Reading I Ez 18:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD: If the wicked man turns away from all the sins he committed,      if he keeps all my statutes and does…

Reading I Est C:12, 14-16, 23-25 Queen Esther, seized with mortal anguish, had recourse to the LORD. She lay prostrate upon the ground, together with her handmaids,  from morning until…

Reading I Jon 3:1-10 The word of the LORD came to Jonah a second time: “Set out for the great city of Nineveh, and announce to it the message that…

Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Polycarp, bishop and martyr Reading I Is 55:10-11 Thus says the LORD: Just as from the heavens     the rain and snow come…

Reading I 1 Pt 5:1-4 Beloved: I exhort the presbyters among you, as a fellow presbyter and witness to the sufferings of Christ and one who has a share in…

Reading I Gn 9:8-15 God said to Noah and to his sons with him:  “See, I am now establishing my covenant with you  and your descendants after you  and with…

Reading I Is 58:9b-14 Thus says the LORD: If you remove from your midst oppression,     false accusation and malicious speech; If you bestow your bread on the hungry   …

Reading I Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly,     lift up your voice like a trumpet blast;  Tell my people their wickedness,     and…

Reading I Dt 30:15-20 Moses said to the people: “Today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and doom. If you obey the commandments of the LORD, your…

Reading I Jl 2:12-18 Even now, says the LORD,     return to me with your whole heart,     with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments,…