First reading: For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned. (Wis. 18:8) Psalm: Blessed the people the Lord has chosen to be his own. (Ps. 33) Second reading: So it was that there…

First reading: For what profit comes to man from all the toil and anxiety of heart with which he has labored under the sun… (Ecc. 2:22) Psalm: If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. (Ps. 90) Second…

First reading: [Abraham] persisted: “Please, do not let my Lord grow angry if I speak up this last time.” (Gn. 18:32) Psalm: Lord, on the day I called for help, you answered me. (Ps. 138) Second reading: Brothers and sisters:…

First reading: [Abraham] said, “Sir, if I may ask you this favor, please do not go on past your servant.” (Gn. 18:3) Psalm: He who does justice will live in the presence of the Lord. (Ps. 15) Second reading: It…

First reading: “It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you only have to carry it out.” (Dt. 30:14) Psalm: Turn to the Lord in your need, and you will live. (Ps. 69)…

First reading: As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you; in Jerusalem you shall find your comfort. (Is. 66:13) Psalm: Let all the earth cry out to God with joy. (Ps. 66) Second reading: From now on,…

First reading: Elisha left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, “Please, let me kiss my father and mother good-bye, and I will follow you.” (1 Kgs. 19:20a) Psalm: You are my inheritance, O Lord. (Ps. 16) Second reading: But…

First reading: “Blessed be God Most High, who delivered your foes into your hand.” (Gn. 14:20a) Psalm: You are a priest for ever, in the line of Melchizedek. (Ps. 110) Second reading: For as often as you eat this bread…

First reading: “Then was I beside him as craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, playing before him all the while.” (Prv. 8:30) Psalm: O Lord, our God, how wonderful your name in all the earth! (Ps. 8)…

First reading: Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. (Acts 2:3) Psalm: Lord, send out your Spirit, and renew the face of the earth (Ps. 104) or…