Isaiah 45:11-17 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 11 Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: “Will you question me[a] about my children, or command me concerning the work of my hands? 12 I made the earth, and created man upon it; it was my hands that stretched out the heavens, and I commanded […]
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Readings for Thurs. 18th of March: Fortieth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 42:5-16 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 5 Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread forth the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it: 6 “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, […]
Readings for Wed. 17th of March: Fortieth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 41:4-14 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 4 Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am He. 5 The coastlands have seen and are afraid, the ends of the earth tremble; they have drawn near and come. 6 Every one helps his neighbor, […]
Readings for Tues. 16th of March: Fortieth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 40:18-31 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 18 To whom then will you liken God, or what likeness compare with him? 19 The idol! a workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold, and casts for it silver chains. 20 He who is impoverished[a] chooses for an offering wood that will not rot; he seeks out […]
Readings for Mon. 15th of March: Fortieth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 37:33-38:6 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 33 “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, or shoot an arrow there, or come before it with a shield, or cast up a siege mound against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and […]
Readings for Sun. 14th of March: Fortieth Sunday After Pentecost: 4th Sunday of the Great Fast: JOHN CLIMACUS
Hebrews 6:13-20 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition The Certainty of God’s Promise 13 For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, 14 saying, “Surely I will bless you and multiply you.” 15 And thus Abraham,[a] having patiently endured, obtained the promise. 16 Men indeed swear by a greater […]
Readings for Sat. 13th of March: Thirty-ninth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast: 4th ALL SOULS SATURDAY
Hebrews 6:9-12 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 9 Though we speak thus, yet in your case, beloved, we feel sure of better things that belong to salvation. 10 For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do. 11 And we […]
Readings for Fri. 12th of March: Thirty-ninth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 29:13-23 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 13 And the Lord said: “Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote; 14 therefore, behold, I will again do marvelous things with […]
Readings for Thurs. 11th of March: Thirty-ninth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 28:14-22 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 14 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers, who rule this people in Jerusalem! 15 Because you have said, “We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol we have an agreement; when the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not come to us; for we have […]
Readings for Wed. 10th of March: Thirty-ninth Week After Pentecost: Great Fast
Isaiah 26:21-27:9 Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition 21 For behold, the Lord is coming forth out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity, and the earth will disclose the blood shed upon her, and will no more cover her slain. Israel’s Redemption 27 In that day the Lord with his hard and great and […]