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Daily Scripture readings and micro reflections (or scribble/photo) for your journey. By @markalves.com. Enjoy and share these Bible quotes from today’s lectionary. www.todaysreadings.com

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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 18h
May I look beyond false divisions
“For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.”
(Galatians 3:27-29)
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 09/10/2026
“TGIF” gets thrown around casually. But we are called to thank God for today and every day!
“I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart in the company and assembly of the just.”
(Psalm 111:1)
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 08/10/2026
Tell us how you really feel, Paul. Does this kind of warning grab your attention or do you prefer something else?
“O stupid Galatians!…Are you so stupid?”
(Galatians 3:1,3)
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 07/10/2026
“When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your Kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do not subject us to the final test.” — Luke 11:2-4 Our Lady of the Rosary, on your memorial, pray for us.
Our Lady of the Rosary painting
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 06/10/2026
Martha named but one concern. Jesus saw she had many more. Maybe I can relate?
“Martha, Martha, you are anxious and worried about many things.”
[Luke 10:41{
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 05/10/2026
What is my answer?
But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, 
“And who is my neighbor?”
— Luke 10:29
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 04/10/2026
“Therefore, I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people that will produce its fruit.” — Matthew 21:43
Warning!
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 03/10/2026
This is a tough one for me to pray wholeheartedly. You?
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted,
that I may learn your statutes.” — Psalm 119:71 as shown on a cracked wall
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 02/10/2026
“I praise you, for I am wonderfully made." — Psalm 139:14) Hey gorgeous, who are you to argue⁉️
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 01/10/2026
“I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORD in the land of the living.” — Psalm 27:13 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, on your feast day, pray for us.
Icon of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus holding a cross and flowers
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 30/09/2026
“No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.” — Luke 9:62 Saint Jerome, on your feast day, pray for us.
Saint Jerome icon
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 29/09/2026
“For the accuser of our brothers is cast out, who accuses them before our God day and night. They conquered him by the Blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony.” — Revelation 12:10-11 Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael, on your feast day, pray for us.
Icon of Saints Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael looking to Jesus
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 28/09/2026
“An argument arose among the disciples about which of them was the greatest.” — Luke 9:46 Lord, keep my ego in check.
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 27/09/2026
Might a group I have disdain for have something to teach me?
“When John came to you
 in the way of righteousness, 
you did not believe him; but tax collectors and prostitutes did.”
— Matthew 21:32
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 26/09/2026
“Prosper the work of our hands for us! Prosper the work of our hands!” — Psalm 90:17 Maybe you’re working today, maybe you’re not. But this applies either way.
“Prosper the work of our hands for us!
Prosper the work of our hands!”
— Psalm 90:17
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 25/09/2026
Where are you in this list? God is there with you.
“There is an appointed time for everything,
and a time for every thing under the heavens.
A time to be born, and a time to die;
a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.
A time to kill, and a time to heal;
a time to tear down, and a time to build.
A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
a time to mourn, and a time to dance.”
—Ecclesiastes 3:1-4
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 24/09/2026
And minds!
“Prosper the work of our hands for us! Prosper the work of our hands!”
— Psalm 90:17
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 23/09/2026
Am I ready to pray for a happy medium?
“Give me neither poverty nor riches;
provide me only with the food I need.”
— Proverbs 30:8
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 22/09/2026
It’s the change of seasons. Is it time for a change of heart?
“He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor will himself also call and not be heard.”
— Proverbs 21:13
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 21/09/2026
“As Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, ‘Follow me.’ And he got up and followed him.” — Matthew 9:9 On the Feast of Saint Matthew, may I find the opportunity to say Yes.
Icon of Saint Matthew
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 20/09/2026
May I embrace that there is plenty of grace to go around.
Are you envious because I am generous? Thus, the last will be first, and the first will be last. -Matthew 20:15-16
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 19/09/2026
Trust the process! #DailyPsalm
“Now I know that God is with me. In God, in whose promise I glory, in God I trust without fear; what can flesh do against me?”
— Psalm 55:10-12
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 18/09/2026
We pray to the Lord 🙏 #DailyPsalm
“I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God; incline your ear to me; hear my word. Show your wondrous mercies.”
— Psalm 17:6-7 in a casual font on a bright background
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 17/09/2026
Lord, deliver me from smugness
When the Pharisee who had invited him saw this he said to himself, 
“If this man were a prophet,
he would know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching him,
that she is a sinner.” —Luke 7:39
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 16/09/2026
We often hear this at weddings. But maybe you need to hear it today?
“Love is patient, love is kind.
