Daily mass readings: Memorial of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, Religious Reading 1: 1 Jn 3:7-10 Children, let no one deceive you.The person who acts in righteousness is righteous,just as he is righteous.Whoever sins belongs to the Devil,because the Devil has sinned from the beginning.Indeed, the Son of God was revealed to destroy the works of…

Daily mass readings: Christmas Weekday Reading 1: 1 JN 2:29–3:6 If you consider that God is righteous,you also know that everyone who acts in righteousnessis begotten by him.See what love the Father has bestowed on usthat we may be called the children of God.Yet so we are.The reason the world does not know us is…

Daily mass readings: Memorial of Saints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops and Doctors of the Church Reading 1 : 1 JN 2:22-28 Beloved:Who is the liar?Whoever denies that Jesus is the Christ.Whoever denies the Father and the Son, this is the antichrist.Anyone who denies the Son does not have the Father,but whoever confesses…

Daily mass readings : Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of GodThe Octave Day of Christmas Reading I : Nm 6:22-27 The LORD said to Moses:“Speak to Aaron and his sons and tell them:This is how you shall bless the Israelites.Say to them:The LORD bless you and keep you!The LORD let his face…

Daily mass readings: Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Reading I: Sir 3:2-6, 12-14 God sets a father in honor over his children;    a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.Whoever honors his father atones for sins,    and preserves himself from them.When he prays, he is heard;    he stores up riches…

Daily mass readings: The Sixth Day in the Octave of Christmas Reading 1: 1 Jn 2:12-17 I am writing to you, children,because your sins have been forgiven for his name’s sake. I am writing to you, fathers,because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men,because you have conquered…

Daily mass readings: The Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas Reading 1: 1 Jn 2:3-11 Beloved:The way we may be sure that we know Jesusis to keep his commandments.Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not keep his commandmentsis a liar, and the truth is not in him.But whoever keeps his word,the love of…