Catholic Reading of the Day

Ezekiel 12:1-12 (You shall go like an exile from your place) 1 Peter 4:12-19 (Rejoice as you share Christ's sufferings)

Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22 (Put a mark on the foreheads of those who groan over the abominations of Jerusalem) Philippians 4:4-9 (Whatever is pure, think about these things)

Ezekiel 2:8-3:4 (He gave me this scroll to eat and it was in my mouth as sweet as honey) Philippians 3:8-14 (For the sake of Christ I have suffered the loss of all things, becoming like him in his death)

2 Corinthians 9:6-10 (God loves a cheerful giver)

1 Kinga 19:9, 11-13 (Stand on the mount before the Lord) Romans 9:1-5 (I wish that I were accursed for the sake of my brothers and sisters)

Habakkuk 1:12-24 (The righteous shall live by his faith) 1 Corinthians 2:1-10 (We impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God)

Nahum 1:15; 2:2; 3:1-3, 6-7 (Woe to the city of blood) 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)

Jeremiah 31:1-7 (I have loved you with an everlasting love) Revelation 21:1-5a (God will wipe away every tear from their eyes)

Jeremiah 30:1-2, 12-15, 18-22 (Because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things to you. I will restore the tents of Jacob) Ezekiel 3:16-21 (I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel)

Jeremiah 28:1-17 (Hananiah, the Lord has not sent you, and you have make this people trust in a lie)

Isaiah 55:1-3 (Come and eat) Romans 8:35, 37-39 (Nothing in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ)

Jeremiah 18:1-6 (Like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand.) Ephesians 3:8-12 ·(To preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ.)

Jeremiah 15:10, 16-21 (Why is my pain unceasing - If you return, you shall stand before me) 1 John 4:7-16 (God loved us)

Jeremiah 14:17-22 (Remember, Lord, and do not break your covenant with us)

Jeremiah 13:1-11 (The people shall be like this loincloth, which is good for nothing.)

1 Kings 3:5-6, 7-12 · (You have asked for yourself understanding.)Romans 8:28-30 ·(He predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son.)

Jeremiah 26:1-9 · (All the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.) 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 ·(Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.)

2 Corinthians 4:7-15 · (He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and bring us with you into his presence.)

Jeremiah 3:14-17 (I will give you shepherds after my own heart and all nations shall gather to Jerusalem.) Ecclesiasticus 3:17-24 (The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly)

Galatians 2:19-20 ·(It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me.)

Song of Solomon 3:1-4 ·(I have found him whom my soul loves.) 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 ·(Behold, the new has come.)

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 · (You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea.) 2 Corinthians 4:1-2, 5-7 ·(We proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for the sake of Jesus.)

Micah 6:1-4, 6-8 · (He has told you, O man, and what does the Lord require of you.) Ezekiel 34:11-16 · (I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down.)

Wisdom 12:13, 16-19 ·(You give repentance for sins.) Romans 8:26-27 ·(The Spirit intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words.)

Micah 2:1-5 (They covet fields and seize them, and take houses away.)

Isaiah 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8 (I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears.)

Isaiah 26:7-9, 12, 16-19 (You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy!)

Isaiah 10:5-7, 13-16 ( Shall the axe boast over him who hews with it?) Ephesians 3:14-19 (To know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge.)

Isaiah 7:1-9 (If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all.) 1 John 3:14-18 (We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.)

Isaiah 1:10-17 (Wash yourselves; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes.)

Isaiah 55:10-11 (The rain makes the earth bring forth and sprout.) Romans 8:18-23 (The creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.)

Proverbs 2:1-9 (Incline your heart to understanding.)

Hosea 14:1-9 (We will say no more, “Our God,” to the work of our hands.)

Hosea 11:1-4, 8-9 ·(My heart recoils within me.)1 John 5:1-5 ·(This is the victory that has overcome the world — our faith.)

Hosea 10:1-3, 7-8, 12 ·(It is the time to seek the Lord.)

Hosea 8:4-7, 11-13 ·(They sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind.)

Hosea 2:14, 15-16, 19-20 ·(I will betroth you to me for ever.)1 Corinthians 6:13-15, 17-20 ·(Your bodies are members of Christ.)

Zechariah 9:9-10 ·(Behold, your king is coming to you, humble.)Romans 8:9, 11-13 ·(If by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live.)

Amos 9:11-15 ·(I will restore the fortunes of my people Israel, and I will plant them on their land.) 1 John 3:14-18 (We ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters.)

Ephesians 2:19-22 ·(Built on the foundation of the Apostles.)

Amos 7:10-17 · (Go, prophesy to my people.)

Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 (In truth the Lord sent me to you to speak these words.) 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.)

Amos 5:14-15, 21-24 (Take away from me the noise of your songs; but let righteousness be like an ever-flowing stream.) 1 Peter 3:8-18 (Even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you will be blessed.)

Amos 3:1-8; 4:11-12 (The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy?) Romans 8:31-39 ·(Nothing in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ.)

Amos 2:6-10, 13-16 ·(They trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth.)

Acts 12:1-11 ·(Now I am sure that the Lord has rescued me from the hand of Herod.) 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18 ·(There is laid up for me the crown of righteousness.)

Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 (Their heart cried to the Lord. O wall of the daughter of Sion.) 2 Timothy 4:1-5 ·(Do the work of an evangelist, fulfil your ministry.)

2 Kings 25:1-12 ·(So Judah was taken into exile out of its land.)

2 Kings 24:8-17 (The king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon Jechoiachin and all the men of valour.)

Isaiah 49:1-6 ·(I will make you as a light for the nations, that my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.) Acts 13:22-26 (Before the coming of Christ, John had proclaimed a baptism of repentance.)