Catholic Daily Readings for July 3 2024, Feast of Saint Thomas, Apostle
1st Reading - Ephesians 2:19-22
Brothers and sisters:
19 you are no longer visitors and new arrivals. Instead, you are citizens among the saints in the household of God,
20 having been built upon the foundation of the Apostles and of the Prophets, with Jesus Christ himself as the preeminent cornerstone.
21 In him, all that has been built is framed together, rising up into a holy temple in the Lord.
22 In him, you also have been built together into a habitation of God in the Spirit.
Responsorial Psalm - Psalms 117:1BC, 2
R. (Mark 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
1BC Praise the LORD, all you nations;
glorify him, all you peoples!
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
2 For steadfast is his kindness for us,
and the fidelity of the LORD endures forever.
R. Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.
Alleluia - John 20:29
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
29 You believe in me, Thomas, because you have seen me, says the Lord;
blessed are those who have not seen, but still, believe!
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Gospel - John 20:24-29
24 Thomas, called Didymus, one of the Twelve, was not with them when Jesus came.
25 So the other disciples said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” But Thomas said to them, “Unless I see the mark of the nails in his hands and put my finger into the nail marks and put my hand into his side, I will not believe.”
26 Now a week later his disciples were again inside and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, although the doors were locked, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and see my hands, and bring your hand and put it into my side, and do not be unbelieving, but believe.”
28 Thomas answered and said to him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Have you come to believe because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and have believed.”