Daily Reading for Monday, September 18th, 2023

Reading 1, First Timothy 2:1-8

¹ I urge then, first of all that petitions, prayers, intercessions and thanksgiving should be offered for everyone,

² for kings and others in authority, so that we may be able to live peaceful and quiet lives with all devotion and propriety.

³ To do this is right, and acceptable to God our Saviour:

⁴ he wants everyone to be saved and reach full knowledge of the truth.

⁵ For there is only one God, and there is only one mediator between God and humanity, himself a human being, Christ Jesus,

⁶ who offered himself as a ransom for all. This was the witness given at the appointed time,

⁷ of which I was appointed herald and apostle and -- I am telling the truth and no lie -- a teacher of the gentiles in faith and truth.

⁸ In every place, then, I want the men to lift their hands up reverently in prayer, with no anger or argument.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 28:2, 7, 8-9

² Hear the sound of my prayer when I call upon you, when I raise my hands, Yahweh, towards your Holy of Holies.

⁷ Yahweh is my strength and my shield, in him my heart trusts. I have been helped; my body has recovered its vigour, with all my heart I thank him.

⁸ Yahweh is the strength of his people, a safe refuge for his anointed.

⁹ Save your people, bless your heritage, shepherd them and carry them for ever!