Archive for March 2021

First Reading Acts 10:34, 37-43 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection from the dead. Peter addressed Cornelius and his household: You must have heard about the recent happenings in Judaea; about Jesus of Nazareth and how he began in Galilee, after John…

First reading Isaiah 50:4-7 I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue. So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech. Each morning he wakes me to hear, to listen like a disciple.…

First Reading Ezekiel 37:12-14 (Year A) (JB) A reading from the prophet Ezekiel I shall put my spirit in you, and you will live. The Lord says this: I am going to open your graves; I mean to raise you from your graves, my people, and lead you back to the soil of Israel. And…

First Reading 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 (Year B) (JB) A reading from the second book of Chronicles The wrath and the mercy of the Lord are revealed in the exile and liberation of his people. All the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of…