(Saint Josaphat, see below) 1st Reading: Wisdom 7:22-8:1 Wisdom reaches from end to end and governs all things well There is in her a spirit that is intelligent, holy, unique, manifold, subtle, mobile, clear, unpolluted, distinct, invulnerable, loving the good, keen, irresistible, beneficent, humane, steadfast, sure, free from anxiety, all-powerful, overseeing all, and penetrating through…

(Saint Martin of Tours, see below) 1st Reading: Wisdom 6:1-11 God, as Creator of everything, provides for all alike Listen therefore, O kings, and understand; learn, O judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, you that rule over multitudes, and boast of many nations. For your dominion was given you from the Lord,…

Saint Leo the Great (see below) 1st Reading: Wisdom 2:23-3:9 The dead may seem extinct, but their souls are in peace God created us for incorruption, and made us in the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world, and those who belong to his company experience it. But…

The Dedication of the Lateran Basilica Where is the true temple? The feast of the mother-church of Latin Christendom invites us to appreciate what place the church has in our lives. “You are God’s building” – the real sanctuary of God is in the hearts of his people 1st Reading: Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-10, 12 Life-giving…

1st Reading: 1 Samuel 1:24-28 Hannah dedicates her young son to a life of service to God When she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine. She brought him to the house of the Lord at Shiloh; and the…

Saint Willibrord, bishop and missionary (see below). 1st Reading: Romans 16:3-9 etc Greeting Paul’s co-workers, and praise of God’s unfolding plan Greet Prisca and Aquila, who work with me in Christ Jesus, and who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles….

For tomorrow’s weekday readings, click  Next Entry (above). See all later dates via Calendar (below) 1st Reading: Hebrews 11:2 12:1-4, 15, 13:1 Celebrate the faith of our ancestors It was by faith our ancestors received approval. Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight…

For tomorrow’s weekday readings, click  Next Entry (above). See all later dates via Calendar (below) 1st Reading: Romans 14:7-12 In life and in death we belong to God; hence we love each other We do not live to ourselves, and we do not die to ourselves. If we live, we live to the Lord, and…

For tomorrow’s weekday readings, click Next Entry (above). See all later dates via Calendar (below) Saint Charles Borromeo, bishop (see below). 1st Reading: Romans 13:8-10 Paul’s summary of all God’s commandments,”love one another.” Owe no one anything, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, “You…

Saint Malachy of Armagh, Memorial (see below) 1st Reading: Romans 12:5-16 Though many, we are one body in Christ, with a variety of gifts Brothers and sisters, we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually we are members one of another. We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to…

1st Reading: Isaiah 25:6-9 Hope for the future, when God will restore his people’s happiness On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear. And he will destroy on this mountain…