USCCB Daily Readings

USCCB Daily Readings

Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Dominic, Priest Reading 1 Habakkuk 1:12—2:4 Are you not from eternity, O LORD,my holy God, immortal?O LORD, you have marked him for judgment,O Rock, you have readied him punishment!Too pure are your eyes to look upon evil,and the sight of misery you cannot endure.Why, then, do you gaze on the faithless in silencewhile the wicked man devoursone more just than himself?You have made man like the fish of the sea,like creeping things without a ruler.He brings them all up with his hook,he hauls them away with his net,He gathers them in his seine;and so he rejoices and exults.Therefore he sacrifices to his net,and burns incense to his seine;for thanks to them his portion is generous,and his repast sumptuous.Shall he, then, keep on brandishing his swordto slay peoples without mercy?I will stand at my guard post,and station myself upon the rampart,And keep watch to see what he will say to me,and what answer he will give to my complaint

Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Nahum 2:1, 3; 3:1-3, 6-7 See, upon the mountains there advancesthe bearer of good news, announcing peace!Celebrate your feasts, O Judah,fulfill your vows!For nevermore shall you be invadedby the scoundrel; he is completely destroyed.The LORD will restore the vine of Jacob,the pride of Israel,Though ravagers have ravaged them and ruined the tendrils.Woe to the bloody city, all lies,full of plunder, whose looting never stops!The crack of the whip, the rumbling sounds of wheels;horses a-gallop, chariots bounding, Cavalry charging, the flame of the sword, the flash of the spear,the many slain, the heaping corpses,the endless bodies to stumble upon!I will cast filth upon you,disgrace you and put you to shame;Till everyone who sees you runs from you, saying,“Nineveh is destroyed; who can pity her?Where can one find any to console her?” Responsorial Psalm Deuteronomy 32:35cd-36ab, 39abcd, 41 R. (39c) It is I who de

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Reading 1 Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 As I watched:Thrones were set upand the Ancient One took his throne.His clothing was bright as snow,and the hair on his head as white as wool;his throne was flames of fire,with wheels of burning fire.A surging stream of fireflowed out from where he sat;Thousands upon thousands were ministering to him,and myriads upon myriads attended him.The court was convened and the books were opened.As the visions during the night continued, I saw:One like a Son of man coming,on the clouds of heaven;When he reached the Ancient Oneand was presented before him,The one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;all peoples, nations, and languages serve him.His dominion is an everlasting dominionthat shall not be taken away,his kingship shall not be destroyed. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9 R. (1a and 9a) The Lord is king, the Most High over all the earth.The LORD is king; let the earth rejoice;let the many is

Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Jeremiah 31:1-7 At that time, says the LORD,I will be the God of all the tribes of Israel,and they shall be my people.Thus says the LORD:The people that escaped the swordhave found favor in the desert.As Israel comes forward to be given his rest,the LORD appears to him from afar:With age-old love I have loved you;so I have kept my mercy toward you.Again I will restore you, and you shall be rebuilt,O virgin Israel;Carrying your festive tambourines,you shall go forth dancing with the merrymakers.Again you shall plant vineyardson the mountains of Samaria;those who plant them shall enjoy the fruits.Yes, a day will come when the watchmenwill call out on Mount Ephraim:“Rise up, let us go to Zion,to the LORD, our God.”For thus says the LORD:Shout with joy for Jacob,exult at the head of the nations;proclaim your praise and say:The LORD has delivered his people,the remnant of Israel. Responsorial Psalm Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12ab, 13

Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest

Readings for the Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest Reading 1 Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 The following message came to Jeremiah from the LORD:For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel:Write all the words I have spoken to you in a book.For thus says the LORD:Incurable is your wound,grievous your bruise;There is none to plead your cause,no remedy for your running sore,no healing for you.All your lovers have forgotten you,they do not seek you.I struck you as an enemy would strike,punished you cruelly;Why cry out over your wound?your pain is without relief.Because of your great guilt,your numerous sins,I have done this to you.Thus says the LORD:See! I will restore the tents of Jacob,his dwellings I will pity;City shall be rebuilt upon hill,and palace restored as it was.From them will resound songs of praise,the laughter of happy men.I will make them not few, but many;they will not be tiny, for I will glorify them.His sons shall be as of old,his assembl

Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Jeremiah 28:1-17 In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah,in the fifth month of the fourth year,the prophet Hananiah, son of Azzur, from Gibeon,said to me in the house of the LORDin the presence of the priests and all the people:“Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel:‘I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.Within two years I will restore to this placeall the vessels of the temple of the LORD which Nebuchadnezzar,king of Babylon, took away from this place to Babylon. And I will bring back to this place Jeconiah,son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah,and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,’ says the LORD,‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”The prophet Jeremiah answered the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people assembledin the house of the LORD, and said:Amen! thus may the LORD do!May he fulfill the things you have prophesiedby bri

Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Isaiah 55:1-3 Thus says the LORD:All you who are thirsty,come to the water!You who have no money,come, receive grain and eat;Come, without paying and without cost,drink wine and milk!Why spend your money for what is not bread;your wages for what fails to satisfy?Heed me, and you shall eat well,you shall delight in rich fare.Come to me heedfully,listen, that you may have life.I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,the benefits assured to David. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 145:8-9, 15-16, 17-18 R. (cf. 16) The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.The LORD is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness.The LORD is good to all and compassionate toward all his works.R. The hand of the Lord feeds us; he answers all our needs.The eyes of all look hopefully to you, and you give them their food in due season;you open your hand

Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Reading 1 Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 The priests and prophets said to the princes and to all the people,“This man deserves death;he has prophesied against this city,as you have heard with your own ears.”Jeremiah gave this answer to the princes and all the people:“It was the LORD who sent me to prophesy against this house and cityall that you have heard.Now, therefore, reform your ways and your deeds;listen to the voice of the LORD your God,so that the LORD will repent of the evil with which he threatens you.As for me, I am in your hands; do with me what you think good and right.But mark well: if you put me to death,it is innocent blood you bring on yourselves,on this city and its citizens.For in truth it was the LORD who sent me to you,to speak all these things for you to hear.”Thereupon the princes and all the peoplesaid to the priests and the prophets

Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest Reading 1 Jeremiah 26:1-9 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim,son of Josiah, king of Judah,this message came from the LORD: Thus says the LORD:Stand in the court of the house of the LORDand speak to the people of all the cities of Judahwho come to worship in the house of the LORD;whatever I command you, tell them, and omit nothing.Perhaps they will listen and turn back, each from his evil way,so that I may repent of the evil I have planned to inflict upon themfor their evil deeds.Say to them: Thus says the LORD: If you disobey me,not living according to the law I placed before youand not listening to the words of my servants the prophets,whom I send you constantly though you do not obey them,I will treat this house like Shiloh,and make this the city to which all the nations of the earthshall refer when cursing another.Now the priests, the prophets, and all the peopleheard

Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Reading 1 Jeremiah 18:1-6 This word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:Rise up, be off to the potter’s house;there I will give you my message.I went down to the potter’s house and there he was, working at the wheel.Whenever the object of clay which he was makingturned out badly in his hand, he tried again,making of the clay another object of whatever sort he pleased.Then the word of the LORD came to me:Can I not do to you, house of Israel,as this potter has done? says the LORD.Indeed, like clay in the hand of the potter,so are you in my hand, house of Israel. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 146:1B-2, 3-4, 5-6ab R. (5a) Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.Praise the LORD, O my soul;I will praise the LORD all my life;I will sing praise to my God while I live.R. Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob.or:R. Alleluia.Put not your trust in princes,in the sons of men, in whom there is no salvation.Wh

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