Category: Daily Readings

  • June 27, 2025

    The Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

    Ezekiel 34: 11- 16

    34:11 For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I myself will seek my sheep, and I myself will visit them.
    34:12 Just as a shepherd visits his flock, in the day when he will be in the midst of his sheep that were scattered, so will I visit my sheep. And I will deliver them from all the places to which they had been scattered in the day of gloom and darkness.
    34:13 And I will lead them away from the peoples, and I will gather them from the lands, and I will bring them into their own land. And I will pasture them on the mountains of Israel, by the rivers, and in all the settlements of the land.
    34:14 I will feed them in very fertile pastures, and their pastures will be on the lofty mountains of Israel. There they will rest on the green grass, and they will be fed in the fat pastures, on the mountains of Israel.
    34:15 I will feed my sheep, and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God.
    34:16 I will seek what had been lost. And I will lead back again what had been cast aside. And I will bind up what ha

    Romans 5: 5- 11

    5:5 but hope is not unfounded, because the love of God is poured forth in our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.
    5:6 Yet why did Christ, while we were still infirm, at the proper time, suffer death for the impious?
    5:7 Now someone might barely be willing to die for the sake of justice, for example, perhaps someone might dare to die for the sake of a good man.
    5:8 But God demonstrates his love for us in that, while we were yet sinners, at the proper time,
    5:9 Christ died for us. Therefore, having been justified now by his blood, all the more so shall we be saved from wrath through him.
    5:10 For if we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, while we were still enemies, all the more so, having been reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
    5:11 And not only that, but we also glory in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation.

    Luke 15: 3- 7

    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.

  • June 26, 2025

    Reading

    Genesis 16: 1- 12, 15- 16

    16:1 Now Sarai, the wife of Abram, had not conceived children. But, having an Egyptian handmaid named Hagar,

    16:2 she said to her husband: “Behold, the Lord has closed me, lest I give birth. Enter to my handmaid, so that perhaps I may receive sons of her at least.” And when he agreed to her supplication,

    16:3 she took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, ten years after they began to live in the land of Canaan, and she gave her to her husband as a wife.

    16:4 And he entered to her. But when she saw that she had conceived, she despised her mistress.

    16:5 And Sarai said to Abram: “You have acted unfairly against me. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, who, when she saw that she had conceived, held me in contempt. May the Lord judge between me and you.”

    16:6 Abram responded to her by saying, “Behold, your handmaid is in your hand to treat as it pleases you.” And so, when Sarai afflicted her, she took flight.

    16:7 And when the Angel of the Lord had found her, near the fountain of water in the wilderness, which is on the way to Shur in the desert,

    16:8 he said to her: “Hagar, handmaid of Sarai, where have you come from? And where will you go?” And she answered, “I flee from the face of Sarai, my mistress.”

    16:9 And the Angel of the Lord said to her, “Return to your mistress, and humble yourself under her hand.”

    16:10 And again he said, “I will multiply your offspring continuously, and they will not be numbered because of their multitude.”

    16:11 But thereafter he said: “Behold, you have conceived, and you will give birth to a son. And you shall call his name Ishmael, because the Lord has heard your affliction.

    16:12 He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”

    16:15 And Hagar gave birth to a son for Abram, who called his name Ishmael.

    16:16 Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael for him.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According Matthew   7: 21-29

    7:21 Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
    7:22 Many will say to me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and perform many powerful deeds in your name?’
    7:23 And then will I disclose to them: ‘I have never known you. Depart from me, you workers of iniquity.’
    7:24 Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
    7:25 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
    7:26 And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
    7:27 And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin.”
    7:28 And it happened, when Jesus had completed these words, that the crowds were astonished at his doctrine.
    7:29 For he was teaching them as one who has authority, and not like their scribes and Pharisees.

