Daily Mass and Readings
Can’t make it to Holy Mass? EWTN offers the daily readings to enable viewers to accompany the Mass of the day as it is televised. They are also the perfect way to find time in your day for spiritual reflection. Listen, watch, or read from the comfort of your home. Our Catholic Daily Reading includes the readings of the day, along with online videos, and is a resource for all who desire to live a life of faith that is pleasing to our Lord.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
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St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin (Optional Memorial)
First Option
Second Option
First Reading
Galatians 5:1-6
1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand fast therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.
2Now I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no advantage to you.
3I testify again to every man who receives circumcision that he is bound to keep the whole law.
4You are severed from Christ, you who would be justified by the law; you have fallen away from grace.
5For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait for the hope of righteousness.
6For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision is of any avail, but faith working through love.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 119:41, 43, 45, 47-48
41Let thy steadfast love come to me, O LORD, thy salvation according to thy promise;
43And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in thy ordinances.
45and I shall walk at liberty, for I have sought thy precepts.
47for I find my delight in thy commandments, which I love.
48I revere thy commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on thy statutes.
Gospel
Luke 11:37-41
37While he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in and sat at table.
38The Pharisee was astonished to see that he did not first wash before dinner.
39And the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside you are full of extortion and wickedness.
40You fools! Did not he who made the outside make the inside also?
41But give for alms those things which are within; and behold, everything is clean for you.
First Reading
Ephesians 3:14-19
14For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with might through his Spirit in the inner man,
17and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fulness of God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalms 23:1-6
1The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want;
2he makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters;
3he restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.
6Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I shall dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Gospel
Matthew 11:25-30
25At that time Jesus declared, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to babes;
26yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
27All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
28Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
