SundayAugust 18th 1st Reading: Jer 38:4-6, 8-10:Then the officials told the king, “This man should be put to death, because he is weakening the will of the fighting men and the people left in the city. In fact he is not out to save the people but to do harm.” King Zedekiah said, “His life…

SundayAugust 11th 1st Reading: Wis 18:6-9:The night of the Passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction of their foes. For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us…

SundayAugust 4th St. John Vianney 1st Reading: Eccl 1:2; 2:21-23:All is meaningless—says the Teacher— meaningless, meaningless! For here was a man who toiled in all wisdom, knowledge and skill; and he must leave all to someone who has not worked for it. This is meaningless and a great misfortune. For what profit is there for…

SundayJuly 28th 1st Reading: Gen 18:20-32:Then Yahweh said, “How great is the cry for justice against Sodom and Gomorrah! And how grievous is their sin! I am going down to see if they have done all that they are charged with in the outcry that has reached me. If it is not so, I will…

SundayJuly 21st St. Lawrence of Brindisi 1st Reading: Gen 18:1-10a:Yahweh appeared to Abraham near the oaks of Mamre. Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent, in the heat of the day, when he looked up and saw three men standing nearby. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent…

SundayJuly 14th St. Kateri Tekakwitha 1st Reading: Dt 30:10-14:For you shall turn to Yahweh, your God, with all your heart and with all your soul, and observe his commandments and norms, in a word, everything written in this book of the law. These commandments that I give you today are neither too high nor too…

SundayJuly 7th 1st Reading: Is 66:10-14c:“Rejoice for Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her. Be glad with her, rejoice with her, all you who were in grief over her, that you may suck of the milk from her comforting breasts, that you may drink deeply from the abundance of her glory.”…

SundayJune 30th First Martyrs of the Roman Church 1st Reading: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21:You shall also anoint Jehu, son of Nimshi, as king over Israel. And Elisha, son of Shaphat, from Abel Meholah, you shall anoint as prophet in your place. Elijah left. He found Elisha, son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke…

SundayJune 23rd Corpus Christi 1st Reading: Gen 14:18-20:Then Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought bread and wine; he was a priest of God Most High, and he blessed Abram saying, “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth! And blessed be God Most High who has delivered your enemies into your hands!”…

SundayJune 16th Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 1st Reading: Prov 8:22-31:Yahweh created me first, at the beginning of his works. He formed me from of old, from eternity, even before the earth. The abyss did not exist when I was born, the springs of the sea had not gushed forth, the mountains were still…