An appropriate reading should be selected and prepared by the family or the minister of Communion. The following Scriptures are appropriate but are not intended to limit the choice of a reading.

A scripture passage about making offerings to ... was to refuse to perform the ritual of Communion or receive the Eucharist himself until the church is no longer “beholden to our beliefs ...

The Church celebrates the Sunday of the Word of God this week, and Msgr. Joseph Prior shows how the Scriptures are integral to every Mass. In the words of the Bible, God mysteriously speaks to us in ...