Liturgy of the Hours
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
Prayer Hours
About Today
Invitatory
Office of Readings - Memorial
Morning Prayer - Memorial
Midmorning Prayer
Midday Prayer
Midafternoon Prayer
Evening Prayer - Memorial
Night Prayer
Mass Readings
Memorial of Saint Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs
First Reading
2 Timothy 1:1-3, 6-12
Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God for the promise of life in Christ Jesus, to Timothy, my dear child: grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I am grateful to God, whom I worship with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, as I remember you constantly in my prayers, night and day. For this reason, I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God that you have through the imposition of my hands. For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but r...
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 123:1b-2ab, 2cdef
Refrain: To you, O Lord, I lift up my eyes.
Gospel
Mark 12:18-27
Some Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and put this question to him, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother. Now there were seven brothers. The first married a woman and died, leaving no descendants. So the second brother married her and died, leaving no descendants, and the third likewise. And the seven left no descendants. Last of all the woman...
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