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DAILY SCRIPTURE REFLECTIONS


TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 24, 2025
The final judgement. Art work in the old cathedral of Salamanca. MASS READINGS Gospel Luke 13:22-30 Jesus passed through towns and...

Maria Knox
10 hours ago3 min read


SATURDAY OF THE TWENTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 23, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 23:1-12 Jesus spoke to the crowds and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees have taken...
Olivia M. Bannan
1 day ago3 min read


MEMORIAL OF THE QUEENSHIP OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2025
"The Coronation of the Virgin" by Diego Velázquez, 1645. Painted for the Queen's Oratory in the Royal Alcazar of Madrid. a chapel located...
Olivia M. Bannan
2 days ago2 min read


MEMORIAL OF ST PIUS X, POPE, THURSDAY, TWENTIETH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 21, 2025
"To restore all things in Christ" (Papal Motto) St Pius X Pope MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 22:1-14 Jesus again in reply spoke to the...
Olivia M. Bannan
3 days ago3 min read


Memorial of Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church, Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Gospel Matthew 20:1-16 Jesus told his disciples this parable: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out at dawn to hire...

Allison Lanik
4 days ago3 min read


Tuesday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time
READINGS Gospel Matthew 19:23-30 Jesus said to his...

Mary Jo Barr
5 days ago2 min read


Monday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time, August 18, 2025
Gospel Matthew 19:16-22 A young man approached Jesus and said, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” He answered him, “Why...

Alaina Lanik
6 days ago2 min read


TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 17, 2025
MASS READINGS Alleluia John 10:27 R. Alleluia, alleluia. My sheep hear my voice, says the Lord; I know them, and they follow me. R....

Maria Knox
Aug 173 min read


SATURDAY OF THE NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 16, 2025
Fort Augustus Benedictine Abbey Graveyard, Scotland MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 19:13-15 Children were brought to Jesus that he might...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 162 min read


MEMORIAL SAINT MAXIMILIAN KOLBE, THURSDAY OF THE NINETEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 14, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 18:21–19:1 Peter approached Jesus and asked him, "Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 143 min read


Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2025
Gospel Matthew 18:15-20 Jesus said to his disciples: "If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him...

Denise Lanik
Aug 132 min read


Tuesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time
READING Gospel Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14 The...

Mary Jo Barr
Aug 122 min read


Memorial of Saint Clare, Virgin, August 11, 2025
Reflection Today is the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi. Clare was said to be a woman of remarkable beauty, with long, golden hair. At...

Alaina Lanik
Aug 112 min read


SATURDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 9, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 17:14-20 A man came up to Jesus, knelt down before him, and said, "Lord, have pity on my son, who is a...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 93 min read


MEMORIAL OF ST DOMINIC, FRIDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 8, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 16:24-28 Jesus said to his disciples, "Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 82 min read


THURSDAY OF THE EIGHTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 7, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 16:13-23 Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi and he asked his disciples, “Who do people say...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 72 min read


THE FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD, AUGUST 6, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Luke 9:28b-36 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up a mountain to pray. While he was praying his face...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 62 min read


Tuesday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time
READINGS Gospel Matthew 14:22-36 Jesus made the...

Mary Jo Barr
Aug 53 min read


Memorial of Saint John Vianney, Priest, August 4, 2025
Gospel Matthew 14:13-21 When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in a boat to a deserted place by himself. The...

Alaina Lanik
Aug 42 min read


SATURDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 2, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 14:1-12 Herod the tetrarch heard of the reputation of Jesus and said to his servants, "This man is John the...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 22 min read


MEMORIAL OF ST ALPHONSUS LIGUORI, FRIDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, AUGUST 1, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 13:54-58 Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and...
Olivia M. Bannan
Aug 13 min read


MEMORIAL OF SAINT IGNATIUS LOYOLA, PRIEST, JULY 31, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 13:47-53 Jesus said to the disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into the sea, which...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 312 min read


Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2025
Gospel Matthew 13:44-46 Jesus said to his disciples: "The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds...

Allison Lanik
Jul 302 min read


Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus
READINGS Gospel John 11:19-27 Many of...

Mary Jo Barr
Jul 292 min read


Monday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, July 28, 2025
Gospel Matthew 13:31-35 Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a person took and...

Alaina Lanik
Jul 282 min read


SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 27, 2025
MASS READINGS Reading 1 Genesis 18:20-32 In those days, the LORD said: " The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great, and their sin...