  • June 25, 2025

    Genesis 15: 1- 12, 17- 18

    15:1 And so, these things having been transacted, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: “Do not be afraid, Abram, I am your protector, and your reward is exceedingly great.”
    15:2 And Abram said: “Lord God, what will you give to me? I may go without children. And the son of the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus.”
    15:3 And Abram added: “Yet to me you have not given offspring. And behold, my servant born in my house will be my heir.”
    15:4 And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: “This one will not be your heir. But he who will come from your loins, the same will you have for your heir.”
    15:5 And he brought him outside, and he said to him, “Take in the heavens, and number the stars, if you can.” And he said to him, “So also will your offspring be.”
    15:6 Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice.
    15:7 And he said to him, “I am the Lord who led you away from Ur of the Chaldeans, so as to give you this land, and so that you would possess it.”
    15:8 But he said, “Lord God, in what way may I be able to know that I will possess it?”
    15:9 And the Lord responded by saying: “Take for me a cow of three years, and a she-goat of three years, and a ram of three years, also a turtle-dove and a pigeon.”
    15:10 Taking all these, he divided them through the middle, and placed both parts opposite one another. But the birds he did not divide.
    15:11 And birds descended upon the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
    15:12 And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a dread, great and dark, invaded him.
    15:17 Then, when the sun had set, there came a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions.
    15:18 On that day, God formed a covenant with Abram, saying: “To your offspring I will give this land, from the river of Egypt, even to the great river Euphrates:

    Matthew 7: 15- 20

    7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.
    7:16 You shall know them by their fruits. Can grapes be gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles?
    7:17 So then, every good tree produces good fruit, and the evil tree produces evil fruit.
    7:18 A good tree is not able to produce evil fruit, and an evil tree is not able to produce good fruit.
    7:19 Every tree which does not produce good fruit shall be cut down and cast into the fire.
    7:20 Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.

  • June 24, 2025

    Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist

    Isaiah 49: 1- 6

    49:1 Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name.
    49:2 And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
    49:3 And he has said to me: “You are my servant, Israel. For in you, I will glory.”
    49:4 And I said: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
    49:5 And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb as his servant, so that I may bring back Jacob to him, for Israel will not be gathered together, but I have been glorified in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength,
    49:6 and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Behold, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”

    Acts 13: 22- 26

    13:22 And having removed him, he raised up for them king David. And offering testimony about him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man according to my own heart, who will accomplish all that I will.’
    13:23 From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel.
    13:24 John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
    13:25 Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’
    13:26 Noble brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to you the Word of this salvation has been sent.

    Luke 1: 57- 66, 80

    1:57 Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth arrived, and she brought forth a son.
    1:58 And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and so they congratulated her.
    1:59 And it happened that, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Zechariah.
    1:60 And in response, his mother said: “Not so. Instead, he shall be called John.”
    1:61 And they said to her, “But there is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”
    1:62 Then they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him to be called.
    1:63 And requesting a writing tablet, he wrote, saying: “His name is John.” And they all wondered.
    1:64 Then, at once, his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosened, and he spoke, blessing God.
    1:65 And fear fell upon all of their neighbors. And all these words were made known throughout all the hill country of Judea.
    1:66 And all those who heard it stored it up in their heart, saying: “What do you think this boy will be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.
    1:80 And the child grew, and he was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.

  • June 23, 2025

    Reading

    Genesis  12: 1- 9

    1:1 In the beginning, God created heaven and earth.

    1:2 But the earth was empty and unoccupied, and darknesses were over the face of the abyss; and so the Spirit of God was brought over the waters.

    1:3 And God said, “Let there be light.” And light became.

    1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and so he divided the light from the darknesses.

    1:5 And he called the light, ‘Day,’ and the darknesses, ‘Night.’ And it became evening and morning, one day.

    1:6 God also said, “Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide waters from waters.”

    1:7 And God made a firmament, and he divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament. And so it became.

    1:8 And God called the firmament ‘Heaven.’ And it became evening and morning, the second day.

    1:9 Truly God said: “Let the waters that are under heaven be gathered together into one place; and let the dry land appear.” And so it became.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    7: 1-5

    7:1 “Do not judge, so that you may not be judged.
    7:2 For with whatever judgment you judge, so shall you be judged; and with whatever measure you measure out, so shall it be measured back to you.
    7:3 And how can you see the splinter in your brother’s eye, and not see the board in your own eye?
    7:4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the splinter from your eye,’ while, behold, a board is in your own eye?
    7:5 Hypocrite, first remove the board from your own eye, and then you will see clearly enough to remove the splinter from your brother’s eye.

