Category: Daily Readings

  • May 29, 2025

    The Ascension of the Lord

    Acts 1: 1- 11

    1:1 Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
    1:2 instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
    1:3 He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.
    1:4 And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard,” he said, “from my own mouth.
    1:5 For John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.”
    1:6 Therefore, those who had assembled together questioned him, saying, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”
    1:7 But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.
    1:8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
    1:9 And when he had said these things, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
    1:10 And while they were watching him going up to heaven, behold, two men stood near them in white vestments.
    1:11 And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.”
    1:17 so that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give a spirit of wisdom and of revelation to you, in knowledge of him.
    1:18 May the eyes of your heart be illuminated, so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and the wealth of the glory of his inheritance with the saints,
    1:19 and the preeminent magnitude of his virtue toward us, toward we who believe in accord with the work of his powerful virtue,
    1:20 which he wrought in Christ, raising him from the dead and establishing him at his right hand in the heavens,
    1:21 above every principality and power and virtue and dominion, and above every name that is given, not only in this age, but even in the future age.
    1:22 And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church,
    1:23 which is his body and which is the fullness of him who accomplishes everything in everyone.

    or, Hebrews 9:24- 28; 10: 19- 23

    9:24 For Jesus did not enter by means of holy things made with hands, mere examples of the true things, but he entered into Heaven itself, so that he may appear now before the face of God for us.
    9:25 And he did not enter so as to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters into the Holy of Holies each year, with the blood of another.
    9:26 Otherwise, he would need to have suffered repeatedly since the beginning of the world. But now, one time, at the consummation of the ages, he has appeared in order to destroy sin though his own sacrifice.
    9:27 And in the same manner as it has been appointed for men to die one time, and after this, to be judged,
    9:28 so also Christ was offered, one time, in order to empty the sins of so many. He shall appear a second time without sin, for those who await him, unto salvation.
    10:19 And so, brothers, have faith in the entrance into the Holy of Holies by the blood of Christ,
    10:20 and in the new and living Way, which he has initiated for us by the veil, that is, by his flesh,
    10:21 and in the Great Priest over the house of God.
    10:22 So, let us draw near with a true heart, in the fullness of faith, having hearts cleansed from an evil conscience, and bodies absolved with clean water.
    10:23 Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope, without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful.

    Luke 24: 46- 53

    24:46 And he said to them: “For so it is written, and so it was necessary, for the Christ to suffer and to rise up from the dead on the third day,
    24:47 and, in his name, for repentance and the remission of sins to be preached, among all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
    24:48 And you are witnesses of these things.
    24:49 And I am sending the Promise of my Father upon you. But you must stay in the city, until such time as you are clothed with power from on high.”
    24:50 Then he led them out as far as Bethania. And lifting up his hands, he blessed them.
    24:51 And it happened that, while he was blessing them, he withdrew from them, and he was carried up into heaven.
    24:52 And worshiping, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.
    24:53 And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen.

  • May 28, 2025

    Acts 17: 15, 22- 18: 1

    17:15 Then those who were leading Paul brought him as far as Athens. And having received an order from him to Silas and Timothy, that they should come to him quickly, they set out.
    17:22 But Paul, standing in the middle of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are rather superstitious.
    17:23 For as I was passing by and noticing your idols, I also found an altar, on which was written: TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Therefore, what you worship in ignorance, this is what I am preaching to you:
    17:24 the God who made the world and all that is in it, the One who is the Lord of heaven and earth, who does not live in temples made with hands.
    17:25 Neither is he served by the hands of men, as if in need of anything, since it is he who gives to all things life and breath and all else.
    17:26 And he has made, out of one, every family of man: to live upon the face of the entire earth, determining the appointed seasons and the limits of their habitation,
    17:27 so as to seek God, if perhaps they may consider him or find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
    17:28 ‘For in him we live, and move, and exist.’ Just as some of your own poets have said. ‘For we are also of his family.’
    17:29 Therefore, since we are of the family of God, we must not consider gold or silver or precious stones, or the engravings of art and of the imagination of man, to be a representation of what is Divine.
    17:30 And indeed, God, having looked down to see the ignorance of these times, has now announced to men that everyone everywhere should do penance.
    17:31 For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead.”
    17:32 And when they had heard about the Resurrection of the dead, indeed, some were derisive, while others said, “We will listen to you about this again.”
    17:33 So Paul departed from their midst.
    17:34 Yet truly, certain men, adhering to him, did believe. Among these were also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.
    18:1 After these things, having departed from Athens, he arrived at Corinth.