It is not jealous, love is not pompous,
it is not inflated, it is not rude,
it does not seek its own interests,
it is not quick-tempered, it does not
 brood over injury, it does not rejoice
 over wrongdoing but rejoices 
with the truth.”
— 1 Corinthians 13:4-6
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 15/09/2026
“Know that the LORD is God; he made us, his we are; his people, the flock he tends.” — #DailyPsalm 109:3 Amen 🙏
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 14/09/2026
Amen! (Lectionary: 638)
“For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.” — John 3:17 on a red background for Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 13/09/2026
May we forgive others with the same intensity as we pray for help
Jesus answered, I say to you, not seven times but seventy-seven times. — Matthew 18:22 on a background of Eastern State Penitentiary photo taken by Mark Alves
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 12/09/2026
Something to consider if you are partaking in the Eucharist this weekend
“The bread that we break, 
is it not a participation in the 
Body of Christ? Because the loaf 
of bread is one, we, though many, 
are one Body, for we all partake
 of the one loaf.” 
— 1 Corinthians 16-17 on a loaf background
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 11/09/2026
On some days, the Gospel message challenges us harder than on others. #neverforget
On a black and white cut down tree, overlay text says Why do you notice the splinter in your brother's eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own? - Luke 6:41
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 10/09/2026
The Golden Rule
Do to others as you would have them do to you. — Luke 6:31
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 09/09/2026
“Blessed are you who are poor, for the Kingdom of God is yours. Blessed are you who are now hungry, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who are now weeping, for you will laugh.” — Luke 6:20-21 Saint Peter Claver, on your feast day, pray for us.
Icon of Saint Peter Claver, Priest
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 08/09/2026
On the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, let us embrace the humble beginnings in our lives.
“You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah,
too small to be among the clans of Judah, From you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; Whose origin is from of old, from ancient times.”
— Micah 5:1
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 07/09/2026
We pray for protection of laborers this Labor Day.
“But let all who take refuge in you be glad and exult forever. Protect them, that you may be the joy of those who love your name.”
— Psalm 5:12
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 06/09/2026
(Remember there are 2️⃣ or 3️⃣ of us here reading this 🙏 🙏🙏)
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
— Matthew 18:20 on background of three different hands touching
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 05/09/2026
For those crying out, including ourselves, we pray to the Lord!
“He fulfills the desire of those who fear him, he hears their cry and saves them.” • Psalm 145:19
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 04/09/2026
#DailyPsalm
“Take delight in the LORD, and he will grant you your heart’s requests.”
— Psalm 37:4
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 03/09/2026
“Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch.” — Luke 5:4 Saint Gregory the great, pray for us, that we might become fishers of converts like you were.
Saint Gregory the Great icon
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 02/09/2026
“At daybreak, Jesus left and went to a deserted place.” —Luke 4:42 Where is my peaceful spot?
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 01/09/2026
For the times I am slow to kindness and rich in anger, we pray to the Lord
“The LORD is gracious and merciful,
slow to anger and of great kindness.”
— Psalm 145:8 shown on a sign — perhaps a sign for you
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 31/08/2026
Where might familiarity be breeding contempt in my own life?
Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.”
— Luke 4:24 on a green background for Ordinary Time
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 30/08/2026
As you plan for your week ahead… #gospel
“What profit would there be for one to gain the whole world and forfeit his life?” from Matthew 16:26 shown against a stark ocean
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 29/08/2026
Where do I fit in?
“God chose the foolish of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak of the world to shame the strong” — 1 Corinthians 1:27 shown on a cracked wall
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 28/08/2026
“Therefore, stay awake, for you know neither the day nor the hour.” — Matthew 25:13 Yesterday’s feast was Augustine’s mother who prayed for her son’s conversion. Today we celebrate and pray for those who know who await the unknown time of conversion of a loved one.
Icon of Saint Augustine
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 27/08/2026
“Stay awake! For you do not know on which day your Lord will come.” —Matthew 24:42 Saint Monica, on your feast day, pray for us.
Saint Monica icon
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 26/08/2026
Have a blessed day!
Blessed are you who fear the LORD,
who walk in his ways! from Psalm 128:1 printed green for ordinary time on a parchment background
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 25/08/2026
What tradition holds a place in my heart?
The quote “Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught, either by an oral statement or by a letter of ours.” —2 Thessalonians 2:15 with a bible in the background
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 24/08/2026
Nathanael said to him, “How do you know me?” Jesus answered and said to him, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.” Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel.” —John 1:48 What’s my fig tree moment?
Simple sketch of lone fig tree with one dangling fig
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 23/08/2026
My answer is ______?
"But who do you say that I am?"
—Matthew 16:15
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Today’s Readings @todaysreadings.com · 22/08/2026
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled;
but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.
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