  • June 22, 2025

    The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ

    Genesis 14: 18- 20

    14:18 Then in truth, Melchizedek, the king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine, for he was a priest of the Most High God;
    14:19 he blessed him, and he said: “Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, who created heaven and earth.
    14:20 And blessed be the Most High God, through whose protection the enemies are in your hands.” And he gave him tithes from everything.

    First Corinthians 11: 23- 26

    11:23 For I have received from the Lord what I have also delivered to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the same night that he was handed over, took bread,
    11:24 and giving thanks, he broke it, and said: “Take and eat. This is my body, which shall be given up for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
    11:25 Similarly also, the cup, after he had eaten supper, saying: “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
    11:26 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until he returns.

    Luke 9: 11- 17

    9:11 But when the crowd had realized this, they followed him. And he received them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God. And those who were in need of cures, he healed.
    9:12 Then the day began to decline. And drawing near, the twelve said to him: “Dismiss the crowds, so that, by going into the surrounding towns and villages, they may separate and find food. For we are here in a deserted place.”
    9:13 But he said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they said, “There is with us no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we are to go and buy food for this entire multitude.”
    9:14 Now there were about five thousand men. So he said to his disciples, “Have them recline to eat in groups of fifty.”
    9:15 And they did so. And they caused them all to recline to eat.
    9:16 Then, taking the five loaves and the two fish, he gazed up to heaven, and he blessed and broke and distributed them to his disciples, in order to set them before the crowd.
    9:17 And they all ate and were satisfied. And twelve baskets of fragments were taken up, which were left over from them.

  • June 21, 2025

    Reading

    Second Letter to the Corinthians 12: 1- 10

    12:1 If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.

    12:2 I know a man in Christ, who, more than fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I do not know, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows), was enraptured to the third heaven.

    12:3 And I know a certain man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know: God knows),

    12:4 who was enraptured into Paradise. And he heard words of mystery, which it is not permitted for man to speak.

    12:5 On behalf of someone like this, I will glory. But on behalf of myself, I will not glory about anything, except my infirmities.

    12:6 For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.

    12:7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should extol me, there was given to me a prodding in my flesh: an angel of Satan, who struck me repeatedly.

    12:8 Because of this, three times I petitioned the Lord that it might be taken away from me.

    12:9 And he said to me: “My grace is sufficient for you. For virtue is perfected in weakness.” And so, willingly shall I glory in my weaknesses, so that the virtue of Christ may live within me.

    12:10 Because of this, I am pleased in my infirmity: in reproaches, in difficulties, in persecutions, in distresses, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am powerful.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    6: 24-34

    6:24 No one is able to serve two masters. For either he will have hatred for the one, and love the other, or he will persevere with the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth.
    6:25 And so I say to you, do not be anxious about your life, as to what you will eat, nor about your body, as to what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
    6:26 Consider the birds of the air, how they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much greater value than they are?
    6:27 And which of you, by thinking, is able to add one cubit to his stature?
    6:28 And as for clothing, why are you anxious? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither work nor weave.
    6:29 But I say to you, that not even Solomon, in all his glory, was arrayed like one of these.
    6:30 So if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is here today, and cast into the oven tomorrow, how much more will he care for you, O little in faith?
    6:31 Therefore, do not choose to be anxious, saying: ‘What shall we eat, and what shall we drink, and with what shall we be clothed?’
    6:32 For the Gentiles seek all these things. Yet your Father knows that you need all these things.
    6:33 Therefore, seek first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added to you as well.
    6:34 Therefore, do not be anxious about tomorrow; for the future day will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its evil.”

  • June 20, 2025

    Reading

    Second Letter to Corinthians 11: 18, 21- 30

    11:18 Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.

    11:21 I speak according to disgrace, as if we had been weak in this regard. In this matter, (I speak in foolishness) if anyone dares, I dare also.

    11:22 They are Hebrews; so am I. They are Israelites; so am I. They are the offspring of Abraham; so am I.

    11:23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.

    11:24 On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.

    11:25 Three times, I was beaten with rods. One time, I was stoned. Three times, I was shipwrecked. For a night and a day, I was in the depths of the sea.

