Tag: January-2016

Ordinary Weekday First Reading: First Samuel 1: 1-8 1 There was a certain man from Rama-thaim, Elkanah by name, a Zuphite from the hill country of Ephraim. He was…

BAPTISM OF THE LORD Feast First Reading: Isaiah 40: 1-5, 9-11 1 Comfort, give comfort to my people, says your God. 2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to…

Christmas Weekday First Reading: First John 5: 14-21 14 And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. 15…

Christmas Weekday First Reading: First John 5: 5-13 5 Who (indeed) is the victor over the world but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?…

Christmas Weekday/ Raymond of Peñafort, priest First Reading: First John 4: 19 – 5: 4 19 We love because he first loved us. 20 If anyone says, “I love…

Christmas Weekday/ André Bessette, religious First Reading: First John 4: 11-18 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also must love one another. 12 No one has ever…

John Neumann, bishop Obligatory Memorial First Reading: First John 4: 7-10 7 Beloved, let us love one another, because love is of God; everyone who loves is begotten by…

Elizabeth Ann Seton, religious Obligatory Memorial First Reading: First John 3: 22 – 4: 6 22 and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and…

EPIPHANY OF THE LORD Solemnity First Reading: Isaiah 60: 1-6 1 Rise up in splendor! Your light has come, the glory of the Lord shines upon you. 2 See,…

Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops, doctors Obligatory Memorial First Reading: First John 2: 22-28 22 Who is the liar? Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ. Whoever…