Daily Readings

Holy Saturday At the Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter

Reading I Genesis 1:1—2:2 In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss,while a mighty wind swept over the waters.Then God said,“Let there be light,” and there was light.God saw how good the light was.God then separated the light from the darkness.God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”Thus evening came, and morning followed—the first day.Then God said,“Let there be a dome in the middle of the waters,to separate one body of water from the other.”And so it happened:God made the dome,and it separated the water above the dome from the water below it.God called the dome “the sky.”Evening came, and morning followed—the second day.Then God said,“Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin,so that the dry land may appear.”And so it happened:the water under the sky was gathered into its basin,and the dry land appeared.God called the dry land “the earth, “and the basin of the water he called “the sea.”God saw how good it was.Then God said,“Let the earth bring forth vegetation:every kind of plant that bears seedand every kind of fruit tree on earththat bears fruit with its seed in it.”And so it happened:the earth brought forth every kind of plant that bears seedand every kind of fruit tree on earththat bears fruit with its seed in it.God saw how good it was.Evening came, and morning followed—the third day.Then God said:“Let there be lights in the dome of the sky,to separate day from night.Let them mark the fixed times, the days and the years,and serve as luminaries in the dome of the sky,to shed light upon the earth.”And so it happened:God made the two great lights,the greater one to govern the day,and the lesser one to govern the night;and…

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Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion

Reading I Isaiah 52:13—53:12 See, my servant shall prosper,             he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. Even as many were amazed at him–             so marred was his look beyond human semblance             and his appearance beyond that…

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Thursday of Holy Week

Readings for the Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper Readings for the Holy Thursday – Chrism Mass Chrism Mass Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper – – – Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of the…

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Tuesday of Holy Week

Reading 1 Isaiah 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands, listen, O distant peoples. The LORD called me from birth, from my mother’s womb he gave me my name. He made of me a sharp-edged sword and concealed me in the shadow…

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