Catholic Reading of the Day

14 December 24 - St John of the Cross 14.12.2024 2:54 ↓

Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11 (Elijah will come again.) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (‘We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God.’)

13 December 24 - St Lucy 13.12.2024 1:57 ↓

Isaiah 48:17-19 (‘Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!’) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (‘I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ’)

12 December 24 - Thursday of the 2nd week of Advent 12.12.2024 2:15 ↓

Isiah 41:13-20 (‘ I am your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel’)

11 December 24 - St Damascus I, Pope 11.12.2024 3:17 ↓

Isaiah 40:25-31 (The Lord almighty ‘ gives power to the faint’.) Acts 20:17-18, 28-32, 36 (‘ Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, of which te Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the Church of God.’)

10 December 24 - Tuesday of the 2nd week of Advent 10.12.2024 1:06 ↓

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

9 December 24 - The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary 09.12.2024 3:14 ↓

Genesis 3:9-15, 20 (“I will put enmity between your offspring and the offspring of the woman”) Ephesians 1:3-6, 11-12 (‘God chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world’)

8 December 24 - 2nd Sunday of Advent 08.12.2024 3:24 ↓

Baruch 5:1-9 (‘God will show your splendour’) Philippians 1:3-6, 8-11 (‘Be pure and blameless for the day of Christ’)

7 December 24 - St Ambrose 07.12.2024 1:26 ↓

Ephesians 3:8-12 (‘To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.’)

6 December 24 - St Nicholas 06.12.2024 4:26 ↓

Isaiah 29:17-24 (‘In that day the eyes of the blind shall see’) Isaiah 6:1-8 (‘I am a man of unclean lips and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!’)

5 December 24 - Thursday of the 1st week of Advent 05.12.2024 1:23 ↓

Isaiah 26:1-6 (‘Let the righteous nation that keeps faith enter in’)

4 December 24 - St John Damascene 04.12.2024 2:40 ↓

Isaiah 25:6-10 (‘The Lord will make a feast, and he will wipe away tears from all faces.’) 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (‘By the Holy Spirit, guard the good deposit entrusted to you. ‘)

3 December 24 - St Francis Xavier 03.12.2024 3:52 ↓

Isaiah 11:1-10 (‘With righteousness he shall judge the poor’) Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23(‘Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!}

2 December 24 - Monday of the 1st week of Advent 02.12.2024 2:00 ↓

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

1 December 24 - 1st Sunday of Advent 01.12.2024 3:46 ↓

Jeremiah 33:14-16 (‘I will cause a righteous Branch to spring up for David’) 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 (‘May the Lord establish you r hearts for the coming of Christ’)

30 November 24 - St Andrew 30.11.2024 2:36 ↓

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

29 November 24 - Friday of week 34 in Ordinary Time 29.11.2024 3:15 ↓

Apocalypse 20:1-4, 11-21:2 (The book of life was opened, and the dead were judged

28 November 24 - Thursday of week 34 in Ordinary Time 28.11.2024 3:08 ↓

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

27 November 24 - Wednesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time 27.11.2024 1:55 ↓

Apocalypse 15:1-4 (The victors sang the hymn of Moses and of the Lamb)

26 November 24 - Tuesday of week 34 in Ordinary Time 26.11.2024 1:53 ↓

Apocalypse 14:14-19 (The harvest and the vintage of the earth are ripe)

25 November 24 - St Catherine of Alexandria 25.11.2024 2:57 ↓

Apocalypse 14:1-5 (The redeemed have Christ and his Father’s name written on their foreheads) Apocalypse 21:5-7 (I will give water from the well of life to anybody who is thirsty)

24 November 24 - Christ the King 24.11.2024 2:38 ↓

Daniel 7:13-14 (I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man) Apocalypse 1:5-8 (Jesus Christ has made us a line of kings and priests)

23 November 24 - St Clement I 23.11.2024 5:03 ↓

Apocalypse 11:4-12 (The prophets will die who have been a plague to the world) 1 Peter 5:1-4 (Watch over the flock, not simply as a duty but gladly)

22 November 24 - St Cecilia 22.11.2024 2:29 ↓

Apocalypse 10:8-11 (I was told to swallow the scroll, and to prophesy) Hosea 2:16, 17, 21-22 (I will betroth you to myself for ever)

21 November- The Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 21.11.2024 3:56 ↓

Apocalypse 5:1-10 (The blood of the Lamb bought men for God) Zechariah 2:14-17 (‘I am coming’ , says the Lord)

20 November 24 - Wednesday of week 33 in Ordinary Time 20.11.2024 3:19 ↓

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