Readings of the Day
RB: Ch 48:10-21
Mass: Rev 15:1-4; Resp Ps 98; Lk 21:12-19

Let the rivers clap their hands, and the mountains shout with them for joy.
We pray for perseverance as Jesus tells the crowd: By your perseverance you will secure your lives (Lk 21:19).

Readings of the Day: RB 15 When the Alleluia Should Be SaidMass: Gn 9:8-15; Resp. Ps 25; 1 P 3:18-22; Mk 1:12-15


The Spirit immediately drove Jesus out into the wilderness.He was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan;and he was with the wild beasts;and the angels waited on him.

Readings of the day: RB 48:22-25Mass: Daniel 5:1-6, 13-14, 16-17, 23-28; Resp. Psalm (Dn 3); Luke 21:12-19
By your perseverance you will secure your lives.


When I first entered monastic life, a sister said she would pray for my perseverance. No one had ever said that