Numbers 22:20-35 20 And God came to Balaam at night and said to him, “If the men have come to call you, rise, go with them; but only what I bid you, that shall you do.” Balaam, His Donkey, and the Angel 21 So Balaam rose in the morning, and saddled his donkey, and went with […]
Sirach 24:1-46 The Praise of Wisdom 24 Wisdom will praise herself and is honored in God, and will glory in the midst of her people. 2 In the assembly of the Most High she will open her mouth, and in the presence of his host she will glory. In the midst of her people she is exalted; […]
Genesis 18:1-19 And the Lord appeared to him by the Oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood in front of him. When he saw them, he ran from the tent door […]
Genesis 24:50-61 50 Then Laban and Bethuel answered, “The thing comes from the Lord; we cannot speak to you bad or good. 51 Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master’s son, as the Lord has spoken.” 52 When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed himself […]
Isaiah 7:10-16; 9:1-3, 6-7 The Sign of Immanuel 10 Again the Lord spoke to Ahaz, 11 “Ask a sign of the Lord your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and I will not put the Lordto the test.” 13 And he said, “Hear then, […]
Exodus 15:11-21; Micah 6:1-5; Jeremiah 31:13-17 11 “Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, terrible in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.13 “You have led in your merciful love the people whom you have redeemed, you have guided them by […]
Genesis 21:1-21 1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lorddid to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom […]
From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors Daniel 3:25-45 From the Memorial of All Martyrs & Confessors Acts of the Apostles 6:8-15 The Arrest of Stephen 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue […]
Feast of the Circumcision of the Lord Genesis 17:1-22 Six Days of Creation and the Sabbath 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the Spirit of God was moving over the face of […]
2nd Sunday after Christmas Exodus 2:1-10 The Sons of Israel 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph […]
Feast of the Epiphany Numbers 24:2-9, 15-25 Balaam’s Third Oracle 2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and saw Israel encamping tribe by tribe. And the Spirit of God came upon him, 3 and he took up his discourse, and said, “The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, the oracle of the man whose eye […]
1st Friday of Epiphany – Memorial of St. John the Baptist Isaiah 35:3-10; Isaiah 40:1-8 The Lord Will Come to Save 3 Strengthen the weak hands, and make firm the feeble knees. 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, with the recompense […]
1st Sunday of Epiphany Exodus 3:1-15 The Sons of Israel 1These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, 4 Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 5 All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was […]
Monday After Epiphany – Bautha of the Virgins Isaiah 63:17-64:12 17 O Lord, why do you make us err from your ways and harden our heart, so that we fear you not? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your heritage. 18 Your holy people possessed your sanctuary a little while; our adversaries […]
Tuesday After Epiphany – Bautha of the Virgins 1Samuel 7:3-9 Samuel as Judge of Israel 3 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your heart to the Lord, […]
Wednesday After Epiphany – Bautha of the Virgins Joel 2:15-27 15 Blow the trumpet in Zion; sanctify a fast; call a solemn assembly; 16 gather the people. Sanctify the congregation; assemble the elders; gather the children, even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. 17 Between the vestibule and the altar […]
2nd Friday of Epiphany – Memorial of Ss. Peter & Paul 2Kings 4:8-37 Elisha and the Shunammite Couple 8 One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said […]
2nd Sunday of Epiphany Numbers 10:29-11:10 29 And Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses’ father-in-law, “We are setting out for the place of which the Lord said, ‘I will give it to you’; come with us, and we will do you good; for the Lord has promised good to Israel.” […]
3rd Friday of Epiphany – Memorial of the Evangelists 1Kings 18:30-39 30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me”; and all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the Lord that had been thrown down; 31 Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes […]
