Catholic Reading of the Day
I started this podcast during the pandemic when I was recovering from treatment for cancer. I found that it was hard to find an audio version of today’s Mass Reading. At the time it was also hard for some people to get to Mass so I thought what can I do to help? This podcast brings you the readings from the Catholic lectionary for today. I hope that you find this podcast inspirational.
17 June 26 - Wednesday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 ·(Behold, chariots of fire and Elijah went up into heaven.)
16 June 26 - St Richard of Chichester
1 Kings 21:17-29 (You have made Israel to sin.) Deuteronomy 10:8-9(The Lord is his inheritance)
15 June 26 - Monday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 21:1-16 (Naboth has been stoned; he is dead.)
18 June 26 - Thursday of week 11 in Ordinary Time
Sirach 48:1-14 (Elijah was covered by the whirlwind, and Elisha was filled with his spirit.)
20 June 26 - St Alban
2 Chronicles 24:17-25 (Zechariah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.) 2 Timothy 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (All who desire to live a godly life in Christ will be persecuted)
14 June 26 - 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Exodus 19:2-6 (You shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.) Romans 5:6-11 (If we were reconciled by the death of the Son, much more shall we be saved by his life.)
13 June 26 - St Antony of Padua
Isaiah 61:1-3 (The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor.)
12 June 26 - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Deuteronomy 7:6-11 · (The Lord loves you and chose you.) 1 John 4:7-16 · (God loved us.)
11 June 26 - St Barnabas
Acts 11:21-26; 13:1-3 (He was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith.)
10 June 26 - Wednesday of week 10 in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 18:20-39 ·(Let this people know that you are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.)
9 June 26 - St Ephraem
1 Kings 17:7-16 · (The jar of flour was not spent according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by Elijah.) Colossians 3:12-17 ·
(Family life in the Lord.)
8 June 26 - Monday of week 10 in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 17:1-6 · (Elijah stands before the Lord God of Israel.)
7 June 26 - The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16 (He fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know.) 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 ·(Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body.)
6 June 25 - St Norbert
2 Timothy 4:1-8 ·(Do the work of an evangelist.I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the Lord will award me the crown of righteousness.) Ezekiel 34:11-16 ·(I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down.)
5 June 26 - St Boniface
2 Timothy 3:10-17 ·(All who desire to live a godly life in Christ will be persecuted.) Acts 26:19-23 ·(Christ would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.)
4 June 26 - Thursday of week 9 in Ordinary Time
2 Timothy 2:8-15 ·(The word of God is not bound!
If we have died with him, we will also live with him.)
3 June 26 - St Charles Lwanga
2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12 · (Fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.) 2 Maccabees 7:1-2, 7, 9-14 ·(The King of the universe will raise us up to an everlasting renewal of life.)
2 June 26 - Sts Marcellinus and Peter
2 Peter 3:12-15, 17-18 ·(We are waiting for new heavens and a new earth.) 2 Corinthians 6:4-10 ·(We are treated as dying, and behold, we live.)
1 June 26 - St Justin
2 Peter 1:2-7 ·(He has granted to us his precious promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature.) 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ·(It pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe.)
31 May 26 - The Most Holy Trinity
Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 (The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious) 2 Corinthians 13:11-14 · (The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit)
30 May 26 - Saturday of week 8 in Ordinary Time
Jude 17, 20-25 ·(God is able to keep you from stumbling
and to present you blameless before the presence of his glory.)
29 May 26 - St Paul VI
1 Peter 4:7-13 (Be good stewards of God’s varied grace.)
1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 (Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!)
28 May 26 - Our Lord Jesus Christ the Eternal High Priest
Genesis 22:9-18 · (The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith.) Hebrews 10:4-10 ·(I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.)
27 May 26 - St Augustine of Canterbury
1 Thessalonians 2:2-8 ·(We were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves.)
26 May 26 - St Philip Neri
1 Peter 1:10-16 ·(They prophesied about the grace that was to be yours. Therefore, being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace.) Philippians 4:4-9 · (Whatever is pure, think about these things.)
25 May 26 - Mary, Mother of the Church
Genesis 3:9-15, 20 ·(I will put enmity between your offspring and the offspring of the woman.) Acts 1:12-14 ·(All with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer.)
24 May 26 - Pentecost
Acts 2:1-11 · (They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak.) 1 Corinthians 12:3-7, 12-13 (In one Spirit we were all baptised into one body.)
23 May 26 - Saturday of the 7th week of Eastertide
Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 ·(He lived in Rome proclaiming the kingdom of God.)
22 May 26 - St Rita of Cascia
Acts 25:13-21 ·(Jesus, who was dead, but whom Paul asserted to be alive.) Philippians 4:4-9 ·(Whatever is pure, think about these things.)
21 May 26 - St Christopher Magallanes
Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 ·(You must testify also in Rome.) Revelation 7:9-17 ·(These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation.)
20 May 26 - St Bernardine
Acts 20:28-38 · (I commend you to God, who is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance.) Acts 4:8-12 · (There is no other name by which we must be saved.)
19 May 26 - St Dunstan
Acts 20:17-27 ·(I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus.) Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 ·(To the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.)
18th May 26 - St John I
Acts 19:1-8 ·(Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?) Revelation 3:14, 20-22 · (I will eat with him, and he with me.)
17 May 26 - 7th Sunday of Easter
Acts 1:12-14 ·(All with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer.) 1 Peter 4:13-16 ·(If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed.)
16 May 26 - Saturday of the 6th week of Eastertide
Acts 18:23-28 · (Apollos showed by the Scriptures that the Christ was Jesus.)
18 May 26 - St John 1
Acts 19:1-8 (Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?) Revelation 3:14, 20-22 (I will eat with him, and he with me)
15 May 26 - Friday of the 6th week or Eastertide
Acts 18:9-18 · (I have many in this city who are my people.)
14 May 26 - The Ascension of the Lord
Acts 1:1-11 ·(As they were looking on, he was lifted up.) Ephesians 1:16-23 · (God seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places.)
13 May 26 - Our Lady of Fatima
Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 (What you worship as unknown, this I proclaim to you.) Isaiah 61:9-11 ·(I will greatly rejoice in the Lord.)
12 May 26 - St Pancras
Acts 16:22-34 ·(Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.) Revelation 19:1, 5-9·(Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.)