—Third Sunday of Advent—Year A

Reading I Isaiah 35:1-6a, 10The desert and the parched land will exult; the steppe will rejoice and bloom. They will bloom with abundant flowers, and rejoice with joyful song. The glory of Lebanon will be given to them, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of […]

—Second Sunday of Advent—Year A

Reading I Isaiah 11:1-10On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom. The spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him: a spirit of wisdom and of understanding, a spirit of counsel and of strength, a spirit of knowledge and of fear of the […]

—First Sunday of Advent—Year A

Reading I Isaiah 2:1-5This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz, saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. In days to come, the mountain of the LORD’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it; many peoples shall come and say: “Come, let us climb the LORD’s […]

—Solemnity of Christ the King – Year C

Reading I 2 Samuel 5:1-3In those days, all the tribes of Israel came to David in Hebron and said: “Here we are, your bone and your flesh. In days past, when Saul was our king, it was you who led the Israelites out and brought them back. And the LORD said to you, ‘You shall […]

—The Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

Reading I Malachi 3:19-20aLo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire, leaving them neither root nor branch, says the LORD of hosts. But for you who fear my name, there will arise the […]

—Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome

Reading I Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12The angel brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple, south of […]

—The Commemoration of All Souls – Year C

Reading I Wisdom 3:1-9The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead; and their passing away was thought an affliction and their going forth from us, utter destruction. But they are in peace. For if before […]

—The Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

Reading I Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18The LORD is a God of justice, who knows no favorites. Though not unduly partial toward the weak, yet he hears the cry of the oppressed. The Lord is not deaf to the wail of the orphan, nor to the widow when she pours out her complaint. The one who serves […]

—The Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

Reading I Exodus 17:8-13In those days, Amalek came and waged war against Israel. Moses, therefore, said to Joshua, “Pick out certain men, and tomorrow go out and engage Amalek in battle. I will be standing on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.” So Joshua did as Moses told him: […]

—The Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

Reading I 2 Kings 5:14-17Naaman went down and plunged into the Jordan seven times at the word of Elisha, the man of God. His flesh became again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean of his leprosy. Naaman returned with his whole retinue to the man of God. On his arrival […]