Catholic Reading of the Day (Daily Liturgy)

1 Kings 19:4-8 (The angel gives Elijah food to reach the mountain of God) Ephesians 4:30-5:2 (Forgive each other as readily as God forgave you)

Zephaniah 3:14-18 (The Lord, the king of Israel, is in your midst) Philippians 4:4-7 (The Lord is very near)

Isaiah 55:10-11 (The word that goes out from my mouth does not return to me empty)

Daniel 7:9-10,13-14 (His robe was white as snow) Apocalypse 12:7-12 (Michael with his angels attacked the dragon)

Hebrews 8:6-13 (The first covenant is already old) 1 Peter 3:14-17 (If it is the will of God that you should suffer, it is better to suffer for doing right)

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 (May God turn us all into whatever is acceptable to himself through Jesus Christ)

Jeremiah 1:4-9 (Go and say whatever I command you and do not fear) Acts 13:46-49 (Since you have rejected the word of God, we must turn to the pagans)

Galatians 2:19-20 (I live now with the life of Christ who lives in me)

Daniel 6:12-28 (Daniel in the lions’ den) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)

Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7 (Here is my servant, in whom my soul delights) Acts 10:34-38 (God has anointed Jesus with the Holy Spirit)

2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 (Saved from the massacre, the true king is anointed by the high priest) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)

Ecclesiasticus 3:2-6, 12-14 (He who fears the Lord respects his parents)

Galatians 1:6-12 (The Good News I preached is not a human message but from Jesus Christ) Acts 1:12-14 (The apostles all joined in continuous prayer with Mary, the mother of Jesus)

Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 (Awake and exult, all you who like in the dust) 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)

Tobit 12:1, 5-15, 20 (I am one of the seven angels who stand ever ready to enter the presence of the glory of the Lord)

Sirach 35:1-15 ('He who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace offering') Philippians 3:8-14

Acts 11:21-26, 13:1-3 (He was a good man, filled with the Holy Spirit and with faith)

Micah 5:1-4 (He will snare and feed his flock with the power of the Lord) Romans 8:28-30 (Those he called, he justified)

Daniel 2:31-45 (Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream)

1 Peter 5:1-4 (‘ A fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ’)

Hebrew 13:1-8 (Jesus Christ is the same today as he was yesterday and will be for ever) Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people)

James 1:12-18 (Temptation is not from God)

Romans 8:26-30 (The Spirit himself expresses our plea in a way that could never be put into words)

1 John 1:1-4 (‘That which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you.’)

Acts 7:55-60 (The stoning of Stephen)

Proverbs 30:5-9 (Give me neither riches nor poverty, only my share)

Genesis 1:1-2:2 (God saw all that he had made, and indeed it was very good) Genesis 22:1-18 (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith) Exodus 14:15-15:1 (The sons of Israel went on dry ground right into the sea) Isaiah 54:5-14 (With everlasting love the Lord your redeemer has taken pity on you) Isaiah 55:1-11 (Come to me and your soul will live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you) Baruch 3:9-15, 32-4:4 (In the radiance of the Lord, make your way to light) Ezekiel 35:16-17, 18-28 (I shall pour clean water over you and I shall give you a new heart) Romans 6:3-11 (Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again)

Ephesians 6:1-9 (Duties in domestic life)

Jonah 4:1-11 (Jonah is angry at God’s mercy) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)

1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (You have been enriched in many ways in Christ) Jeremiah 1:17-19 (Stand up and tell them all I command you; do not be dismayed at their presence)

Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9 (I am the Holy One in your midst and have no wish to destroy)

Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 (“Lord, Lord, a God of tenderness and compassion”) 2 Corinthians 13:11-13 (The grace of Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit)

Titus 2:1-8, 11-14 (You must preach the behaviour which goes with healthy doctrine)

2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)

Numbers 12:1-13 (How have you dared to speak against my servant Moses) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (The wisdom that God predestined to be for our glory)

Apocalypse 18:1-2, 21-23, 19:1-3, 9 (Babylon the Great has fallen)

There is a choice of readings. 2 Timothy 1:1-8 (Fan into a flame the gift God gave you) or Titus 1:1-5 (To Titus, true child of mine)

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Hebrews 5:7-9 (He learned to obey and he became the source of eternal salvation)

Zechariah 8:1-8 (The Lord will return to Zion) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)

1 John 2:29-3:6 (Everyone must try to be as pure as Christ) Philippians 2:1-11 (Be united in your love)

Jeremiah 13:1-11 (Let this evil people become good for nothing) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)

Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 (Let someone else take his office)

Genesis 49:2, 8-10 (Until he comes, the sceptre will not pass from Judah)

Apocalypse 4:1-11 (He was, he is, and he is to come)

Hebrews 6:10-20 (In this hope we have an anchor for our soul) Ephesians 6:10-13, 18 (Put on God’s armour and resist the devil)

Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)

1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers) Hosea 2:16, 17-18, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself and you will come to know the name of the Lord)

Ephesians 3:2-12 (The pagans now share the same inheritance) 2 Corinthians 5:14-20 (We do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh)

Acts 16:11-15 (The Lord opened Lydia’s heart to accept what Paul was saying)

Acts 5:34-42 (They were glad to have had the honour of suffering humiliation for the sake of the name) Ephesians 3:14-19 (May Christ live in your hearts through faith)

Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (Moses dies and is buried) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)

1 John 2:18-21 (You have been anointed by the Holy One)

Acts 7:55-60 (The stoning of Stephen)

2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer because of the awe which he inspires in me)

Isaiah 56:1-3, 6-8 (My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples)

1 Corinthians 15:12-20 (If Christ has not been raised, your belief is useless) Romans 8:31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)

Genesis 32:23-33 (Jacob wrestles with God)

Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 (The Lord hears Hezekiah’s prayer and heals him)

Isaiah 26:1-6 (Open the gates; let the upright nation come in)

1 Timothy 1:15-17 (Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners) 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 (Such an overwhelming power comes from God and not from us)

Jeremiah 11:18-20 ('Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten')

Romans 11:29-36 (God never takes back his gifts or revokes his choice)

Acts 9:26-40 (Peter baptizes a eunuch)

Wisdom 7:7-11 (I esteemed Wisdom more than sceptres or thrones) Hebrews 4:12-13 (The word of God cuts more finely than a double-edged sword)

Esther 4:17 (I am alone, Lord, and have no-one but you.)

Joel 2:12-18 (Let your hearts be broken not your garments torn) 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 (Be reconciled to God)

Ecclesiasticus 26:1-4, 13-16 (a perfect wife is the joy of her husband) 1 Corinthians 26-31 (God chose what is foolish by human reckoning, to shame the wise)

Acts 9:1-20 (This man is my chosen instrument to bring my name before the pagans)

Deuteronomy 6:2-6 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart) Hebrews 7:23-28 (Christ, because he remains for ever, can never lose his priesthood)

Amos 8:4-6, 9-12 (A famine not of bread, bot of hearing the word of the Lord) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I will look after my flock myself and keep all of it in view)

Ecclesiasticus 1:1-10 (Before all other things, wisdom was created)

Acts 6:8-10, 7:54-59 (The martyrdom of Stephen)

Isaiah 52:7-10 (Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people ) Hebrews 1:1-6 (God has spoken to us through his Son)

Romans 10:9-18 (Faith comes from what is preached, and what is preached comes from the word of Christ)

Ephesians 2:19-22 (In Christ you are no longer aliens but citizens like us)

Wisdom 13: 1-9 (How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)

Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 (‘A star shall come out of Jacob’)

Amos 6:1, 4-7 (Woe to those who live in luxury) 1 Timothy 6:11-16 (Do all that you have been told, until the Appearing of the Lord)

1 Maccabees 1;10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-64 (The persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes) Ecclesiasticus 15:1-6 (Whoever grasps the Law will obtain wisdom)

Jeremiah 31:31-34 (I will write my Law in their hearts) Hebrews 10:11-18 (Jesus achieved the eternal perfection of all whom he is sanctifying)

Apocalypse 11:4-12 (The prophets will die who have been a plague to the world)

Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God.)

Jeremiah 31:1-7 (You shall be rebuilt, virgin of Israel)

Today there are alternative readings. 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world) and Genesis 12:1-9 (Leave your country, your family and your father’s house)

Sirach 2:1-11 ('Prepare yourself for testing')

Acts 2:14, 22-33 (God raised this man Jesus to life, and all of us are witnesses to this)

Tobit 6:10-11, 7:1, 9-14, 8:4-9 (We must pray and petition the Lord)

Titus 1:1-9 (Appoint elders of irreproachable character) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to do him service)

Hebrews 13:15-17, 20-21 (May the God of peace, who brought the great shepherd from the dead, equip you with everything good) 1 Corinthians 7:25-35 (The virgin is anxious about the things of the Lord)

Acts 10:34, 37-43 (We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection) 1 Corinthians 5:6-8 (Get rid of the old yeast and make yourselves unleavened as you were meant to be)

1 Timothy 3:14-16 (The mystery of our religion is very deep) Wisdom 3:1-9 (The souls of the virtuous are in the hands of God)

Acts 18:23-28 (Apollos demonstrated from the scriptures that Jesus was the Christ)

Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 (Let us lie in wait for the virtuous man and condemn him to a shameful death)

2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-25 (God’s wrath and mercy are revealed in the exile and release of his people) and Ephesians 2:4-10 (You have been saved through grace).

Hosea 11:1, 3-4, 8-9 (I will not give rein to my fierce anger, for I am God, not man) Ephesians 3:8-12, 14-19 (The love of Christ is beyond all knowledge)

Hebrews 11:1-2,8-19 (Abraham looked forward to a city founded, designed and built by God)

Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)

2 Timothy 4:10-17 (Only Luke is with me)

Acts 1:1-11 (Jesus was lifted up while they looked on) Ephesians 4:1-13 (We are all to come to unity, fully mature in the knowledge of the Son of God)

Isaiah 49:1-6 (I will make you the light of the nations so that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth)