daily readings

Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 3rd December, 2023 *****************Beginning Advent 2023-24 ****************** Third December 2023 First Sunday of Advent Year B The God who comes is a loving Father; we are the work of his hands. Our hope in Christ will strengthen us to await steady and without blame the day of his coming. We are warned against complacency, taking God’s…

Catholic Ireland Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 1st December, 2023 Friday of the 34th week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING               A reading from the prophet Daniel          7:2-14 And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man. I , Daniel said, have been…

Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 30th November, 2023  11- 30- Feast of  St Andrew, Apostle Andrew, a disciple of John the Baptist, introduced his brother Simon to Jesus. All three were crucified for their faith . FIRST READING   A reading from the letter of St Paul to the Romans        10:9-18Faith comes from what is preached, and what is…

Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 29th November, 2023 Wednesday of the Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING               A reading from the prophet Daniel       5:1-6. 13-14. 16-17. 23-28The fingers of a human hand appeared, and began to write. King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for his…

Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 28th November, 2023 Tuesday of the Thirty Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1 FIRST READING                  A reading from the prophet Daniel          2:31-45God  will set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, it will  absorb all the kingdoms. Daniel…

Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 27th November, 2023 Monday of the Thirty +Fourth Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Optional Memorial of St Fergal, bishop and missionary FIRST READING                 A reading from the prophet Daniel     1:1-6. 8-20The king found none to equal Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched…

Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 26th November, 2023 Thirty -Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe At the end of our earthly life we will be judged on how we hove lived and acted. At the end of time the Kingdom of God will be established through the saving work of Christ. Then the Shepherd King…

Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 25th November, 2023 Saturday of the thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Optional Memorial of Ss Catherine of  Alexandria,Clement  I, pope and martyr, and Colman, bishop FIRST READING A reading from the book of  Maccabees       6:1-13I am dying of melancholy because of the wrong I did in Jerusalem. King Antiochus was making his way across the upper provinces; he…

Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 24th November, 2023 Friday of the Thirty-Third Week in Ordinary Time, Year 1Memorial of St Andrew Dung-Lac and companions , martyrs FIRST READING  A reading from the first book of  Maccabees          4:36-37. 52-59They celebrated the dedication of the altar, joyfully offering holocausts              …