Catholic Reading of the Day

Joel 3:12-21 (Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe) Ezekiel 34:11-16 (I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down)

Joel 1:13-15, 2:1-2 (The day of the Lord, a day of darkness and gloom) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 (We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus)

2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry) 1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God; the spiritual person judges all things)

Jonah 4:1-11 (You pity the plant and should not I pity Nineveh, that great city?)

Jonah 3:1-10 (The people of Nineveh turned from their evil way) Acts 1:12-14 (All with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer)

Jonah 1:1-17,2:10 (Jonah rose to flee from the presence of the Lord) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things, becoming like him in his death)

Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4 (The righteous shall live by his faith) 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 (Do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord)

Baruch 4:5-12, 27-29 (For he who brought these calamities upon you will bring you joy) Galatians 6:14-18 (I bear on my body the marks of Jesus)

Baruch 1:15-22 (We have sinned before the Lord and have disobeyed him)

Nehemiah 8:1-4, 5-6, 7-12 (Ezra opened the Book of the Law and blessed the Lord, and all the people answered, "Amen, Amen") Exodus 23:20-23 (My angel goes before you)

Nehemiah 2:1-8 (If it please the king, send me to the city of my fathers, that I may rebuild it) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river)

Zechariah 6:20-23 (Many peoples shall come to seek the Lord in Jerusalem) 2 Timothy 3:14-17 (All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching)

Revelation 12:7-12 (Michael and his angels fighting against the dragon)

Amos 6:1, 4-7 (The revelry of those who now stretch themselves out shall pass away) 1 Timothy 6:11-14 (Keep the commandment until the appearing of our Lord)

Zechariah 2:1-5, 10-11 (Behold, I come and I will dwell in your midst) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is weak in the world)

Haggai 1:15-2:9 (Yet once more, in a little while and I will fill this house with glory) Wisdom 3:1-9 (Like a sacrificial whole burnt offering he accepted them)

Haggai 1:1-8 (Build the house, that I may take pleasure in it)

Ezra 6:7-8, 12b, 14-20 (They finished the house of God, and kept the Passover) Galatians 2:19-20 (It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me)

Ezra 1:1-6 (‘Whoever is of the people of the Lord, let him go up to Jerusalem and rebuild the house of the Lord.’)

Amos 8:4-7 (Against those who buy the poor for silver) 1 Timothy 2:1-8 (Prayers should be made for all people to God, who desires all people to be saved)

Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10c (Behold, the virgin shall conceive)

1 Timothy 6:13-16 (Keep the commandment unstained until the appearing of our Lord) Romans 8:31-39 (Nothin in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ)

1 Timothy 6: 2-12 (As for you, O man of God, pursue righteousness) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord is his inheritance)

1 Timothy 4:12-16 (Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching; you will save both yourself and you hearers)

1 Timothy 3:14-16 (Great indeed is the mystery of godliness) Wisdom 7:7-10, 15-16 (I loved wisdom more than health and beauty)