Reading 1 Jonah 4:1-11 Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry that God did not carry out the evil he threatened against Nineveh. He prayed, “I beseech you, LORD, is…

Readings for the Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary Reading 1 Jonah 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Set out for the great…

Reading 1 Jonah 1:1–2:1-2, 11 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jonah, son of Amittai: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and preach against…

Reading 1 Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 How long, O LORD?  I cry for help  but you do not listen!  I cry out to you, “Violence!”  but you do not intervene.  Why…

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis of Assisi, Religious Reading 1 Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 Fear not, my people! Remember, Israel, You were sold to the nations not for your…

Reading 1 Baruch 1:15-22 During the Babylonian captivity, the exiles prayed: “Justice is with the Lord, our God; and we today are flushed with shame, we men of Judah and…

Readings for the Memorial of the Guardian Angels Reading 1 Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12 The whole people gathered as one in the open space before the Water Gate, and they…

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Nehemiah 2:1-8 In the month Nisan of the twentieth year of…

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Jerome, Priest and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Zechariah 8:20-23 Thus says the LORD of hosts: There shall yet come peoples, the inhabitants…

Reading 1 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 As I watched: Thrones were set up and the Ancient One took his throne. His clothing was bright as snow, and the hair on his…