Readings for the Memorial of Saint Martin of Tours, BishopReading 1 Wisdom 2:23–3:9God formed man to be imperishable; the image of his own nature he made them. But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world, and they who are in his possession experience it. But the souls of the just are in t
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Leo the Great, Pope and Doctor of the ChurchReading 1 Wisdom 1:1-7Love justice, you who judge the earth; think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in integrity of heart; Because he is found by those who test him not, and he manifests himself to those who do not
Reading 1 Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12The angel brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the southern side of the temple, south of the
Reading I Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27Brothers and sisters: Greet Prisca and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I am grateful but also all the churches of the Gentiles; greet also the Church at their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the
Reading I Romans 15:14-21I myself am convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to admonish one another. But I have written to you rather boldly in some respects to remind you, because of the grace given me by God to be
Reading 1 Romans 14:7-12Brothers and sisters: None of us lives for oneself, and no one dies for oneself. For if we live, we live for the Lord, and if we die, we die for the Lord; so then, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. For this is why Christ died and came to life, that he might be Lord
Reading 1 Romans 13:8-10Brothers and sisters: Owe nothing to anyone, except to love one another; for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. The commandments, You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not covet, and whatever other commandment there m
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo, BishopReading 1 Romans 12:5-16abBrothers and sisters: We, though many, are one Body in Christ and individually parts of one another. Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us exercise them: if prophecy, in proport
Reading 1 Romans 11:29-36Brothers and sisters: The gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. Just as you once disobeyed God but have now received mercy because of their disobedience, so they have now disobeyed in order that, by virtue of the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy. For
The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Please see Lectionary number 668 for the full selection of approved options.Reading I Wisdom 3:1-9The souls of the just are in the hand of God, and no torment shall touch them. They seemed, in the view of the foolish,
