Spiritual Resources

Readings of the day: Friday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Then Jesus told his disciples, "If any man would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.

Readings of the day: Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome

The Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died there, and was buried there.

Readings of the day: Wednesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

In your love, remember us, Lord.

Readings of the day: Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy steadfast love; according to thy abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin!

Readings of the day: Monday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the LORD blazed hotly, and Moses was displeased.

Readings of the Day: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

Readings of the Day: Saturday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for thou dost judge the peoples with equity and guide the nations upon earth.

Readings of the Day: Friday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp. Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

Readings of the Day: Memorial of Saint Martha

My soul longs, yea, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God. How lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord, mighty God!

Readings of the Day: Wednessday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Extol the LORD our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he! Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel also was among those who called on his name.

Readings of the Day: Tuesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

The LORD passed before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

Readings of the Day: Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time

Response: O Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good.

Readings of the Day: Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

You open your hand to feed us, Lord; you satisfy all our needs

Readings of the Day: Saturday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

The Mighty One, God the LORD, speaks and summons the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth.

Readings of the day: Friday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

The law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple; the precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes.

Readings of the day: Thursday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

O God, thou art my God, I seek thee, my soul thirsts for thee; my flesh faints for thee, as in a dry and weary land where no water is.

Readings of the Day: Wednesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

The Lord gave them bread from heaven.

Readings of the Day: Tuesday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

At the blast of thy nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea.

Readings of the Day: Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.

Readings of the Day: Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want; he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Readings of the Day: Saturday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures for ever. To him who smote the first-born of Egypt, for his steadfast love endures for ever;

Readings of the Day: Memorial of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

O LORD, I am thy servant; I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou hast loosed my bonds. I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.

Readings of the day: Thursday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples!

Readings of the Day: Wednesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the bush, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here am I."

Readings of the Day: Tuesday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Readings of the Day: Monday of the Fifteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

Readings of the day: Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to his people, to his saints, to those who turn to him in their hearts.

Readings of the day: Saturday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

O give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the peoples! Sing to him, sing praises to him, tell of all his wonderful works!

Readings of the day: Friday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Trust in the LORD, and do good; so you will dwell in the land, and enjoy security. Take delight in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Readings of the Day: Thursday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time

When he summoned a famine on the land, and broke every staff of bread, he had sent a man ahead of them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave.