Daily Mass Readings

First Reading

Tobit 2:9-14

⁹But Tobias fearing God more than the king, carried off the bodies of them that were slain, and hid them in his house, and at midnight buried them.

¹⁰Now it happened one day, that being wearied with burying, he came to his house, and cast himself down by the wall and slept,

¹¹And as he was sleeping, hot dung out of a swallow’s nest fell upon his eyes, and he was made blind.

¹²Now this trial the Lord therefore permitted to happen to him, that an example might be given to posterity of his patience, as also of holy Job.

¹³For whereas he had always feared God from his infancy, and kept his commandments, he repined not against God because the evil of blindness had befallen him,

¹⁴But continued immoveable in the fear of God, giving thanks to God all the days of his life.

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (Catholic canon)

Responsorial Psalm

Psalm 112:1-2, 7-8, 9

¹Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments.

²His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed.

⁷He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

⁸His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

⁹He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

Gospel

Mark 12:13-17

¹³And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

¹⁴And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?

¹⁵Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them,Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it.

¹⁶And they brought it. And he saith unto them,Whose is this image and superscription?And they said unto him, Cæsar’s.

¹⁷And Jesus answering said unto them,Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.And they marvelled at him.

Text shown in KJV (public domain).

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Verse text shown from public-domain translations (KJV; Douay-Rheims chain for deuterocanonical books). The text proclaimed at Mass in the United States is the NABRE Lectionary — read it at the USCCB link.