Catholic Reading of the Day

Isaiah 7:10-14; 8:10 (Behold, the virgin shall conceive) Hebrews 10:4-10 (I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.)

Numbers 21:4-9 (If a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live)

Daniel 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 (Now I am to die, yet I have done none of these things)

Ezekiel 37:12-14 (I will put my spirit within you, and you shall live.) Romans 8:8-11 (The Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you.)

Jeremiah 11:18-20 ·(I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter)

Wisdom 2:1, 12-22 (Let us condemn him to a shameful death)

2 Samuel 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16 (The Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David) Romans 4:13, 16-18, 22 (In hope he believed against hope.)

Isaiah 49:8-15 ( I will give you as a covenant to the people, to establish the land.)

Jeremiah 1:4-9 ·(To all to whom I send you, you shall go.). Acts 13:46-49 ·(‘Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.)

Isaiah 65:17-21 (No more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping and cry of distress)

1 Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-15 (David is anointed king of Israel) Ephesians 5:8-14 (Arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you)

Hosea 6:1-6 (I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice)

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

Jeremiah 7:23-28 (This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God)

Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 ("Keep the statutes and do them")

Daniel 3:25, 34-43 (With a contrite heart and a humble spirit may we be accepted)

2 Kings 5:1-15 (There were may lepers in Israel and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian)

Exodus 17:3-7 (Give us water to drink) Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 (Love has been poured into our hearts through the Spirit who has been given to us.)

Micah 7:14-15, 18-20 (You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea)

Genesis 37:3-4, 12-13, 17-28 (Here comes this dreamer. Come now, let us kill him)

Jeremiah 17:5-10 (Cursed is the man who trusts in the Lord)

Jeremiah 18:18-20 (Come, let us strike him)

Isaiah 1:10, 16-20 (Learn to do good; seek justice)

Daniel 9:4-10 (We have sinned and done wrong)

Genesis 12:1-4 (The call of Abram, the father of the People of God.) 2 Timothy 1:8-10 (God calls and enlightens us)

Deuteronomy 26:16-19 (That you shall be a people holy to the Lord your God)

Ezekiel 18:21-28 (Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked and not rather that he should turn from his way and live?)

Esther 4:17 (I have no helper but you Lord)

Jonah 3:1-10 (The people of Nineveh turned from their evil way)

Isaiah 55:10-11 (The rain makes the earth bring forth and sprout)

Leviticus 19:1-2, 11-18 (In righteousness shall you judge your neighbour)

Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7 (The creation and sin of our first parents) Romans 5:12-19 (Where sin increased, grace abounded all the more)

Isaiah 58:9-14 (If you pour yourself out for the hungry, then shall your light rise in the darkness)

Isaiah 58:1-9 (Is not this the fast that I choose)

Deuteronomy 30:15-20 (See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse)

Joel 2:12-18 (Rend your hearts and not your garments) 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2 (Be reconciled to God, Behold, now is the favourable time)

James 1:12-18 (God himself tempts no one) Romans 8:26-30 (For those who love God all things work together for good)

James 1:1-11 (The testing of your faith produces steadfastness, that you may perfect and complete)

Sirach 15:15-20 ( He has not commanded anyone to be ungodly) 1 Corinthians 2:6-10 (A wisdom God decreed before the ages for our glory)

Acts 13:46-49 (Behold, we are turning to the Gentiles)

Kings 11:29-32; 12:19 (Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David)

1 Kings 11:4-13 (Since you have not kept my covenant I will tear the kingdom from you; but I will give one tribe to your son, for the sake of David)

1 Kings 10:1-10 (The Queen of Sheba saw all the wisdom of Solomon) Isaiah 66:10-14 (Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river)

1 King's 8:22-23, 27-30 (You have said,"My name shall be there, that you may listen to the plea of your people Israel) Song of Solomon 8:6-7 (Love is strong as death)

1 King's 8:1-7, 9-13 (They brought the ark of the covenant into the Most Holy Place and a cloud filled the house of the Lord)

Isaiah 58:6-10 (Your light shall break forth like the dawn) 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 (I proclaimed to you the mystery of Christ crucified)

1 Kings 3:4-13 (Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people)

Sirach 47:2-11 (David praised the Lord God with all his heart and loved God) Galatians 2:19-20 (It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me)

1 Kings 2:1-4, 10-12 (I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, Solomon, and show yourself a man) 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 (God chose what is weak in the world)

2 Samuel 24:2, 9-17 (Behold, I have sinned in numbering the people. But these sheep, what have they done?)

2 Samuel 18:9-10, 14, 24-25, 30-19:3 (O my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you) Isaiah 52:7-10 (All the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God))