Catholic Reading of the Day

Ruth 1:1, 3-8, 14-16, 22 (Naomi returned with Ruth the Moabite and came to Bethlehem) Isaiah 9:2-7 ('A son is given to us.")

Judges 11:29-39 (Whatever comes out from the doors of my house, will offer it up for a burnt offering) 1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 ('We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves)

Judges 9:6-15 (You said,"'A king shall reign over us' when the Lord your God was your king") Sirach 15:1-6 (She will feed him with the bread of understanding)

Judges 6:11-24 (Gideon, save Israel; do not I send you) Ephesians 3:14-19 (To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge)

Judges 2:11-19 (The Lord raised up judges, yet they did not listen to them)

Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 (You bore me, a man of contention to the whole land) Hebrews 12:1-4 (Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us) Hebrews 12:1-4 (Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us)

Joshua 24:14-29 (Choose this day whom you will serve) Deuteronomy 6:3-9 (You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart)

Revelation 11:19; 12:1-6, 10 (A woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet) 1 Corinthians 15:20-27 (Christ the first fruits, then those who belong to Christ)

Joshua 3:7-10, 11, 13-17 (The ark of the covenant of the Lord is passing over before you into the Jordan.) Wisdom 3:1-9 (Like a sacrificial whole burnt offering he accepted them)

Deuteronomy 34:1-12 (Moses died there, according to the word of the Lord, and there has not arisen a prophet like him) 1 Peter 4:12-19 (Rejoice as you share Christ's sufferings)

Deuteronomy 31:1-8 (Be strong and courageous, Joshua, for you shall go with this people into the land) Philippians 4:4-9 (Whatever is pure, think about these things.)

Deuteronomy 10:12-22 (Circumcise your hear. Love the sojourner, for you were sojourners) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things becoming like him in his death)

Wisdom 18:6-9 (By the same means by which you punished our enemies you called us to yourself and glorified us) Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 (He was looking forward to the city whose designer and builder is God)

Hosea 2:14, 15, 19-20 (I will betroth you to me for ever)

Deuteronomy 4:32-40 (He loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God)

Numbers 20:1-13 (Water came out abundantly) Sirach 2:7-11 (You who fear the Lord, trust, hope, love)

Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 (His clothing was white as snow) 2 Peter 1:16-19 ( We heard this voice from heaven)

Numbers 12:1-13 (Not so with my servant Moses unlike other prophets. Why then were you not afraid to speak against him) Revelation 21:1-5 (God will wipe away every tear from their eyes)

Numbers 11:4-15 (I am not able to carry this people alone) Ezekiel 3:16-21 (I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel)

Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 (What has a man from all his toil) Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 (Seek the things that are above, where Christ is)

Leviticus 25:1, 8-17 (In this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his property) 1 John 5:1-5 (This is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith)

Leviticus 23:1, 4-11, 15-16, 27, 34-37 (The appointed feast of the Lord, the holy convocations) Romans 8:1-4 (The law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death)

Exodus 40:16-21, 34-38 (The cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 (Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ)

Exodus 34:29-35 (Seeing the skin of Moses' face they were afraid to come near him) Ephesians 3:8-12 (To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ)

Exodus 33:7-11; 34:5-9, 28 (The Lord used to speak to Moses face to face) 1 John 4:7-16 (God loved us)