Daily Reading

Reading I Zephaniah 3:14-18a Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!             Sing joyfully, O Israel! Be glad and exult with all your heart,             O daughter Jerusalem! The LORD has removed the judgment against you,             he has turned away your enemies; The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst,             you have […]

Reading 1 Acts 18:9-18 One night while Paul was in Corinth, the Lord said to him in a vision, “Do not be afraid. Go on speaking, and do not be silent, for I am with you. No one will attack and harm you, for I have many people in this city.” He settled there for

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – AscensionReadings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Reading I Acts 18:1-8 Paul left Athens and went to Corinth. There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla because Claudius

Readings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter – AscensionReadings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Reading I Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, Theophilus, I dealt with all that Jesus did and taught until the day he was taken up, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the

Readings for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the LordReadings for the Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Thursday of the Sixth Week of Easter Solemnity of the Ascension Readings for the Optional Memorial of Saint Paul VI, Pope – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the United States,

Reading 1 Acts 17:15, 22—18:1 After Paul’s escorts had taken him to Athens, they came away with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible. Then Paul stood up at the Areopagus and said: “You Athenians, I see that in every respect you are very religious. For as I walked around

Reading 1 Acts 16:22-34 The crowd in Philippi joined in the attack on Paul and Silas, and the magistrates had them stripped and ordered them to be beaten with rods. After inflicting many blows on them, they threw them into prison and instructed the jailer to guard them securely. When he received these instructions, he

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Philip Neri, Priest Reading 1 Acts 16:11-15 We set sail from Troas, making a straight run for Samothrace, and on the next day to Neapolis, and from there to Philippi, a leading city in that district of Macedonia and a Roman colony. We spent some time in that city.

When the Ascension of the Lord is celebrated the following Sunday, the second reading and Gospel from the Seventh Sunday of Easter may be read on the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Reading I Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 Some who had come down from Judea were instructing the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the Mosaic

Reading 1 Acts 16:1-10 Paul reached also Derbe and Lystra where there was a disciple named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek. The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke highly of him, and Paul wanted him to come along with him. On account of