Daily Readings for June, 2026 – Updated Daily

Daily Readings for Saturday June 20, 2026

The Mystery of the Time after Pentecost — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year – InPrincipio Podcast

Chapter II of the Introduction to the Time after Pentecost: the Mystery of the Time after Pentecost, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume III of the Time after Pentecost.

– 6.19.26 Vespers, Friday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.20.26 Lauds, Saturday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Seeking God Above All Things – Saturday, June 20, 2026

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TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 20, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word

Book of Sirach 24,9-12.
And have stood in all the earth: and in every people,
And in every nation I have had the chief rule: And by my power I have trodden under my feet the hearts of all the high and low: and in all these I sought rest, and I shall abide in the inheritance of the Lord. Then the creator of all things commanded, and said to me: and he that made me, rested in my tabernacle,

Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 11,27-28.
And it came to pass, as Jesus spoke these things, a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and keep it.

Saint Ignatius of Antioch (?-c.110) – Bishop and martyr

Letter to the Ephesians, 13-15 (Breviary)
We shall be known by our fruit

Try to gather together more frequently to give thanks to God and to praise him. For when you come together frequently, Satan’s powers are undermined, and the destruction he threatens is done away with in the unanimity of your faith. Nothing is better than peace, in which all warfare between heaven and earth is brought to an end.

None of this will escape you if you have perfect faith and love toward Jesus Christ. These are the beginning and the end of life: faith the beginning, love the end. When these two are found together, there is God, and everything else concerning right living follows from them. No one professing faith sins; no one possessing love hates. “A tree is known by its fruit”. So those who profess to belong to Christ will be known by what they do. For the work we are about is not a matter of words here and now, but depends on the power of faith and on being found faithful to the end.

It is better to remain silent and to be than to talk and not be. Teaching is good if the teacher also acts. Now there was one teacher who “spoke, and it was made” (Ps 33:9), and even what he did in silence is worthy of the Father. He who has the word of Jesus can truly listen also to his silence in order to be perfect, that he may act through his speech and be known by his silence. Nothing is hidden from the Lord, but even our secrets are close to him. Let us then do everything in the knowledge that he is dwelling within us so that we may be his temples and he may be God within us.

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Feast / Saint of the Day
– Pope St. Sylverius (20 June): Dying in the Faith & For Papal Authority

Daily Readings for Friday June 19, 2026

– St. Juliana Falconieri (June 19) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.18.26 Vespers, Thursday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.19.26 Lauds, Friday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Storing Treasures that Last Forever – Friday, June 19, 2026

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TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 19, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word

St. Juliana Falconieri was born in Florence in 1270 and, from childhood, showed such holiness that her uncle, St. Alexis Falconieri, said her mother had given birth to an angel. At fifteen, she consecrated her virginity to God and later founded the Order of the Mantelette, becoming closely associated with the Servite Order devoted to the Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Near the end of her life, when illness prevented her from receiving Holy Communion, she asked that the Blessed Sacrament be held near her heart. When this was done, the Sacred Host miraculously entered her breast, and she died on June 19, 1340.

Sts. Gervase and Protase were twin brothers from Milan. Their parents had suffered martyrdom for the faith, and the two brothers also gave their lives for Christ during the reign of Emperor Nero. They were scourged and then beheaded, and St. Ambrose later honored them as the proto-martyrs of Milan. Near the end of the fourth century, St. Ambrose discovered their relics and solemnly enshrined them. This discovery greatly strengthened the faith and devotion of the people and helped spread their veneration throughout the Church. Their names are included in the Litany of the Saints, where the Church continues to ask for their intercession.

Second Epistle to the Corinthians 10,17-18.11,1-2.
My brethren, he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. For not he who commendeth himself is approved: but he, whom God commendeth. Would to God you could bear with some little of my folly! But do bear with me. For I am jealous of you with the jealousy of God. For I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 25,1-13.
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: The Kingdom of Heaven shall be like to ten virgins, who taking their lamps went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride. And five of them were foolish and five wise. But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom cometh. Go ye forth to meet him. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our lamps are gone out. The wise answered, saying: Lest perhaps there be not enough for us and for you, go ye rather to them that sell and buy for yourselves. Now whilst they went to buy the bridegroom came: and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage. And the door was shut.
But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not. Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.

