Were not Our Hearts Burning Within Us?

Reflections on the Weekday Gospel Readings for the Liturgical Year 2025–26.

It is hoped that these reflections will serve as a help to personal prayer. Parish prayer groups may also find them helpful. They may also be of service to priests who seek to offer a short reflection on the readings of the day at the daily Eucharist. Where there is a weekday Liturgy of the Word in the absence of a priest, they can be read as a reflection on the readings. On most weekdays, the same readings are proclaimed in the Church throughout the world. To read and reflect upon the readings for the weekdays of the liturgical year is to go on a spiritual journey with the universal Church.