Daily Reading

Reading I 1 Sm 3:1-10, 19-20 During the time young Samuel was minister to the LORD under Eli, a revelation of the LORD was uncommon and vision infrequent. One day Eli was asleep in his usual place. His eyes had lately grown so weak that he could not see. The lamp of God was not […]

Reading I 1 Sm 1:9-20 Hannah rose after a meal at Shiloh, and presented herself before the LORD; at the time, Eli the priest was sitting on a chair near the doorpost of the LORD’s temple. In her bitterness she prayed to the LORD, weeping copiously, and she made a vow, promising: “O LORD of

Reading I 1 Sm 1:1-8 There was a certain man from Ramathaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. He had two wives, one named Hannah, the other Peninnah; Peninnah had children, but Hannah

Reading I Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Is  40:1-5, 9-11 Comfort, give comfort to my people,             says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her             that her service is at an end,             her guilt is expiated; indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD             double for all her sins.             A voice cries out: In

Reading I 1 Jn 5:14-21 Beloved: We have this confidence in him that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.  And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours.  If anyone sees his brother sinning,

Reading I 1 Jn 5:5-13 Responsorial Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 R.        (12a)  Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. or: R.        Alleluia. Glorify the LORD, O Jerusalem;             praise your God, O Zion. For he has strengthened the bars of your gates;             he has blessed your children within you. R.        Praise the Lord, Jerusalem. or: R.        Alleluia. He has granted peace in your borders;

Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint André Bessette, religious [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading I 1 Jn 4:19–5:4 Beloved, we love God because he first loved us.  If anyone says, “I love God,” but hates his brother, he is a liar; for whoever does not love a brother whom he has

Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Neumann, bishop [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading I 1 Jn 4:11-18 Responsorial Psalm 72:1-2, 10, 12-13 R.        (see 11)  Lord, every nation on earth will adore you. O God, with your judgment endow the king,             and with your justice, the king’s son; He shall govern your people

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading I 1 Jn 4:7-10 Beloved, let us love one another,     because love is of God;     everyone who loves is begotten by God and knows God. Whoever is without love does not know God, for God

Reading I 1 Jn 3:22–4:6 Beloved: We receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him. And his commandment is this: we should believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another just as he commanded us. Those who keep his commandments remain in