This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, Isaiah 49:1-6 1 Coasts and islands, listen to me, pay attention, distant peoples. The Lord called me when I was in the womb, before my birth he had pronounced my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  2 Kings 22:8-13; 23:1-3 8 The high priest Hilkiah said to Shaphan the secretary, ‘I have found the Book of the Law in the Temple of Yahweh.’ And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, who read it. 9 Shaphan the secretary went […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  2 Kings 19:9b-11, 14-21, 31-35a, 36 10 Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, ‘Tell Hezekiah king of Judah this, “Do not let your God on whom you are relying deceive you with the promise: Jerusalem will not fall into the king […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, 2 Kings 17:5-8, 13-15a, 18 5 The king of Assyria invaded the whole country and, coming to Samaria, laid siege to it for three years. 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the Israelites […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1, 2 Kings 11:1-4, 9-18, 20 1 When Athaliah mother of Ahaziah learned that her son was dead, she promptly murdered all those of royal stock. 2 But Jehosheba, daughter of King Jehoram and sister of Ahaziah, surreptitiously rescued Jehoash son of Ahaziah […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Gospel,  Matthew 6:7-15 7 ‘In your prayers do not babble as the gentiles do, for they think that by using many words they will make themselves heard. 8 Do not be like them; your Father knows what you need before you ask him. 9 […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  2 Kings 2:1, 6-14 1 This is what happened when the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in the whirlwind: Elijah and Elisha set out from Gilgal, 6 Elijah said, ‘Elisha, you stay here, the Lord is only sending me to the […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Kings 21:17-29 17 Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, 18 ‘Up! Go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, in Samaria. You will find him in Naboth’s vineyard; he has gone down to take possession of […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Kings 21:1-16 1 This is what happened next: Naboth of Jezreel had a vineyard close by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria, 2 and Ahab said to Naboth, ‘Give me your vineyard to be my vegetable garden, since it adjoins […]

This blog follows the daily bible readings of the Catholic Church Reading 1,  1 Kings 19:19-21 19 Leaving there, he came on Elisha son of Shaphat as he was ploughing behind twelve yoke of oxen, he himself being with the twelfth. Elijah passed near to him and threw his cloak over him. 20 Elisha left […]