Saint Augustine (354-430) – Bishop of Hippo (North Africa) and Doctor of the Church

Sermon 93 (trans. copyright Augustinian Heritage Institute)
“Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps”

There has come a shout at midnight. What can this shout be, if not what the apostle talks of: in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up imperishable, and as for us, we shall be changed (1 Cor 15:52)? Once the shout has been raised at midnight what happens next? They all arose. What’s the meaning of “They all arose”? The hour is coming, says the Lord himself, when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice, and come forth (Jn 5:28-29). (…)

What’s the meaning of “They didn’t take oil in their flasks”? In their hearts (…) I mean, look at these foolish virgins who didn’t carry oil with them; by their self-denial which earns them the name of virgins, and by their good works represented by the lamps they bring,’ they are intent on pleasing other people. And if they are intent on pleasing other people, and that’s why they do these admirable things, they are not carrying oil with them. So you, then, mind you carry it with you, carry it inside, where God can see; carry the testimony of your conscience there. (…) So if you refrain from unlawful things and perform good works in order to be admired by other people, there is no oil inside you (…)

Before those virgins went to sleep it doesn’t say that their lamps were going out. The wise ones’ lamps were burning from the oil inside them, from the assurance of their consciences, from their inner boast, from their deepest charity. But those of the foolish ones were also burning. Why were they burning then? Because there was no dearth of admiration from other people. But after they had risen, that is to say, in the resurrection from the dead, they began to trim their lamps, that is, to prepare to give God an account of their works. And because there is nobody then expressing admiration (…) they were asking for what they had always been used to, that is to say, to shine with someone else’s oil, to live in dependence on other people’s admiration. Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.

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Feast / Saint of the Day
St. Julia Falconieri (19 June): A Wise Virgin

Daily Readings for Thursday June 18, 2026

– St. Ephrem the Syrian (June 18) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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– 6.18.26 Lauds, Thursday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Learning to Pray with Trust – Thursday, June 18, 2026

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TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 18, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word

St. Ephrem the Syrian was born at Nisibis in Mesopotamia, cast out of his home by his pagan father, and later lived as a hermit in the desert. Though he never became a priest, he served as a deacon of the Church of Edessa and became renowned from early times as a teacher of the Universal Church, especially for his opposition to the Arians. His sacred hymns and writings entered the liturgical books of Syrians, Byzantines, Slavs, Armenians, and Copts, earning him in the Eastern Church the title “Lyre of the Holy Spirit.” He died at Edessa in 379, and Pope Benedict XV proclaimed him a Doctor of the Church in 1920, the only deacon honored with that title.

Sts. Mark and Marcellianus were twin brothers of an illustrious Roman family who gave their lives for Christ in 286 during the persecution of Diocletian. After cruel torments, they fearlessly confessed the Christian Faith and remained steadfast in their witness to Our Lord. According to the later Acts of St. Sebastian, they were nearly overcome by the tears and pleas of their family while imprisoned. Their martyrdom reminds the faithful that even natural affection must be ordered to Christ, whose grace strengthens souls to persevere in the Faith.

Second Epistle to Timothy 4,1-8.
Dearly beloved, I charge thee, before God and Jesus Christ, who shall judge the living and the dead, by His coming, and his kingdom : Preach the word: be instant in season, out of season: reprove, entreat, rebuke in all patience and doctrine. For there shall be a time when they will not endure sound doctrine but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers having itching ears: And will indeed turn away their hearing from the truth, but will be turned unto fables. But be thou vigilant, labour in all things, do the work of an evangelist, fulfil thy ministry. Be sober. For I am even now ready to be sacrificed: and the time of my dissolution is at hand. I have fought a good fight: I have finished my course: I have kept the faith.
As to the rest, there is laid up for me a crown of justice which the Lord the just judge will render to me in that day: and not only to me, but to them also that love his coming. Make haste to come to me quickly.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 5,13-19.
At that time, Jesus said to His disciples: You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to be cast out, and to be trodden on by men. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For amen I say unto you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot, or one tittle shall not pass of the law, till all be fulfilled. He therefore that shall break one of these least commandments, and shall so teach men shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But he that shall do and teach, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

St Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) – Benedictine abbess and Doctor of the Church

Book of Divine Works
True believers illumine the world!

