Reading 1 Genesis 21:5, 8-20a Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Isaac grew, and on the day of the child’s weaning Abraham…

Reading 1 Genesis 19:15-29 As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here, or…

Reading 1 Genesis 18:16-33 Abraham and the men who had visited him by the Terebinth of Mamre set out from there and looked down toward Sodom; Abraham was walking with…

Readings for the Mass during the Day Readings for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Reading I Acts 3:1-10 Peter and John were going up to the temple…

Readings for the Vigil Readings for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Reading I Acts 12:1-11 In those days, King Herod laid hands upon some members of the…

Readings for the Vigil Readings for the Mass during the Day Vigil Mass during the Day – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United…

Reading 1 Genesis 18:1-15 The LORD appeared to Abraham by the Terebinth of Mamre, as Abraham sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking…

Reading 1 Ezekiel 34:11-16 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his…

Reading 1 Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children. She had, however, an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar. Sarai said to Abram: “The LORD has kept me…

Reading I Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 The word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision:     “Fear not, Abram!         I am your shield;         I will…