    John 16: 12- 15

    16:12 I still have many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them now.
    16:13 But when the Spirit of truth has arrived, he will teach the whole truth to you. For he will not be speaking from himself. Instead, whatever he will hear, he will speak. And he will announce to you the things that are to come.
    16:14 He shall glorify me. For he will receive from what is mine, and he will announce it to you.
    16:15 All things whatsoever that the Father has are mine. For this reason, I said that he will receive from what is mine and that he will announce it to you.

  • May 27, 2025

    Acts 16: 22- 34

    16:22 And the people rushed together against them. And the magistrates, tearing their tunics, ordered them to be beaten with staffs.
    16:23 And when they had inflicted many scourges on them, they cast them into prison, instructing the guard to watch them diligently.
    16:24 And since he had received this kind of order, he cast them into the interior prison cell, and he restricted their feet with stocks.
    16:25 Then, in the middle of the night, Paul and Silas were praying and praising God. And those who were also in custody were listening to them.
    16:26 Yet truly, there was a sudden earthquake, so great that the foundations of the prison were moved. And immediately all the doors were opened, and the bindings of everyone were released.
    16:27 Then the prison guard, having been jarred awake, and seeing the doors of the prison open, drew his sword and intended to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.
    16:28 But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying: “Do no harm to yourself, for we are all here!”
    16:29 Then calling for a light, he entered. And trembling, he fell before the feet of Paul and Silas.
    16:30 And bringing them outside, he said, “Sirs, what must I do, so that I may be saved?”
    16:31 So they said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and then you will be saved, with your household.”
    16:32 And they spoke the Word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house.
    16:33 And he, taking them in the same hour of the night, washed their scourges. And he was baptized, and next his entire household.
    16:34 And when he had brought them into his own house, he set a table for them. And he was joyous, with his entire household, believing in God.

    John 16: 5- 11

    16:5 But I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you. And now I am going to him who sent me. And no one among you has asked me, ‘Where are you going?’
    16:6 But because I have spoken these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.
    16:7 But I tell you the truth: it is expedient for you that I am going. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But when I will have gone away, I will send him to you.
    16:8 And when he has arrived, he will argue against the world, about sin and about justice and about judgment:
    16:9 about sin, indeed, because they have not believed in me;
    16:10 about justice, truly, because I am going to the Father, and you will not see me any longer;
    16:11 about judgment, then, because the prince of this world has already been judged.

  • May 26, 2025

    Acts 16: 11- 15

    16:11 And sailing from Troas, taking a direct path, we arrived at Samothrace, and on the following day, at Neapolis,
    16:12 and from there to Philippi, which is the preeminent city in the area of Macedonia, a colony. Now we were in this city some days, conferring together.
    16:13 Then, on the Sabbath day, we were walking outside the gate, beside a river, where there seemed to be a prayer gathering. And sitting down, we were speaking with the women who had assembled.
    16:14 And a certain woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple in the city of Thyatira, a worshiper of God, listened. And the Lord opened her heart to be receptive to what Paul was saying.
    16:15 And when she had been baptized, with her household, she pleaded with us, saying: “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, enter into my house and lodge there.” And she convinced us.

    John 15: 26- 16: 4

    15:26 But when the Advocate has arrived, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will offer testimony about me.
    15:27 And you shall offer testimony, because you are with me from the beginning.”
    16:1 “These things I have spoken to you, so that you would not stumble.
    16:2 They will put you out of the synagogues. But the hour is coming when everyone who puts you to death will consider that he is offering an excellent service to God.
    16:3 And they will do these things to you because they have not known the Father, nor me.
    16:4 But these things I have spoken to you, so that, when the hour for these things will have arrived, you may remember that I told you.

  • May 25, 2025

    Acts 15: 1-2, 22- 29

    15:1 And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
    15:2 Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas made no small uprising against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some from the opposing side, should go up to the Apostles and priests in Jerusalem concerning this question.
    15:22 Then it pleased the Apostles and elders, with the whole Church, to choose men from among them, and to send to Antioch, with Paul and Barnabas, and Judas, who was surnamed Barsabbas, and Silas, preeminent men among the brothers,
    15:23 what was written by their own hands: “The Apostles and elders, brothers, to those who are at Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, brothers from the Gentiles, greetings.
    15:24 Since we have heard that some, going out from among us, have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, to whom we gave no commandment,
    15:25 it pleased us, being assembled as one, to choose men and to send them to you, with our most beloved Barnabas and Paul:
    15:26 men who have handed over their lives on behalf of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
    15:27 Therefore, we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves also will, with the spoken word, reaffirm to you the same things.
    15:28 For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you, other than these necessary things:
    15:29 that you abstain from things immolated to idols, and from blood, and from what has been suffocated, and from fornication. You will do well to keep yourselves from these things. Farewell.”