In the outpouring of their hearts, the true faithful consider the greatness of divine omnipotence, they note the instability of their spirit and the debility of their heart, they thus temper all their actions, in order not to lose their footing by exceeding the right measure in higher or lower necessities, as Paul recommends to his faithful: “Act in everything without murmuring or dispute, in order to make yourselves blameless and pure, children of God without spot in the midst of a misguided generation and perverted, of a world where you shine like centers of light by presenting to it the Word of Life.”(Phil 2:14-16)

Man is as if at a crossroads: if he seeks in the light the salvation that comes from God, he will obtain it; if he chooses evil, he will follow the devil in punishment. Man must in fact bear his nature and all his works without murmuring, without the distortions of sin, without disputes, behaving like a true believer. If he loves good and hates evil, he will never risk his liberation on the day of judgment where he will be separated from all creatures who have deviated from good by embracing evil.

Those who act in this way, seeking not to hurt anyone, live as sons of God, in the simplicity of their good works, they avoid the murmurings and disputes, the negative emotions, which are the lot of the ordinary world. Insensitive to the traps of seduction, they encourage the esteem of those who congratulate themselves on their courage within a misguided and perverted generation. In the perfection of their true faith, they shine like these stars whose mission is to illuminate the world, as decided by the Creator of the universe. Through a doctrine that is incarnated in life, they will convert many men to God: it is in this way that the sinless Son of God gave light to all.

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Feast / Saint of the Day
St. Ephrem (18 June): Humility for the Knowledge of Truth

Daily Readings for Wednesday June 17, 2026

The History of the Time after Pentecost — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year – InPrincipio Podcast

Preface and Chapter 1 of the Introduction to the Time after Pentecost: the History of the Time after Pentecost, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume III of the Time after Pentecost.

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– Living Faith from the Heart – Wednesday, June 17, 2026

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Book of Sirach 44,16-17.22-23.45,3.7.15.
Henoch pleased God, and was translated into paradise, that he may give repentance to the nations. Noe was found perfect, just, and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation. Therefore by an oath he gave him glory in his posterity, that he should increase as the dust of the earth, And that he would exalt his seed as the stars, and they should inherit from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. He glorified him in the sight of kings, and gave him commandments in the sight of his people, and shewed him his glory. He exalted Aaron his brother, and like to himself of the tribe of Levi: Before him there were none so beautiful, even from the beginning.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 25,14-23.
At that time, Jesus spoke to His disciples this parable: For even as a man going into a far country called his servants and delivered to them his goods;
And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to every one according to his proper ability: and immediately he took his journey.
And he that had received the five talents went his way and traded with the same and gained other five.
And in like manner he that had received the two gained other two. But he that had received the one, going his way, digged into the earth and hid his lord’s money. But after a long time the lord of those servants came and reckoned with them. And he that had received the five talents coming, brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents. Behold I have gained other five over and above. His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant, because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also that had received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst two talents to me. Behold I have gained other two. His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant: because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Saint Paulinus of Nola (355-431) – Bishop
Letter 34, 2-4; PL 61, 345-346

“What do you have that you not received?” (1Cor. 4,7)

“What do you have that you have not received?” St. Paul says to us (1Cor. 4,7). So let us not be greedy of our goods as though they belonged to us…They have been entrusted to our care; we have the use of a wealth in common, not the eternal possession of a personal good. If you acknowledge that this good is yours only for a time here below, you will be able to gain a possession in heaven that will never end. Remember the servants in the gospel who had received some talents from their master and what the master, on his return, rendered to each of them. You will then understand that to place your money on the Lord’s table to make it bear fruit is far more profitable than to preserve it in fruitless faithfulness without its returning anything back to its creditor, to the great loss of the useless servant whose punishment will be all the more heavy…

Let us then loan to the Lord the goods we have received from him. Indeed, we possess nothing that is not a gift from the Lord and we exist only because he wills it. What is there we could think of as our own since, by reason of an enormous and exceptional debt, we do not belong to ourselves? For God created us but he has also redeemed us. Let us be thankful, then; redeemed at great price, the price of the Lord’s blood, we are no longer worthless things…Let us return to the Lord what he has given us. Let us give to Him, who receives in the person of every poor man. Let us give with joy that we may receive from him in gladness, as he has promised.