    11:26 I have made frequent journeys, through dangerous waters, in danger of robbers, in danger from my own nation, in danger from the Gentiles, in danger in the city, in danger in the wilderness, in danger in the sea, in danger from false brothers,

    11:27 with hardships and difficulties, with much vigilance, in hunger and thirst, with frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness,

    11:28 and, in addition to these things, which are external: there is my daily earnestness and solicitude for all the churches.

    11:29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not being burned?

    11:30 If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.

    Gospel

    The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    6: 19-23

    6:19 Do not choose to store up for yourselves treasures on earth: where rust and moth consume, and where thieves break in and steal.
    6:20 Instead, store up for yourselves treasures in heaven: where neither rust nor moth consumes, and where thieves do not break in and steal.
    6:21 For where your treasure is, there also is your heart.
    6:22 The lamp of your body is your eye. If your eye is wholesome, your entire body will be filled with light.
    6:23 But if your eye has been corrupted, your entire body will be darkened. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great will that darkness be!

  • June 19, 2025

    Second Corinthians 11: 1- 11

    11:1 I wish that you would endure a small amount of my foolishness, so as to bear with me.
    11:2 For I am jealous toward you, with the jealousy of God. And I have espoused you to one husband, offering you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
    11:3 But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.
    11:4 For if anyone arrives preaching another Christ, one whom we have not preached; or if you receive another Spirit, one whom you have not received; or another Gospel, one which you have not been given: you might permit him to guide you.
    11:5 For I consider that I have done nothing less than the great Apostles.
    11:6 For although I may be unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge. But, in all things, we have been made manifest to you.
    11:7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you would be exalted? For I preached the Gospel of God to you freely.
    11:8 I have taken from other churches, receiving a stipend from them to the benefit of your ministry.
    11:9 And when I was with you and in need, I was burdensome to no one. For the brothers who came from Macedonia supplied whatever was lacking to me. And in all things, I have kept myself, and I will keep myself, from being burdensome to you.
    11:10 The truth of Christ is in me, and so this glorying shall not be broken away from me in the regions of Achaia.
    11:11 Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.

    Matthew 6: 7- 15

    6:7 And when praying, do not choose many words, as the pagans do. For they think that by their excess of words they might be heeded.
    6:8 Therefore, do not choose to imitate them. For your Father knows what your needs may be, even before you ask him.
    6:9 Therefore, you shall pray in this way: Our Father, who is in heaven: May your name be kept holy.
    6:10 May your kingdom come. May your will be done, as in heaven, so also on earth.
    6:11 Give us this day our life-sustaining bread.
    6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
    6:13 And lead us not into temptation. But free us from evil. Amen.
    6:14 For if you will forgive men their sins, your heavenly Father also will forgive you your offenses.
    6:15 But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your sins.

  • June 18, 2025

    Second Corinthians 9: 6- 11

    9:6 But I say this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly. And whoever sows with blessings shall also reap from blessings:
    9:7 each one giving, just as he has determined in his heart, neither out of sadness, nor out of obligation. For God loves a cheerful giver.
    9:8 And God is able to make every grace abound in you, so that, always having what you need in all things, you may abound unto every good work,
    9:9 just as it was written: “He has distributed widely, he has given to the poor; his justice remains from age to age.”
    9:10 And he who ministers seed to the sower will offer you bread to eat, and will multiply your seed, and will increase the growth of the fruits of your justice.
    9:11 So then, having been enriched in all things, you may abound in all simplicity, which works thanksgiving to God through us.

    Matthew 6: 1- 6, 16- 18

    6:1 “Pay attention, lest you perform your justice before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you shall not have a reward with your Father, who is in heaven.
    6:2 Therefore, when you give alms, do not choose to sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the towns, so that they may be honored by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
    6:3 But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,
    6:4 so that your almsgiving may be in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
    6:5 And when you pray, you should not be like the hypocrites, who love standing in the synagogues and at the corners of the streets to pray, so that they may be seen by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward.
    6:6 But you, when you pray, enter into your room, and having shut the door, pray to your Father in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.
    6:16 And when you fast, do not choose to become gloomy, like the hypocrites. For they alter their faces, so that their fasting may be apparent to men. Amen I say to you, that they have received their reward.
    6:17 But as for you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
    6:18 so that your fasting will not be apparent to men, but to your Father, who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will repay you.