Catholic Reading of the Day

Isaiah 7:10-14 (Behold, the virgin shall conceive) Romans 1:1-7 (Jesus Christ, descended from David, Son of God)

Isaiah 7:10-14 (Behold, the virgin shall conceive)

Judges 13:2-7, 24-25 (The birth of Samson is announced by an angel)

Jeremiah 23:5-8 (I will raise up for David a righteous Branch)

Genesis 49:2, 8-10 (The sceptre shall not depart from Judah)

Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 (Messianic salvation is promised to all of the poor)

Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17 ( A star shall come out of Jacob)

Isaiah 35:1-6, 10 (God himself will come and save you) James 5:7-10 (Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand)

Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11(Elijah will come again) 2 Corinthians 10:17-11:2 (I betrothed you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ)

Isaiah 48:17-19 (Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments) Zechariah 2:10-13 (Rejoice, O daughter of Sion, behold, I come)

Isaiah 41:13-20 (I am your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel) Acts 20:17-18, 28-32, 36 ( Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for he Church of God)

Isaiah 40:25-31 (The Lord almighty gives power to the faint) Isaiah 7:10-14, 8:10 (Behold, the virgin shall conceive)

Isaiah 40:1-11 (God comforts his people) Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 (You shall love your neighbour as yourself)

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)

Isaiah 11:1-10 (With righteousness he shall judge the poor) Romans 15:4-9 (Christ saves humanity)

Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26 (He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry) Isaiah 6:1-8 (I am a man of unclean lips and my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!)

Isaiah 29:17-24 (In that day the eyes of the blind shall see)

Isaiah 26:1-6 (Let the righteous nation that keeps faith enter in) 2 Timothy 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (By the Holy Spirit, guard the good deposit entrusted to you)

Isaiah 25:6-10 (The Lord will make a feast, and he will wipe away tears from all faces) 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!)

Isaiah 11:1-10 (With righteousness he shall judge the poor)

Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God) Romas 13:11-14 (Salvation is nearer to us now)

Isaiah 2:1-5 (The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God) Romans 13:11-14 (Salvation is nearer to us now)

Daniel 7:15-27 (The kingdom and the dominion shall be given to the people the saints of the Most High)

Daniel 7:2-14 (Behold, with the clouds of heaven there came one like a son of man)

Daniel 6:12-28 (God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths)

Daniel 5-1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 (The fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote)

Daniel 2:31-45 (God will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed, and it shall break in pieces all these kingdoms) Revelation 21:5-7 (The one who conquers will have this heritage)

Daniel 1:1-6, 8-20 (None was found like Daniel, Hannah, Mishael, and Azariah) 2 Maccabees 6:18, 21, 24-31 (I am glad to suffer these things because I fear him)

2 Samuel 5:1-3 (They anointed David king over Israel) Colossians 1:12-20 (He has transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son)

1 Maccabees 6:1-13 (Because of the evils I did in Jerusalem, I am perishing of deep grief) Hosea 2:14, 15, 19-20 (I will betroth you to me for ever)

1 Maccabees 4:36-37, 52-59 (They celebrated the altar and offered whole burnt offerings with gladness) Zechariah 2:10-13 (Rejoice, O daughter of Sion, behold I come)

1 Maccabees 2:15-29 (We will live by the covenant of our fathers)

2 Maccabees 7:1, 20-31 (The Creator of the world will give life and breath back to you again)

2 Maccabees 6:18-31 (I will leave a noble example of how to die a good death willingly for the laws) Acts 28:11-16, 30-31 (So we came to Rome)

1 Maccabees 1:10-15, 41-43, 54-57, 62-63 (Very great wrath came upon Israel) 1 John 3:14-18 (we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers and sisters)

Malachi 4:1-2 (For you the sun of righteousness shall rise) 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12 (If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat)

Wisdom 18:14-16; 19:6-9 (There appeared an unhindered way out of the Red Sea, and they leaped like lambs.) Sirach 15:1-6 (She will feed him with the bread of understanding)

Wisdom 13:1-9 (If they could investigate the world, how did they fail to find the Lord of these things?)

Wisdom 7:22-8:1 (Wisdom is a reflection of eternal light; a spotless mirror of the working of God)

Wisdom 6:1-11 (Listen, O kings, that you may learn wisdom) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 (To the measure of the store of the fullness of Christ)

Wisdom 2:23-3:9 (In the eyes of the foolish they seemed to have died, but they are at peace) Isaiah 61:1-3 (The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor)

Wisdom 1:1-7 (Wisdom is a kindly spirit; the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world) Sirach 39:6-10(He will be filled with the spirit of understanding)

Ezekiel 47:1-2, 8-9, 12 (I saw water flowing from the Temple, and all to whom this water came were saved) 1 Corinthians 3:9-11, 16-17 (You are God's temple)

Romans 16:3-9, 16, 12-27 (Greet one another with a holy kiss)

Romans 15:14-21 (A minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles so that the offering of Gentiles may be acceptable) Deuteronomy 10:8-9 (The Lord is his inheritance)

Romans 14:7-12 (Whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord's)

Romans 13:8-10 (Love is the fulfilling of the law)

Romans 12:3-13 (Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us)

2 Maccabees 12:43-46 (He acted very well and honourably, taking account of the resurrection) Philippians 3:20-21 (He will transform our lowly body to be like his glorious body)

Revelation 7:2-4, 9-14 (Behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages) 1 John 3:1-3 (We shall see God as he is)

Romans 16:3-9, 16, 22-27 (Greet one another with a holy kiss)