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Feast / Saint of the Day
St. Gregory Barbarigo (17 June): Nothing Spectacular But Holy

Daily Readings for Tuesday June 16, 2026

Saints Cyr (Cyricus) and Julitta (June 16) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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– 6.15.26 Vespers, Monday Evening Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.16.26 Lauds, Tuesday Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Learning to Love Like God – Tuesday, June 16, 2026

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TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS June 16, 2026
The Meaning of the Word

Tuesday Feria after the Third Sunday after Pentecost calls the faithful to humility, vigilance, and trust in God’s mercy. The Lesson from St. Peter teaches us to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, cast our anxieties upon Him, and resist the devil steadfast in faith. In the Gospel, Our Lord reveals the joy of heaven over one sinner who repents through the parables of the lost sheep and the lost drachma.

First Epistle of Saint Peter 5,6-11.
Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation: Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are in the world. But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To him be glory and empire, for ever and ever. Amen.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 15,1-10.
Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?
I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Saint Peter Chrysologus (c.406-450) – Bishop of Ravenna, Doctor of the Church

Sermon 168, 4-6 ; CCL 24 B, 1032-1034
“Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep”

This man who has a hundred sheep is the good shepherd (Jn 10,11), Christ is the merciful shepherd who had turned the whole flock of humankind into one single sheep, namely Adam. He had set this sheep in the delights of Paradise and the region of the pastures of life. But, ignoring the howling of the wolves, it forgot the shepherd’s voice, lost the way leading to the fold of salvation and found itself covered all over with fatal wounds. Christ came into the world to look for this sheep and found it again in the womb of the Virgin. He came, was born in the flesh, set the sheep upon the cross and took it on the shoulders of his Passion. Then, full of the joy of the resurrection, he lifted it up through his Ascension to the heavenly dwellings.

“He called his friends and neighbors”, that is to say the angels, “and said to them: ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the sheep that was lost’ ” The angels sing and exult with Christ on account of the return of the Lord’s sheep. They are not upset to see it sitting before them on the throne of majesty since envy no longer exists in heaven, from which it has been cast out along with the devil. Thanks to the Lamb, who took away the sin of the world (Jn 1,29), the sin of envy can make its way into heaven no more.

Brethren, Christ came to seek us out on earth; let us look for him in heaven. He has carried us into the glory of his divinity; let us bear him in our bodies by the holiness of our whole life.

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Saint of the day

– St. John Francis Regis, SJ (16 June): Butler’s Lives of the Saints

Daily Readings for Monday June 15, 2026

Saints Vitus, Modestus, and Crescentia (June 15) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

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– 6.15.26 Lauds, Monday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Responding with Mercy and Trust – Monday, June 15, 2026

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– TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS June 15, 2026
St. Vitus was a martyr whose life is mentioned in the Martyrology of St. Jerome. Modestus was his teacher, and Crescentia was his nurse. St. Vitus was handed over by his own father to be scourged because he had been baptized. His judge was struck blind, but was healed through the prayers of St. Vitus. After this, Modestus and Crescentia took him away to foreign lands. Later, he was summoned by Diocletian to free the emperor’s son, who was tormented by the devil. After St. Vitus delivered the boy, he was ordered to worship false gods. When he refused, he, together with Modestus and Crescentia, was thrown into a cauldron of molten lead and flaming resin. They died as martyrs in the year 303.

First Epistle of Saint Peter 5,6-11.
Be you humbled therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in the time of visitation: Casting all your care upon him, for he hath care of you. Be sober and watch: because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, goeth about seeking whom he may devour. Whom resist ye, strong in faith: knowing that the same affliction befalls, your brethren who are in the world.
But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory in Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little, will himself perfect you and confirm you and establish you. To him be glory and empire, for ever and ever. Amen.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 15,1-10.
Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it?
And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost? I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance. Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost.
So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

William of Saint-Thierry (c.1085-1148)

Benedictine, then a Cistercian monk
Meditations, no. 8:3-4; SC 324 (trans. © Cistercian publications Inc., 1970)

