.

    22:13 Then the king said to the ministers: ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

    22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.’ ”

  • August 20, 2025

    Reading

    Judges    9: 6-15

    9:6 Then all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the families of the city of Millo, and they went and appointed Abimelech as king, beside the oak that stood at Shechem.

    9:7 When this had been reported to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim. And lifting up his voice, he cried out and said: “Listen to me, men of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

    9:8 The trees went to anoint a king over themselves. And they said to the olive tree, ‘Reign over us.’

    9:9 And it responded, ‘How could I abandon my fatness, which both gods and men make use of, and depart to be promoted among the trees?’

    9:10 And the trees said to the fig tree, ‘Come and accept royal power over us.’

    9:11 And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my sweetness, and my very sweet fruits, and depart to be promoted among the other trees?’

    9:12 And the trees said to the vine, ‘Come and reign over us.’

    9:13 And it responded to them, ‘How could I abandon my wine, which gives joy to God and men, and be promoted among the other trees?’

    9:14 And all the trees said to the bramble, ‘Come and reign over us.’

    9:15 And it responded to them: ‘If truly you would appoint me as king, come and rest under my shadow. But if you are not willing, let fire go forth from the bramble, and let it devour the cedars of Lebanon.’ ”

    Gospel

    Matthew    20: 1-16

    20:1 “The kingdom of heaven is like the father of a family who went out in early morning to lead workers into his vineyard.

    20:2 Then, having made an agreement with the workers for one denarius per day, he sent them into his vineyard.

    20:3 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing idle in the marketplace.’

    20:4 And he said to them, ‘You may go into my vineyard, too, and what I will give you will be just.’

    20:5 So they went forth. But again, he went out about the sixth, and about the ninth hour, and he acted similarly.

    20:6 Yet truly, about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others standing, and he said to them, ‘Why have you stood here idle all day?’

    20:7 They say to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said to them, ‘You also may go into my vineyard.’

    20:8 And when evening had arrived, the lord of the vineyard said to his manager, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning from the last, even to the first.’

    20:9 And so, when those who had arrived about the eleventh hour came forward, each received a single denarius.

    20:10 Then when the first ones also came forward, they considered that they would receive more. But they, too, received one denarius

    20:11 And upon receiving it, they murmured against the father of the family,

    20:12 saying, ‘These last have worked for one hour, and you have made them equal to us, who worked bearing the weight and heat of the day.’

    20:13 But responding to one of them, he said: ‘Friend, I caused you no injury. Did you not agree with me to one denarius?

    20:14 Take what is yours and go. But it is my will to give to this last, just as to you.

    20:15 And is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Or is your eye wicked because I am good?’

    20:16 So then, the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called, but few are chosen.”

  • August 19, 2025

    Reading

    Judges   6: 11-24

    6:11 Then an Angel of the Lord arrived, and he sat under an oak tree, which was at Ophrah, and which belonged to Joash, the father of the family of Ezri. And while his son Gideon was threshing and cleaning the grain at the winepress, so that he might flee from Midian,

    6:12 the Angel of the Lord appeared to him, and he said: “The Lord is with you, most valiant of men.”

    6:13 And Gideon said to him: “I beg you, my lord, if the Lord is with us, why have these things happened to us? Where are his miracles, which our fathers described when they said, ‘The Lord led us away from Egypt.’ But now the Lord has forsaken us, and he has delivered us into the hand of Midian.”

    6:14 And the Lord looked down upon him, and he said: “Go forth with this, your strength, and you shall free Israel from the hand of Midian. Know that I have sent you.”

    6:15 And responding, he said: “I beg you, my lord, with what shall I free Israel? Behold, my family is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the least in the house of my father.”

    6:16 And the Lord said to him: “I will be with you. And so, you shall cut down Midian as if one man.”

    6:17 And he said: “If I have found grace before you, give me a sign that it is you who is speaking to me.

    6:18 And may you not withdraw from here, until I return to you, carrying a sacrifice and offering it to you.” And he responded, “I will wait for your return.”

    6:19 And so Gideon entered, and he boiled a goat, and he made unleavened bread from a measure of flour. And setting the flesh in a basket, and putting the broth of the flesh in a pot, he took it all under the oak tree, and he offered it to him.

    6:20 And the Angel of the Lord said to him, “Take the flesh and the unleavened bread, and place them on that rock, and pour out the broth upon it.” And when he had done so,

    6:21 the Angel of the Lord extended the end of a staff, which he was holding in his hand, and he touched the flesh and the unleavened loaves. And a fire ascended from the rock, and it consumed the flesh and the unleavened loaves. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight.

