Readings

First reading Daniel 2:31-45 Daniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar's dream Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar, ‘You have had a vision, O king; this...

First reading Daniel 1:1-6,8-20 Daniel and his companions are trained to be the king's servants in Babylon In the third...

First reading 2 Samuel 5:1-3 They anointed David king of Israel All the tribes of Israel then came to David...

First reading 1 Maccabees 6:1-13 'I remember the wrong I did in Jerusalem' King Antiochus was making his way across...

First reading Zechariah 2:14-17 'I am coming', says the Lord Sing, rejoice, daughter of Zion; for I am coming to...

First reading 1 Maccabees 2:15-29 'Heaven preserve us from forsaking the Law and its ordinances' The commissioners of King Antiochus...

First reading 2 Maccabees 7:1,20-31 The creator of the world will give you back both breath and life There were...

First reading 2 Maccabees 6:18-31 'I will make a good death, eagerly and generously, for the holy laws' Eleazar, one...

First reading 1 Maccabees 1:10-15,41-43,54-57,62-64 The persecution of Antiochus Epiphanes There grew a sinful offshoot, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of King...

First reading Malachi 3:19-20 For you the sun of righteousness will shine out The day is coming now, burning like...