Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-ThanksgivingReadings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time The following are a selection of the readings that…

Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time-Thanksgiving Readings for the Thanksgiving Day [In the Dioceses of the United States] Reading I Daniel 6:12-28 Some men rushed…

Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time Readings for the Thanksgiving Day [In the Dioceses of the United States] Thursday of the Thirty-third Week in Ordinary…

Reading 1 Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, with whom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he…

Reading 1 Daniel 2:31-45 Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: “In your vision, O king, you saw a statue, very large and exceedingly bright, terrifying in appearance as it stood before you….

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Reading 1 Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King…

Reading 1 2 Samuel 5:1-3 In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: “Here we are, your bone and your flesh. In days…

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cecilia, Virgin and Martyr Reading 1 1 Maccabees 6:1-13 As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was…

Readings for the Memorial of the Presentation of the Virgin Mary Reading I 1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let…

Reading I 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices. Many of Israel joined…