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Readings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary TimeReadings for the Thursday of the Thirty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time The following are a selection of the readings that may be chosen for this day. Reading I Sir 50:22-24 And now, bless the God of all,     who has done wondrous things on earth; […]

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Priest, and Companions, Martyrs Reading I Dn 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28 King Belshazzar gave a great banquet for a thousand of his lords, with whom he drank. Under the influence of the wine, he ordered the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar, his father, had taken from

Reading I Dn 2:31-45 Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar: “In your vision, O king, you saw a statue, very large and exceedingly bright, terrifying in appearance as it stood before you. The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs bronze, the legs iron, its feet partly

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Cecilia, virgin and martyr Reading I Dn 1:1-6, 8-20 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came and laid siege to Jerusalem. The Lord handed over to him Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and some of the vessels of the temple

Reading I Dn 7:13-14 As the visions during the night continued, I saw     one like a Son of man coming,         on the clouds of heaven;     when he reached the Ancient One         and was presented before him,     the one like a Son of man received dominion, glory, and kingship;

Reading I 1 Mc 6:1-13 As King Antiochus was traversing the inland provinces, he heard that in Persia there was a city called Elymais, famous for its wealth in silver and gold, and that its temple was very rich, containing gold helmets, breastplates, and weapons left there by Alexander, son of Philip, king of Macedon,

Reading I 1 Mc 4:36-37, 52-59 Judas and his brothers said, “Now that our enemies have been crushed, let us go up to purify the sanctuary and rededicate it.” So the whole army assembled, and went up to Mount Zion. Early in the morning on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, that is, the

Reading I 1 Mc 2:15-29 The officers of the king in charge of enforcing the apostasy came to the city of Modein to organize the sacrifices. Many of Israel joined them, but Mattathias and his sons gathered in a group apart. Then the officers of the king addressed Mattathias: “You are a leader, an honorable

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, religious Reading I 2 Mc 7:1, 20-31 It happened that seven brothers with their mother were arrested and tortured with whips and scourges by the king, to force them to eat pork in violation of God’s law. Most admirable and worthy of everlasting remembrance was the

Reading I 2 Mc 6:18-31 Eleazar, one of the foremost scribes, a man of advanced age and noble appearance, was being forced to open his mouth to eat pork.  But preferring a glorious death to a life of defilement, he spat out the meat, and went forward of his own accord to the instrument of