First Reading: Sirach 51:12-20 For thou didst save me from destruction and rescue me from an evil plight. Therefore I...

First Reading: Sirach 44:1, 9-13 Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers in their generations. And there are...

First Reading: Sirach 42:15-25 I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I...

First Reading: Sirach 36:1, 4-5, 10-17 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, the God of all, and look upon us,...

First Reading: Sirach 35:1-12 He who keeps the law makes many offerings; he who heeds the commandments sacrifices a peace...

First Reading: Sirach 17:20-24 Their iniquities are not hidden from him, and all their sins are before the Lord. A...

First Reading: Acts 2:1-11 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly...

First Reading: Acts 28:16-20, 30-31 And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the...

First Reading: Acts 25:13-21 Now when some days had passed, Agrippa the king and Berni'ce arrived at Caesare'a to welcome...

First Reading: Acts 22:30; 23:6-11 But on the morrow, desiring to know the real reason why the Jews accused him,...

First Reading: Acts 20:28-38 Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made...

First Reading: Acts 19:1-8 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior of the country and down to...

First Reading: Acts 1:1-11 In the first book, O The-oph'ilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do...

First Reading: Acts 18:23-28 After spending some time there he departed and went from place to place through the region...

First Reading: Acts 1:15-17, 20-26 In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in...

First Reading: Acts 17:15, 22--18:1 Those who conducted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for...

First Reading: Acts 16:22-34 The crowd joined in attacking them; and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave...