Reading 1, Third John 1:5-8

⁵ My dear friend, you have done loyal work in helping these brothers, even though they were strangers to you.

⁶ They are a proof to the whole Church of your love and it would be a kindness if you could help them on their journey as God would approve.

⁷ It was entirely for the sake of the name that they set out, without depending on the non-believers for anything:

⁸ it is our duty to welcome people of this sort and contribute our share to their work for the truth.

Daily Readings   Daily readings of the Mass. 7 days/week. See Sample E-mail:    Select Gender Male Female    Zip Code:

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6

¹ Alleluia! How blessed is anyone who fears Yahweh, who delights in his commandments!

² His descendants shall be powerful on earth, the race of the honest shall receive blessings:

³ Riches and wealth for his family; his uprightness stands firm for ever.

⁴ For the honest he shines as a lamp in the dark, generous, tender-hearted, and upright.

⁵ All goes well for one who lends generously, who is honest in all his dealing;

⁶ for all time to come he will not stumble, for all time to come the upright will be remembered.

Gospel, Luke 18:1-8

¹ Then he told them a parable about the need to pray continually and never lose heart.

² 'There was a judge in a certain town,' he said, 'who had neither fear of God nor respect for anyone.

³ In the same town there was also a widow who kept on coming to him and saying, "I want justice from you against my enemy!"

⁴ For a long time he refused, but at last he said to himself, "Even though I have neither fear of God nor respect for any human person,

⁵ I must give this widow her just rights since she keeps pestering me, or she will come and slap me in the face." '

⁶ And the Lord said, 'You notice what the unjust judge has to say?

⁷ Now, will not God see justice done to his elect if they keep calling to him day and night even though he still delays to help them?

⁸ I promise you, he will see justice done to them, and done speedily. But when the Son of man comes, will he find any faith on earth?'

May 2013

June 2013

The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) is a Catholic translation of the Bible published in 1985. The New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) has become the most widely used Roman Catholic Bible outside of the United States. It has the imprimatur of Cardinal George Basil Hume.

Like its predecessor, the Jerusalem Bible, the New Jerusalem Bible (NJB) version is translated "directly from the Hebrew, Greek or Aramaic." The 1973 French translation, the Bible de Jerusalem, is followed only "where the text admits to more than one interpretation." Introductions and notes, with some modifications, are taken from the Bible de Jerusalem.

Source: The Very Reverend Dom (Joseph) Henry Wansbrough, OSB, MA (Oxon), STL (Fribourg), LSS (Rome), a monk of Ampleforth Abbey and a biblical scholar. He was General Editor of the New Jerusalem Bible. "New Jerusalem Bible, Regular Edition", pg. v.

Ten Commandments | Books of the Bible | Buy a Bible

Old Testament »

New Testament »