First Reading: 2 Kings 24:8-17 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months...

First Reading: 2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 The high priest Hilkiah informed the scribe Shaphan, “I have found the book of...

Memorial of Saint Aloysius Gonzaga First Reading: 2 Kings 19:9B-11, 14-21, 31-35A, 36 Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent envoys to...

First Reading: 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15A, 18 Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, occupied the whole land and attacked Samaria, which he...

First Reading: Zecheriah 12:10-11; 13:1 Thus says the LORD: I will pour out on the house of David and on...

First Reading: 2 Chronicles 24:17-25 After the death of Jehoiada, the princes of Judah came and paid homage to King...

First Reading: 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 When Athaliah, the mother of Ahaziah, saw that her son was dead, she...

First Reading: Sirach 48:1-14 Like a fire there appeared the prophet Elijah whose words were as a flaming furnace. Their...

First Reading: 2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 When the LORD was about to take Elijah up to heaven in a whirlwind,...

“Pray for those who persecute you.” Pray for them. Have you ever tried praying for someone who has hurt you...

Memorial of Saint Anthony of Padua, Priest & Doctor of the Church First Reading: 1 Kings 21:1-16 Naboth the Jezreelite...

First Reading: 2 Samuel 12:7-10, 13 Nathan said to David: “Thus says the LORD God of Israel: ‘I anointed you...

First Reading: Acts 11:21B-26; 13:1-3 In those days a great number who believed turned to the Lord. The news about...

First Reading: 1 Kings 19:9A, 11-16 At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave, where he took...

First Reading: 1 Kings 18:41-46 Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of...

First Reading: 1 Kings 18:20-39 Ahab sent to all the children of Israel and had the prophets assemble on Mount...

First Reading: 1 Kings 17:7-16 The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry, because no rain had fallen in...