Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-11/1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13/Jn 20:19-23
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest on each one of them. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the Spirit enabled them to proclaim.”
Acts 2:1-4, NABRE
Monday
Gn 3:9-15, 20 or Acts 1:12-14/Jn 19:25-34
“Then the Lord God said to the snake:
Because you have done this,
cursed are you
among all the animals, tame or wild;
On your belly you shall crawl,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and hers;
They will strike at your head,
while you strike at their heel.”
Genesis 3:14-15, NABRE
Tuesday
Sir 35:1-12/Mk 10:28-31
“Do not appear before the Lord empty-handed,
for all that you offer is in fulfillment of the precepts.
Ben Sira 35:6-7, NABRE
Wednesday
Zep 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16/Lk 1:39-56
“For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy. And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what was spoken to her by the Lord.””
Luke 1:44-45, NRSVCE
Thursday
Sir 42:15-25/Mk 10:46-52
“I will now call to mind the works of the Lord,
and will declare what I have seen.
By the word of the Lord his works are made;
and all his creatures do his will.”
Sirach 42:15, NRSVCE
Friday
Sir 44:1, 9-13/Mk 11:11-26
“Therefore I tell you, all that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it shall be yours. When you stand to pray, forgive anyone against whom you have a grievance, so that your heavenly Father may in turn forgive you your transgressions.””
Mark 11:24-25, NABRE
Saturday
Sir 51:12cd-20/Mk 11:27-33
“In the short time I paid heed,
I met with great instruction.
Since in this way I have profited,
I will give my Teacher grateful praise.”
Sirach 51:16-17, NABRE
