28th Sunday, Year A, Psalm 23

1 The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your

30th Sunday, Year C, Psalm 34:1-2 (2-3), 16-17 (17-18), 18 (19), 22 (23)

1 I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. 2 I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. … 16 but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. 17 The righteous cry out, and the Lord hears them; he delivers them from all their troubles. 18 The Lord is

27th Sunday, Year C, 1st Reading (Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4)

How long, Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not save? 3 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. … 2 Then the Lord replied: “Write down the revelation and make it plain

15th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year C, Psalm 69 (13, 16, 29-30, 32-33, 35, 36)

But I pray to you, Lord, in the time of your favor; in your great love, O God, answer me with your sure salvation… Answer me, Lord, out of the goodness of your love; in your great mercy turn to me. … 29 But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me. 30 I will praise

Third Sunday of Lent, Scrutiny, 1st Reading (Exodus 17:3-7)

3 But the people were thirsty for water there, and they grumbled against Moses. They said, “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” 4 Then Moses cried out to the Lord, “What am I to do with these people? They are almost ready to stone me.” The Lord answered Moses, “Go

Second Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year C, 1st Reading (Isaiah 62:1-5)

For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, for Jerusalem’s sake I will not remain quiet, till her vindication shines out like the dawn, her salvation like a blazing torch. 2 The nations will see your vindication, and all kings your glory; you will be called by a new name that the mouth of the Lord will bestow. 3 You will be

The Assyrians Attack Judah (2 Kings 18:13-25)

13 In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. 14 So Hezekiah king of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria at Lachish: “I have done wrong. Withdraw from me, and I will pay whatever you demand of me.” The king of Assyria exacted from Hezekiah