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
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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
1962 Missal
Readings & Reflection
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.
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 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): 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
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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.
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.
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
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The Sacred Heart of Jesus Solemnity
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– Come to the Heart of Christ – Friday, June 12, 2026
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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)