    Revelation 21: 10- 14, 22- 23

    1:10 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain. And he showed me the Holy City Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
    21:11 having the glory of God. And its light was like that of a precious stone, even like that of the jasper stone or like crystal.
    21:12 And it had a wall, great and high, having twelve gates. And at the gates were twelve Angels. And names were written upon them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
    21:13 On the East were three gates, and on the North were three gates, and on the South were three gates, and on the West were three gates.
    21:14 And the wall of the City had twelve foundations. And upon them were the twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
    21:22 And I saw no temple in it. For the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
    21:23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine in it. For the glory of God has illuminated it, and the Lamb is its lamp.

    John 14: 23- 29

    14:23 Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
    14:24 Whoever does not love me, does not keep not my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.
    14:25 These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you.
    14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.
    14:27 Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
    14:28 You have heard that I said to you: I am going away, and I am returning to you. If you loved me, certainly you would be gladdened, because I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I.
    14:29 And now I have told you this, before it happens, so that, when it will happen, you may believe.

  • May 24, 2025

    Acts 16: 1- 10

    16:1 Then he arrived at Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a faithful Jewish woman, his father a Gentile.
    16:2 The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium rendered good testimony to him.
    16:3 Paul wanted this man to travel with him, and taking him, he circumcised him, because of the Jews who were in those places. For they all knew that his father was a Gentile.
    16:4 And as they were traveling through the cities, they delivered to them the dogmas to be kept, which were decreed by the Apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
    16:5 And certainly, the Churches were being strengthened in faith and were increasing in number every day.
    16:6 Then, while crossing through Phrygia and the region of Galatia, they were prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the Word in Asia.
    16:7 But when they had arrived in Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not permit them.
    16:8 Then, when they had crossed through Mysia, they descended to Troas.
    16:9 And a vision in the night was revealed to Paul of a certain man of Macedonia, standing and pleading with him, and saying: “Cross into Macedonia and help us!”
    16:10 Then, after he saw the vision, immediately we sought to set out for Macedonia, having been assured that God had called us to evangelize to them.

    John 15: 18- 21

    15:18 If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before you.
    15:19 If you had been of the world, the world would love what is its own. Yet truly, you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world; because of this, the world hates you.
    15:20 Remember my saying that I told you: The servant is not greater than his Lord. If they have persecuted me, they will persecute you also. If they have kept my word, they will keep yours also.
    15:21 But all these things they will do to you because of my name, for they do not know him who sent me.

  • May 22, 2025

    Acts 15: 7- 21

    15:7 And after a great contention had taken place, Peter rose up and said to them: “Noble brothers, you know that, in recent days, God has chosen from among us, by my mouth, Gentiles to hear the word of the Gospel and to believe.
    15:8 And God, who knows hearts, offered testimony, by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as to us.
    15:9 And he distinguished nothing between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
    15:10 Now therefore, why do you tempt God to impose a yoke upon the necks of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear?
    15:11 But by the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, we believe in order to be saved, in the same manner also as them.”
    15:12 Then the entire multitude was silent. And they were listening to Barnabas and Paul, describing what great signs and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles through them.
    15:13 And after they had been silent, James responded by saying: “Noble brothers, listen to me.
    15:14 Simon has explained in what manner God first visited, so as to take from the Gentiles a people to his name.
    15:15 And the words of the Prophets are in agreement with this, just as it was written:
    15:16 ‘After these things, I will return, and I will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which has fallen down. And I will rebuild its ruins, and I will raise it up,
    15:17 so that the rest of men may seek the Lord, along with all the nations over whom my name has been invoked, says the Lord, who does these things.’
    15:18 To the Lord, his own work has been known from eternity.
    15:19 Because of this, I judge that those who were converted to God from among the Gentiles are not to be disturbed,
    15:20 but instead that we write to them, that they should keep themselves from the defilement of idols, and from fornication, and from whatever has been suffocated, and from blood.
    15:21 For Moses, from ancient times, has had in each city those who preach him in the synagogues, where he is read on every Sabbath.”

    John 15: 9- 11

    15:9 As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you. Abide in my love.
    15:10 If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father’s precepts and I abide in his love.
    15:11 These things I have spoken to you, so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be fulfilled.

  • May 21, 2025

    Acts 15: 1- 6

    15:1 And certain ones, descending from Judea, were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”
    15:2 Therefore, when Paul and Barnabas made no small uprising against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and some from the opposing side, should go up to the Apostles and priests in Jerusalem concerning this question.
    15:3 Therefore, being led by the church, they traveled through Phoenicia and Samaria, describing the conversion of the Gentiles. And they caused great joy among all the brothers.
    15:4 And when they had arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the Apostles and the elders, reporting what great things God had done with them.
    15:5 But some from the sect of the Pharisees, those who were believers, rose up saying, “It is necessary for them to be circumcised and to be instructed to keep the Law of Moses.”
    15:6 And the Apostles and elders came together to take care of this matter.