“He sets it on his shoulders with great joy “

For my hands, Lord, that did what they ought not, your hands were pierced with nails, your feet for my feet. For my unlawful use of sight and hearing your eyes and ears suffered the sleep of death. Your side was opened by the soldier’s spear, that, through your wound, out of my unclean heart might flow at last all that in the long process of disgrace had burned and penetrated into it. Lastly, you died that I might live; and you were buried, so that I might rise. This is the kiss your tenderness bestows upon your bride; this is your love’s embrace for your beloved (…). The thief’s confession on the cross earned him this kiss; Peter received it when the Lord looked on him at the time of his denial, and, going out, he wept most bitterly. And many of those who crucified you were turned to you after your passion, and so were united to you in this kiss. (…) In this embrace the publicans and sinners were enfolded, whose friend and fellow guest you had become. (…)

Lord, whither do you draw those whom you thus embrace and enfold, save to your heart? The manna of your Godhead, which you, O Jesus, keep within the golden vessel of your all-wise human soul, is your sweet heart ! Blessed are they whom your embrace draws close to it. Blessed the souls whom you have hidden in your heart, that inmost hiding-place, so that your arms overshadow them from the disquieting of men and they only hope in your covering and fostering wings.

Those who are hidden in your secret heart are overshadowed by your mighty arms; they sleep sweetly, and in the midst of the sheep folds look forward joyfully, for they share the merit of a good conscience and the anticipation of your promised reward. They neither fail from faintheartedness, nor murmur from impatience.

(Biblical references : Jn 19,34; Lk 23,42; 22,61; Acts 2,41; Mt 9,10; Heb 9,4; Ps 31[30],21; 91[90],4)

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Feast / Saint of the Day
St. Vitus (15 June): Share the Faith – Sensus Fidelium

Daily Readings for Sunday June 14, 2026

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A meditation for the Third Sunday after Pentecost, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume II of the Time after Pentecost. – InPrincipio Podcast

Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.13.26 Vespers I, Saturday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– [6.14.26 Lauds, Sunday Morning Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

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– Sent into the Harvest of the Lord – Sunday, June 14, 2026

Keith Nester – Unpacking The Mass – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

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TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS June 14, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word

The Epistle from St. Peter calls the faithful to humility, vigilance, and steadfast faith, casting all anxieties upon God because He cares for us. In the Gospel, Our Lord reveals the mercy of God through the lost sheep and the lost drachma, showing the joy in heaven over one sinner who repents.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Luke 15,1-10.
Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners and eateth with them. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after that which was lost, until he find it? And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?
I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not penance.
Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find it? And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat which I had lost. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon one sinner doing penance.

Saint Jerome (347-420) – Priest, translator of the Bible, Doctor of the Church – Commentary on the book of Joël 2, 12-14 ; PL 25, 967 (trans. breviary, 21st Friday. rev.)

“Return to me”

“Return to me with all your heart” and prove that your repentance is genuine “by fasting and weeping and lamentation”. Fast now and you will feast hereafter; weep now and you will laugh hereafter. Present mourning brings future joy… Well, I say it is not your garments you must rend but your sinful hearts which, like the wine-skin, will burst unless you tear them.

When you have done this you can return to the Lord your God from whom you have been estranged by your former sins. Do not allow the greatness of your sin make you despair of his pardon. The greater the sin, the more striking is the power of God’s mercy. “The Lord is gracious and merciful”, preferring the repentance of the sinner to his death, “slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love”, not being impatient, as we are, but waiting a whole lifetime for our return to him.

(Biblical references: Jl 2:12-13 Vg; Lk 6:21; Mt 5:5; Ez 33:11)

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Feast / Saint of the Day

St. Basil the Great (June 14) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year – InPrincipio Podcast

A meditation for Feast of Saint Basil the Great of Caesarea, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume III of the Time after Pentecost.

St. Basil the Great (June 14): Our Spiritual Families are Important

Daily Readings for Saturday June 13, 2026

St. Anthony of Padua (May 13) — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year – InPrincipio Podcast A meditation for the Feast of Saint Anthony of Padua, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume III of the Time after Pentecost.

Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.12.26 Vespers II, Friday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.13.26 Lauds, Saturday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

ORDINARY ROMAN CALENDAR (O.R.C)
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– Following God Without Looking Back – Saturday, June 13, 2026

1962 Missal
Readings & Reflection

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 13, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word
St. Anthony of Padua, of the Order of St. Francis, was renowned for his fervent preaching, deep learning, and zeal for the salvation of souls. Known as the “Hammer of Heretics,” he labored in France, Italy, and Sicily, where his words and miracles turned many hearts back to God. Desiring martyrdom, he entered the Franciscan Order and set out for Mauretania, but Divine Providence led him instead to become one of the Church’s greatest preachers. Both during his life and after his death in 1231, St. Anthony became widely venerated as a worker of miracles and a powerful intercessor for the faithful.

