Daily Readings

Reading I 1 Kings 17:7-16 The brook near where Elijah was hiding ran dry,because no rain had fallen in the land.So the LORD said to Elijah:“Move on to Zarephath of Sidon and stay there.I have designated a widow there to provide for you.”He left and went to Zarephath.As he arrived at the entrance of the city,a widow was gathering sticks there; he called out to her,“Please bring me a small cupful of water to drink.”She left to get it, and he called out after her,“Please bring along a bit of bread.”She answered, “As the LORD, your God, lives,I have nothing baked;there is only a handful of flour in my jarand a little oil in my jug.Just now I was collecting a couple of sticks,to go in and prepare something for myself and my son;when we have eaten it, we shall die.”Elijah said to her, “Do not be afraid.Go and do as you propose.But first make me a little cake and bring it to me.Then you can prepare something for yourself

Reading 1 Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14b-16a Moses said to the people:"Remember how for forty years now the LORD, your God,has directed all your journeying in the desert,so as to test you by afflictionand find out whether or not it was your intentionto keep his commandments. He therefore let you be afflicted with hunger,and then fed you with manna,a food unknown to you and your fathers,in order to show you that not by bread alone does one live,but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of the LORD."Do not forget the LORD, your God,who brought you out of the land of Egypt,that place of slavery;who guided you through the vast and terrible desertwith its saraph serpents and scorpions,its parched and waterless ground;who brought forth water for you from the flinty rockand fed you in the desert with manna,a food unknown to your fathers."  Responsorial Psalm Psalm 147:12-13, 14-15, 19-20 R. (12) Praise the Lord, Jerusalem.or:R. Allel

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Boniface, Bishop and Martyr Reading 1  2 Timothy 3:10-17 You have followed my teaching, way of life,purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance, persecutions,and sufferings, such as happened to mein Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra,persecutions that I endured.Yet from all these things the Lord delivered me.In fact, all who want to live religiously in Christ Jesuswill be persecuted.But wicked people and charlatans will go from bad to worse,deceivers and deceived.But you, remain faithful to what you have learned and believed,because you know from whom you learned it,and that from infancy you have known the sacred Scriptures,which are capable of giving you wisdom for salvationthrough faith in Christ Jesus.All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching,for refutation, for correction,and for training in righteousness,so that one who belongs to God may be competent,equipped for every good work. Responsorial Psalm