    John 15: 1- 8

    15:1 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
    15:2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he will take away. And each one that does bear fruit, he will cleanse, so that it may bring forth more fruit.
    15:3 You are clean now, because of the word that I have spoken to you.
    15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. Just as the branch is not able to bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, so also are you unable, unless you abide in me.
    15:5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me, and I in him, bears much fruit. For without me, you are able to do nothing.
    15:6 If anyone does not abide in me, he will be cast away, like a branch, and he will wither, and they will gather him and cast him into the fire, and he burns.
    15:7 If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, then you may ask for whatever you will, and it shall be done for you.
    15:8 In this, my Father is glorified: that you should bring forth very much fruit and become my disciples.

  • May 20, 2025

    Acts 14: 18- 27

    14:18 Now certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived there. And having persuaded the crowd, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside of the city, thinking him to be dead.
    14:19 But as the disciples were standing around him, he got up and entered the city. And the next day, he set out with Barnabas for Derbe.
    14:20 And when they had evangelized that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,
    14:21 strengthening the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them that they should remain always in the faith, and that it is necessary for us to enter into the kingdom of God through many tribulations.
    14:22 And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
    14:23 And traveling by way of Pisidia, they arrived in Pamphylia.
    14:24 And having spoken the word of the Lord in Perga, they went down into Attalia.
    14:25 And from there, they sailed to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had now accomplished.
    14:26 And when they had arrived and had gathered together the church, they related what great things God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles.
    14:27 And they remained for no small amount of time with the disciples.

    John 14: 27- 31

    14:27 Peace I leave for you; my Peace I give to you. Not in the way that the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, and let it not fear.
    14:28 You have heard that I said to you: I am going away, and I am returning to you. If you loved me, certainly you would be gladdened, because I am going to the Father. For the Father is greater than I.
    14:29 And now I have told you this, before it happens, so that, when it will happen, you may believe.
    14:30 I will not now speak at length with you. For the prince of this world is coming, but he does not have anything in me.
    14:31 Yet this is so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that I am acting according to the commandment that the Father has given to me. Rise up, let us go from here.”

  • May 19, 2025

    Acts 14: 5- 18

    14:5 Now when an assault had been planned by the Gentiles and the Jews with their leaders, so that they might treat them with contempt and stone them,
    14:6 they, realizing this, fled together to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the entire surrounding region. And they were evangelizing in that place.
    14:7 And a certain man was sitting at Lystra, disabled in his feet, lame from his mother’s womb, who had never walked.
    14:8 This man heard Paul speaking. And Paul, gazing at him intently, and perceiving that he had faith, so that he might be healed,
    14:9 said with a loud voice, “Stand upright upon your feet!” And he leaped up and walked around.
    14:10 But when the crowds had seen what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice in the Lycaonian language, saying, “The gods, having taken the likenesses of men, have descended to us!”
    14:11 And they called Barnabas, ‘Jupiter,’ yet truly they called Paul, ‘Mercury,’ because he was the lead speaker.
    14:12 Also, the priest of Jupiter, who was outside the city, in front of the gate, bringing in oxen and garlands, was willing to offer sacrifice with the people.
    14:13 And as soon as the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, had heard this, tearing their tunics, they leapt into the crowd, crying out
    14:14 and saying: “Men, why would you do this? We also are mortals, men like yourselves, preaching to you to be converted, from these vain things, to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that is in them.
    14:15 In previous generations, he permitted all nations to walk in their own ways.
    14:16 But certainly, he did not leave himself without testimony, doing good from heaven, giving rains and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.”
    14:17 And by saying these things, they were barely able to restrain the crowds from immolating to them.
    14:18 Now certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived there. And having persuaded the crowd, they stoned Paul and dragged him outside of the city, thinking him to be dead.

    John 14: 21- 26

    14:21 Whoever holds to my commandments and keeps them: it is he who loves me. And whoever loves me shall be loved by my Father. And I will love him, and I will manifest myself to him.”
    14:22 Judas, not the Iscariot, said to him: “Lord, how does it happen that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world?”
    14:23 Jesus responded and said to him: “If anyone loves me, he shall keep my word. And my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and we will make our dwelling place with him.
    14:24 Whoever does not love me, does not keep not my words. And the word that you have heard is not of me, but it is of the Father who sent me.
    14:25 These things I have spoken to you, while abiding with you.
    14:26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will suggest to you everything whatsoever that I have said to you.