Saint Maximus the Confessor (c.580-662) – monk and theologian

Question 63 to Thalassius ; PG 90, 667f.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Ps 119[118]:105)

The lamp on the lampstand is our Lord Jesus Christ, who is the Father’s true light “who enlightens everyone coming into the world” (Jn 1:9): in other words, the Father’s Wisdom and Word. Having accepted our flesh, he truly became, and was called, the “light of the world”. By our faith and devotion he is honored and exalted in the Church. In this way he is made visible to all nations and shines out for “all the people in the house”, namely the whole world, as he said: “They do not light a lamp and then put it under a bushel basket; it is set on a lampstand , where it gives light to all in the house” (Mt 5:15).

As we have seen, Christ calls himself a lamp. God by nature, he became flesh according to the plan of salvation: a light held within the flesh as if in a vase… This is what David was thinking when he said: “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path” (Ps 119[118]:105). Since he causes the darkness of ignorance and the evil of men to vanish, my Savior and my God is called a lamp in Scripture. And since he is the only one able to obliterate the darkness of ignorance and disperse the shadows of sin, he has become the way of salvation for all. He leads towards the Father all those who, through understanding and virtue, walk with him along the path of the commandments as on a road of righteousness.

The lampstand is holy Church because the Word of God shines out through her preaching. This is how the beams of its truth can enlighten the whole world… On one condition, however: so long as it is not hidden under the letter of the Law. Anyone who clings to Scripture according to the letter only is living according to the flesh; he is placing the lamp under a bushel basket. But when, to the contrary, the Church is set on the lampstand, it enlightens everyone.

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Feast / Saint of the Day
St. Anthony of Padua (13 June): The Ark of the Testament

Daily Readings for June 12, 2026

The Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year – InPrincipio Podcast A meditation for the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, from Dom Guéranger’s “The Liturgical Year”, Volume I of the Time after Pentecost.

Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.11.26 Vespers I, Thursday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.12.26 Lauds, Friday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

ORDINARY ROMAN CALENDAR
The Sacred Heart of Jesus Solemnity
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– Come to the Heart of Christ – Friday, June 12, 2026

1962 Missal
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Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 12, 2026 – The Meaning of the Word

The Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus honors the Heart of the Savior, pierced on the Cross and burning with infinite charity for mankind. Its liturgical devotion was first promoted in France by St. John Eudes, who composed an office and Mass for the Sacred Heart in the seventeenth century. This devotion grew in the life of the Church as a call to contemplate the love of Christ wounded by sin, especially through acts of reparation and gratitude.

Readings & Reflection
Epistle to the Ephesians 3,8-12.14-19.
Brethren, to me, the least of all the saints, is given this grace, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ: And to enlighten all men, that they may see what is the dispensation of the mystery which hath been hidden from eternity in God who created all things: That the manifold wisdom of God may be made known to the principalities and powers in heavenly places through the church, According to the eternal purpose which he made in Christ Jesus our Lord: In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named: That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened by his Spirit with might unto the inward man: That Christ may dwell by faith in your hearts: that, being rooted and founded in charity,
You may be able to comprehend, with all the saints, what is the breadth and length and height and depth, To know also the charity of Christ, which surpasseth all knowledge: that you may be filled unto all the fulness of God.

Holy Gospel according to Saint John 19,31-37.
Then the Jews (because it was the parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day (for that was a great sabbath day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken: and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the other that was crucified with him. But after they were come to Jesus, when they saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs.
But one of the soldiers with a spear opened his side: and immediately there came out blood and water.
And he that saw it hath given testimony: and his testimony is true. And he knoweth that he saith true: that you also may believe. For these things were done that the scripture might be fulfilled: You shall not break a bone of him. And again another scripture saith: They shall look on him whom they pierced.

Saint Germanus of Constantinople (?-733) Bishop

In Domini corporis supulturam ; PG 98, 251-260
The throne of the cross

“The people who sit in darkness have seen a great light; upon those who dwell in the land of gloom a light has shone” (Is 9,1), the light of redemption. When they saw that the tyrant, death, was wounded to death, this people came out from darkness to light; from death they passed to life.

