Daily mass readings : Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Prv 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 When one finds a worthy wife,her value is far beyond pearls.Her husband, entrusting his heart to her,has an unfailing prize.She brings him good, and not evil,all the days of her life.She obtains wool and flaxand works with loving hands.She…

Daily mass readings : Saturday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading I : Wis 18:14-16; 19:6-9 When peaceful stillness compassed everythingand the night in its swift course was half spent,Your all-powerful word, from heaven’s royal thronebounded, a fierce warrior, into the doomed land,bearing the sharp sword of your inexorable decree.And as he alighted,…

Daily mass readings : Memorial of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious Reading 1 : Wis 13:1-9 All men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God,and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is,and from studying the works did not discern the artisan;But either fire, or wind,…

Daily mass readings : Thursday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Wis 7:22b–8:1 In Wisdom is a spiritintelligent, holy, unique,Manifold, subtle, agile,clear, unstained, certain,Not baneful, loving the good, keen,unhampered, beneficent, kindly,Firm, secure, tranquil,all-powerful, all-seeing,And pervading all spirits,though they be intelligent, pure and very subtle.For Wisdom is mobile beyond all motion,and she…

Daily mass readings: Wednesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Wis 6:1-11 Hear, O kings, and understand;learn, you magistrates of the earth’s expanse!Hearken, you who are in power over the multitudeand lord it over throngs of peoples!Because authority was given you by the Lordand sovereignty by the Most High,who shall probe…

Daily mass readings: Tuesday of the Thirty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 : Wis 2:23–3:9 God formed man to be imperishable;the image of his own nature he made them.But by the envy of the Devil, death entered the world,and they who are in his possession experience it. But the souls of the just are…

Daily mass readings: Memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Virgin Reading 1 : Wis 1:1-7 Love justice, you who judge the earth;think of the Lord in goodness,and seek him in integrity of heart;Because he is found by those who test him not,and he manifests himself to those who do not disbelieve him.For perverse counsels separate…