    6:22 And Gideon, realizing that it had been the Angel of the Lord, said: “Alas, my Lord God! For I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face.”

    6:23 And the Lord said to him: “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid; you shall not die.”

    6:24 Therefore, Gideon built an altar to the Lord there, and he called it, the Peace of the Lord, even to the present day. And while he was still at Ophrah, which is of the family of Ezri,

    Gospel

    Matthew   19: 23-30

    19:23 Then Jesus said to his disciples: “Amen, I say to you, that the wealthy shall enter with difficulty into the kingdom of heaven.
    19:24 And again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven.”
    19:25 And upon hearing this, the disciples wondered greatly, saying: “Then who will be able to be saved?”
    19:26 But Jesus, gazing at them, said to them: “With men, this is impossible. But with God, all things are possible.”
    19:27 Then Peter responded by saying to him: “Behold, we have left behind all things, and we have followed you. So then, what will be for us?”
    19:28 And Jesus said to them: “Amen I say to you, that at the resurrection, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, those of you who have followed me shall also sit on twelve seats, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
    19:29 And anyone who has left behind home, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for the sake of my name, shall receive one hundred times more, and shall possess eternal life.
    19:30 But many of those who are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.”

  • August 18, 2025

    Reading

    Judges    2: 11-19

    2:11 And the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and they served the Baals.

    2:12 And they abandoned the Lord, the God of their fathers, who had led them away from the land of Egypt. And they followed foreign gods and the gods of the peoples who were living around them, and they adored them. And they provoked the Lord to wrath,

    2:13 forsaking him, and serving Baal and Ashtaroth.

    2:14 And the Lord, having become angry against Israel, delivered them into the hands of plunderers, who seized them and sold them to the enemies that were living on all sides. Neither were they able to withstand their adversaries.

    2:15 Instead, wherever they wanted to go, the hand of the Lord was upon them, just as he said and just as he swore to them. And they were greatly afflicted.

    2:16 And the Lord raised up judges, who would free them from the hands of their oppressors. But they were not willing to listen to them.

    2:17 Fornicating with foreign gods and adoring them, they quickly deserted the way along which their fathers had advanced. And having heard the commandments of the Lord, they did all things to the contrary.

    2:18 And while the Lord was raising up the judges, in their days, he was moved to mercy, and he listened to the groaning of the afflicted, and he freed them from the slaughter of their oppressors.

    2:19 But after a judge had died, they turned back, and they were doing much worse things than their fathers had done, following strange gods, serving them, and adoring them. They did not abandon their pursuits and their very stubborn way, by which they were accustomed to walk.

    Gospel

    Matthew    19: 16-22

    19:16 And behold, someone approached and said to him, “Good Teacher, what good should I do, so that I may have eternal life?”

    19:17 And he said to him: “Why do you question me about what is good? One is good: God. But if you wish to enter into life, observe the commandments.”

    19:18 He said to him, “Which?” And Jesus said: “You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not give false testimony.

    19:19 Honor your father and your mother. And, you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”

    19:20 The young man said to him: “All these I have kept from my childhood. What is still lacking for me?”

    19:21 Jesus said to him: “If you are willing to be perfect, go, sell what you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”

    19:22 And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad, for he had many possessions.

  • August 17, 2025

    First Reading

    Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8- 10

    38:4 And the leaders said to the king: “We petition you to put this man to death. For he is deliberately weakening the hands of the men of war, who have remained in this city, and the hands of the people, by speaking to them with these words. For this man is certainly not seeking peace for this people, but evil.”
    38:5 And king Zedekiah said: “Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything.”
    38:6 Therefore, they took Jeremiah and cast him into the pit of Malchiah, the son of Amelech, which was at the entrance to the prison. And they lowered Jeremiah by ropes into the pit, in which there was no water, but only mud. And so Jeremiah descended into the mire.

    38:8 And so Ebedmelech departed from the king’s house, and he spoke to the king, saying:
    38:9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have perpetrated against Jeremiah the prophet, casting him into the pit so that he would die there from famine. For there is no more bread in the city.”
    38:10 And so the king instructed Ebedmelech, the Ethiopian, saying: “Take with you thirty men from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet from the pit, before he dies.”

    Second Reading

    Hebrews 12: 1-4

    12:1 Furthermore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses over us, let us set aside every burden and sin which may surround us, and advance, through patience, to the struggle offered to us.
    12:2 Let us gaze upon Jesus, as the Author and the completion of our faith, who, having joy laid out before him, endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and who now sits at the right hand of the throne of God.
    12:3 So then, meditate upon him who endured such adversity from sinners against himself, so that you may not become weary, failing in your souls.
    12:4 For you have not yet resisted unto blood, while striving against sin.