The wood of the cross bears him who made the universe. Undergoing death for my life, he who bears the universe is fastened to the tree as one dead. He who breathes life into the dead gives up the spirit on the tree. The cross brings no shame to him at all but, like a trophy, confirms his complete victory. Like a just judge he is seated on the throne of the cross. The crown of thorns he wears on his brow confirms his victory: “Take courage, I have conquered the world and the prince of this world by taking away the sin of this world” (Jn 16,33; 1,29).

That the cross stands for victory, the stones themselves cry out (cf Lk 19,40), those stones of Calvary where Adam, our forefather, was buried according to an old tradition held by our fathers. “Adam, where are you?” (Gn 3,9), Christ cries out again from the cross. “I am seeking for you there and, that I might find you, I stretched out my hands on the cross. I turn my outstretched hands to the Father in thanksgiving for having found you, then I turn them also to you to welcome you. I have not come to judge your sin but to save you out of my love for humankind (cf Jn 3,17). I have not come to curse you for your disobedience but to bless you by my obedience. I will shelter you with my wings, you will find refuge in my shade; my faithfulness will cover you with the shield of the cross and you will no more fear the terror of the night (cf Ps 91[90],1-5) because you will know day without setting (Wsd 7,10). I will seek out your life, concealed in darkness and the shadow of death (Lk 1,79). I will take no rest until, humbled and having descended even to hell to search for you, I have led you back to heaven.”

Feast / Saint of the Day
– The Sacred Heart of Jesus Explained: Why It Is More Than a Symbol

Daily Readings for Thursday June 11, 2026

– The Octave of Corpus Christi — From Dom Guéranger’s Liturgical Year

Liturgy of the Hours
– 6.10.26 Vespers, Wednesday Evening Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

– 6.11.26 Lauds, Thursday Morning Catholic Prayer of the Liturgy of the Hours

A Heart Reconciled Before God – Thursday, June 11, 2026

1962 Missal
Readings & Reflection

TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS READINGS JUN 11, 2026

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Acts of the Apostles 11,21-26.13,1-3.
And the hand of he Lord was with them: and a great number believing, were converted to the Lord. And the tidings came to the ears of the church that was at Jerusalem, touching these things: and they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch. Who, when he was come and had seen the grace of God, rejoiced. And he exhorted them all with purpose of heart to continue in the Lord. For he was a good man and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord. And Barnabas went to Tarsus to seek Saul: whom, when he had found, he brought to Antioch. And they conversed there in the church a whole year: and they taught a great multitude, so that at Antioch the disciples were first named Christians. Now there were in the church which was at Antioch prophets and doctors, among whom was Barnabas and Simon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene and Manahen who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them. Then they fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away.

Holy Gospel according to Saint Matthew 10,16-22.
Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves. But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles: But when they shall deliver you up, take no thought how or what to speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what to speak: For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that speaketh in you. The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son; and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death. And you shall be hated by all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552)

Letter 131, 22 October 1552
“I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves”

According to the people here we run two dangers. The first is that, after taking our money, our guide may leave us on some deserted island or throw us into the sea so as to escape the governor of Canton. The second is that, supposing he leads us to Canton and we come into the governor’s presence, the latter will treat us badly or throw us into prison. For our proceeding is unheard of. Numerous decrees prevent any one at all from gaining access to China and it is strictly forbidden for foreigners to make their way in without the king’s authorization. Besides these two dangers there are many other even greater ones, that the locals know nothing about. It would take a good deal of time to describe them all; however, I will not pass by without citing some of them.

The first is to lose our hope and trust in God’s mercy. It is for his love and service that we go to make known his law and Jesus Christ his Son, our Redeemer and Lord. He well knows this since it was he, in his blessed mercy, who gave us these desires. But to lack confidence in his mercy and might in the midst of the hazards into which we may fall for his service’ sake is an incomparably greater danger than all the evils the enemies of God might raise up against us. For indeed, if his greater service requires it, he will keep us from the dangers of this life, while without God’s permission and authorization, the devils and their attendants can do nothing at all to harm us.

Saint of the Day
Byzantine Saints: Apostle Bartholomew of the Twelve (11 June)

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