Maria Knox
Jul 274 min read


MEMORIAL SAINTS JOACHIM AND ANNE, PARENTS OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, SATURDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 26, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus proposed a parable to the crowds. “The Kingdom of heaven may be likened to a man who sowed...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 262 min read


FEAST OF SAINT JAMES, JULY 25, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 20:20-28 The mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 252 min read


THURSDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 24, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 13:10-17 The disciples approached Jesus and said, "Why do you speak to the crowd in parables? " He said to...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 243 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 23, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 13:1-9 On that day, Jesus went out of the house and sat down by the sea. Such large crowds gathered around...

Allison Lanik
Jul 232 min read


FEAST OF ST. MARY MAGDALENE
READINGS Alleluia R. Alleluia, alleluia. Tell us, Mary, what did you see on the way? I saw the glory of the risen Christ, I saw his empty...

Mary Jo Barr
Jul 223 min read


Monday of the Sixteenth Week in Ordinary Time, July 21, 2025
Gospel Matthew 12:38-42 Some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Jesus, "Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you." He said to them in...

Alaina Lanik
Jul 212 min read


SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 20, 2025
MASS READINGS Reading 1 Genesis 18:1-10a The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent,...

Maria Knox
Jul 204 min read


SATURDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 19, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 12:14-21 The Pharisees went out and took counsel against Jesus to put him to death. When Jesus realized...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 192 min read


OPTIONAL MEMORIAL, ST CAMILLUS DE LELLIS, FRIDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY, 18, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 12:1-8 Jesus was going through a field of grain on the sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 182 min read


THURSDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 17, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 11:28-30 Jesus said: "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 172 min read


WEDNESDAY OF THE FIFTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 16, 2025
MASS READINGS: REFLECTION Gosh these readings are rich! I could take so many things from them, but there are two main things that stood...

Allison Lanik
Jul 162 min read


Memorial of St. Bonaventure, Bishop and Doctor of the Church
READINGS Gospel Matthew 11:20-24 Jesus began to...

Mary Jo Barr
Jul 153 min read
![Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin [In the Dioceses of the United States], July 14, 2025](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b9c65_23bd6bde02d9499a8ab8617f514f2781~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_333,h_250,fp_0.50_0.50,q_35,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/8b9c65_23bd6bde02d9499a8ab8617f514f2781~mv2.webp)
![Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin [In the Dioceses of the United States], July 14, 2025](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/8b9c65_23bd6bde02d9499a8ab8617f514f2781~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_473,h_355,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_avif,quality_auto/8b9c65_23bd6bde02d9499a8ab8617f514f2781~mv2.webp)
Memorial of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, Virgin [In the Dioceses of the United States], July 14, 2025
Gospel Matthew 10:34—11:1 Jesus said to his Apostles: "Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth. I have come to bring...

Alaina Lanik
Jul 142 min read


FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 13, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Luke 10:25-37 There was a scholar of the law who stood up to test Jesus and said, "Teacher, what must I do to...

Maria Knox
Jul 134 min read


SATURDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 12, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 10:24-33 Jesus said to his Apostles: “No disciple is above his teacher, no slave above his master. It is...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 122 min read


MEMORIAL ST BENEDICT, FRIDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME, JULY 11, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 10:16-23 Jesus said to his Apostles: "Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves; so be...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 102 min read


THURSDAY OF THE FOURTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 10, 2025
MASS READINGS: Gospel Matthew 10:7-15 Jesus said to his Apostles: "As you go, make this proclamation: 'The Kingdom of heaven is at hand.'...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 102 min read


Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, July 9, 2025
Gospel Matthew 10:1-7 Jesus summoned his Twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits to drive them out and to cure...

Allison Lanik
Jul 92 min read


Tuesday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time
READINGS Gospel Matthew 9:32-38 A demoniac...

Mary Jo Barr
Jul 82 min read


Monday of the Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time, July 7, 2025
Gospel Matthew 9:18-26 While Jesus was speaking, an official came forward, knelt down before him, and said, ""My daughter has just died....

Alaina Lanik
Jul 72 min read


FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 6, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Luke 10:1-9 At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and...

Maria Knox
Jul 64 min read


SATURDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 5, 2025
MASS READINGS: Reading 1 Genesis 27:1-5, 15-29 When Isaac was so old that his eyesight had failed him, he called his older son Esau and...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 53 min read


FRIDAY OF THE THIRTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME, JULY 4, 2025
MASS READINGS Gospel Matthew 9:9-13 As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, ""Follow...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 42 min read


FEAST OF ST THOMAS JULY 3, 2025
Caravaggio MASS READINGS Gospel John 20:24-29 Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. So the other...
Olivia M. Bannan
Jul 32 min read
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