Catholic Reading of the Day

Zechariah 9:9-10 (See now, your king comes humbly to you) Romans 8:9,11-13 · (If by the Spirit you put an end to the misdeeds of the body, you will live)

Genesis 27:1-5,15-29 (Jacob obtains Isaac's blessing by fraud)

Genesis 23:1-4,19,24:1-8,62-67 ('Choose a wife for my son Isaac')

Genesis 22:1-19 (The sacrifice of Isaac) 1 Corinthians 6:13-15,17-20 (Do not sin against your own body)

Genesis 21:5,8-20 (Hagar and Ishmael, expelled for Sarah's sake, saved by the Lord) 2 Timothy 1:13-14,2:1-3 (Keep as your pattern the sound teaching you have heard from me)

Genesis 19:15-29 (The destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah). 1 John 3:14-18 (We too ought to give up our lives for our brothers)

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

2 Kings 4:8-11,13-16 (This is a holy man of God; let him rest here) Romans 6:3-4,8-11 ·(When we were baptised we went into the tomb with Christ, so that we too might live a new life)

Genesis 18:1-15 (Next year your wife Sarah will have a son) Genesis 5:9-15, 20 (The mother of all those who live)

Genesis 17:1, 9-10, 15-22 (The Lord makes a covenant and gives Abram and Sarai new names) Romans 8: 31-39 (God did not spare his own Son)

Acts 12:1-11 (Now I know the Lord really did save me from Herod) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 (All there is to come now is the crown of righteousness reserved for me)

Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 (Count the stars: such shall be your descendants) 2 Timothy 2:22-26 (A servant of the Lord has to be kind to everyone and gentle when he corrects people)

Genesis 13:2, 5-18 (Abram settles in the land of Canaan and builds an altar to the Lord) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (Make the preaching of the Good news your life’s work, in thoroughgoing service)

Genesis 12:1-9 (Leave your country, your family, and your father’s house)

Jeremiah 20:10-13 (He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men) Romans 5:12-15 (The gift considerably outweighed the fall)

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) Acts 13:22-26 (Jesus, whose coming was heralded by John)

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

2 Corinthians 11:18, 21-30 (If I am to boast, let me boast of my feebleness) Genesis 12:1-4 (All the tribes of the earth shall bless themselves by you)

2 Corinthians 9:6-11 (There is no limit to the blessings which God can send you) 1 John 5:1-5 (Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ has already overcome the world)

2 Corinthians 8:1-9 (The Lord Jesus was rich but became poor for your sake) 2 Timothy 2:8-13, 3:10-12 (Anybody who tries to live in devotion to Christ is certain to be attacked)

2 Corinthians 6:1-10 (How we prove that we are God's servants) Philippians 3:8-14 (I look on everything as so much rubbish if only I can have Christ)

Exodus 19:2-6 (I will count you a kingdom of priests, a consecrated nation) Romans 5:6-11 (Now we have been reconciled by the death of his Son, surely we may count on being saved by the life of his Son)

2 Corinthians 5:14-21 (From now onwards we do not judge anyone by the standards of the flesh) Isaiah 61:9-11 (I exult for joy in the Lord)

Deuteronomy 7:6-11 (The Lord set his heart on you and chose you) 1 John 4:7-16 (Let us love one another, since love comes from God)

2 Corinthians 3:15-4:1,3-6 (The veil over their eyes will not be removed until they turn to the Lord)