Daily Liturgical Readings

The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

1st Reading – Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17

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 scattered sheep, so will I tend my sheep. I will rescue them from every place where they were scattered when it was cloudy and dark.

I myself will pasture my sheep; I myself will give them rest, says the Lord GOD.

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31

Who shall find a strong woman? Far away, and from the furthest parts, is her price.

The heart of her husband confides in her, and he will not be deprived of spoils.

She will repay him with good, and not evil, all the days of her life.

She has sought wool and flax, and she has worked these by the counsel of her hands.

She has put her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Malachi 1:14B-2:2B, 8-10

I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.

And now, O priests, this command is to you.

If you will refuse to listen, and if you will refuse to take it to heart, so as to give glory to my name, says the Lord of hosts, I will send destitution upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I will curse them.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Exodus 22:20-26

Thus says the LORD:
“You shall not harass the newcomer, nor shall you afflict him. For you yourselves were once newcomers in the land of Egypt.

You shall not harm a widow or an orphan.

If you hurt them, they will cry out to me, and I will hear their cry.

And my fury will be enraged, and I will strike you down with the sword. And your wives will become widows, and your sons will become orphans.

Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Ezekiel 18:25-28

Thus says the LORD:
You say, “The way of the Lord is not fair.’ Therefore, listen, O house of Israel. How could it be that my way is not fair? And is it not instead your ways that are perverse?

For when the just man turns himself away from his justice, and commits iniquity, he shall die by this; by the injustice that he has worked, he shall die.

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Isaiah 55:6-9

Seek the Lord, while he is able to be found. Call upon him, while he is near.

Let the impious one abandon his way, and the iniquitous man his thoughts, and let him return to the Lord, and he will take pity on him, and to our God, for he is great in forgiveness.

For my thoughts are not your thoughts, and your ways are not my ways, says the Lord.

For just as the heavens are exalted above the earth, so also are my ways exalted above your ways, and my thoughts above your thoughts.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-13A

At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave where he took shelter.

Then the LORD said to him, “Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake but the LORD was not in the earthquake.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – 1 Kings 3:5, 7-12

The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you.”

Solomon answered: “O LORD, my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act.

I serve you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast that it cannot be numbered or counted.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

1st Reading – Wisdom 12:13, 16-19

There is no god besides you who have the care of all, that you need show you have not unjustly condemned.

For your might is the source of justice; your mastery over all things makes you lenient to all.

For you show your might when the perfection of your power is disbelieved; and in those who know you, you rebuke temerity.

But though you are master of might, you judge with clemency, and with much lenience you govern us; for power, whenever you will, attends you.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year

1st Reading – 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16A

One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine.

So she said to her husband, “I know that Elisha is a holy man of God. Since he visits us often, let us arrange a little room on the roof and furnish it for him with a bed, table, chair, and lamp, so that when he comes to us he can stay there.”

Sometime later Elisha arrived and stayed in the room overnight.