    Gospel

    Luke 12: 49- 53

    12:49 I have come to cast a fire upon the earth. And what should I desire, except that it may be kindled?
    12:50 And I have a baptism, with which I am to be baptized. And how I am constrained, even until it may be accomplished!
    12:51 Do you think that I have come to give peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
    12:52 For from this time on, there will be five in one house: divided as three against two, and as two against three.
    12:53 A father will be divided against a son, and a son against his father; a mother against a daughter and a daughter against a mother; a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”

  • August 16, 2025

    Joshua 24: 14- 19

    24:14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him with a perfect and very sincere heart. And take away the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia and in Egypt, and serve the Lord.
    24:15 But if it seems evil to you that you would serve the Lord, a choice is given to you. Choose today what pleases you, and whom you ought to serve above all else, either the gods that your fathers served in Mesopotamia, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you live: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
    24:16 And the people responded, and they said: “Far be it from us that we would forsake the Lord, and serve foreign gods.
    24:17 The Lord our God himself led us and our fathers away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude. And he accomplished immense signs in our sight, and he preserved us along the entire way by which we journeyed, and among all the people through whom we passed.
    24:18 And he cast out all the nations, the Amorite, the inhabitant of the land that we entered. And so, we will serve the Lord, for he is our God.”
    24:19 And Joshua said to the people: “You will not be able to serve the Lord. For he is a holy and powerful God, and he is jealous, and he will not ignore your wickedness and sins.

    Gospel

    Matthew 19: 13- 15

    19:13 Then they brought to him little children, so that he would place his hands upon them and pray. But the disciples rebuked them.
    19:14 Yet truly, Jesus said to them: “Allow the little children to come to me, and do not choose to prohibit them. For the kingdom of heaven is among such as these.”
    19:15 And when he had imposed his hands upon them, he went away from there.

  • August 15, 2025

    The Assumption of Mary

    First Reading

    Revelation 11: 19-, 12: 1- 6, 10

    11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven. And the Ark of his Testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail.

    12:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon was under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars.
    12:2 And being with child, she cried out while giving birth, and she was suffering in order to give birth.
    12:3 And another sign was seen in heaven. And behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems.
    12:4 And his tail drew down a third part of the stars of heaven and cast them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman, who was about to give birth, so that, when she had brought forth, he might devour her son.
    12:5 And she brought forth a male child, who was soon to rule all the nations with an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.
    12:6 And the woman fled into solitude, where a place was being held ready by God, so that they might pasture her in that place for one thousand two hundred and sixty days.

    12:10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying: “Now have arrived salvation and virtue and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been cast down, he who accused them before our God day and night.

    Second Reading

    First Corinthians 15: 20- 27

    15:20 But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
    15:21 For certainly, death came through a man. And so, the resurrection of the dead came through a man
    15:22 And just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be brought to life,
    15:23 but each one in his proper order: Christ, as the first-fruits, and next, those who are of Christ, who have believed in his advent.
    15:24 Afterwards is the end, when he will have handed over the kingdom to God the Father, when he will have emptied all principality, and authority, and power.
    15:25 For it is necessary for him to reign, until he has set all his enemies under his feet.
    15:26 Lastly, the enemy called death shall be destroyed. For he has subjected all things under his feet. And although he says,
    15:27 “All things have been subjected to him,” without doubt he does not include the One who has subjected all things to him.

    Gospel

    Luke 1: 39- 56

    1:39 And in those days, Mary, rising up, traveled quickly into the hill country, to a city of Judah.
    1:40 And she entered into the house of Zechariah, and she greeted Elizabeth.
    1:41 And it happened that, as Elizabeth heard the greeting of Mary, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
    1:42 And she cried out with a loud voice and said: “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb.
    1:43 And how does this concern me, so that the mother of my Lord would come to me?
    1:44 For behold, as the voice of your greeting came to my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy.
    1:45 And blessed are you who believed, for the things that were spoken to you by the Lord shall be accomplished.”
    1:46 And Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord.
    1:47 And my spirit leaps for joy in God my Saviour.
    1:48 For he has looked with favor on the humility of his handmaid. For behold, from this time, all generations shall call me blessed.
    1:49 For he who is great has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
    1:50 And his mercy is from generation to generations for those who fear him.
    1:51 He has accomplished powerful deeds with his arm. He has scattered the arrogant in the intentions of their heart.
    1:52 He has deposed the powerful from their seat, and he has exalted the humble.
    1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.
    1:54 He has taken up his servant Israel, mindful of his mercy,
    1:55 just as he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his offspring forever.”
    1:56 Then Mary stayed with her for about three months. And she returned to her own house.