Daily Mass Readings

Today we place ashes on our foreheads to remind us that to dust we will return. The priest will say either “Remember, you are dust and to dust you will return” or “Turn away from sin and be faithful to the Gospel “ Lent is the time to turn from sin, with prayer, fasting, and…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading is a warning about being tempted by evil and that God provides all the good things and not the bad. He does allow the bad to happen in His plan for each of us. I need to trust that His plan for me is the right one. Trust…

OT means ordinary time. Today’s first reading is from James. He says to find joy in your trials because it leads to perseverance. Someone once said that God doesn’t give us more than we can handle, but I sure do struggle with what I’ve got. I try to find the joy. In the gospel, Jesus…

OT means ordinary time. This is the last Sunday of Ordinary Time for a while. Ash Wednesday is this week and then Lent starts. Then we have the Easter season. I love this time of year to contemplate the struggles my Lord went through as a man for me! Today’s first reading was the law…

Today’s first reading just focuses on the evil power can have, with Jeroboam building the golden calves for worship. He is leading the ten tribes to the north into sin. In the gospel, Jesus feeds four thousand. Jesus says, “My heart is moved with pity for the crowd, because they have been with me now…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading is after Solomon angers the Lord. The Lord tells a prophet that the people of Israel will be separated. He is diminishing the power of Solomon’s people. I like when the reading and psalms go together in theme. Today the response is “I am the Lord, your God,…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading lets me down. And if I feel bad, just imagine how the Lord felt! Solomon starts to worship idols and other gods even though he was blessed by the Lord. The Lord says he will punish his descendants. I am so glad I lived after Jesus came. He…

OT means ordinary time. The first reading is the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Solomon. She had to see with her own eyes the power and wisdom of Solomon and she states that it is the power of his God that she sees in Israel. It is so great that Solomon pours forth…

In the first reading, Solomon presents the newly built temple to the Lord. Hoping it is a fine dwelling place for the Lord and that it remains for all the Jewish people. Too bad that Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the temple when he took over and put the Jewish people into slavery once again. In the gospel,…

Today’s readings are short except for the first reading from 1Kings. It is the story of bringing the Ark into the temple Solomon built. Finally a temple for the Lord! The Ark was in a tent for so long. Now it has a proper home. In the gospel, many people are recognizing the healing power…