Archive for March 2020

First Reading Samuel 16:1, 6-7, 10-13 (JB) A reading from the first book of Samuel In the presence of the Lord God, they anointed David king of Israel. The Lord said to Samuel, ‘Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have chosen myself a king…

First Reading Exodus 17:3-7 (JB) A reading from the book of Exodus Give us water to drink. Tormented by thirst, the people complained against Moses. ‘Why did you bring us out of Egypt?’ they said. ‘Was it so that I should die of thirst, my children too, and my cattle?’ Moses appealed to the Lord.…

First Reading Genesis 12:1-4 (JB) A reading from the book of Genesis The call of Abraham, the father of God’s people. The Lord said to Abram, ‘Leave your country, your family and your father’s house, for the land I will show you. I will make you a great nation; I will bless you and make…

First Reading Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 (JB) A reading from the book of Genesis Creation of our first parents, and sin. The Lord God fashioned man of dust from the soil. Then he breathed into his nostrils a breath of life, and thus man became a living being. The Lord God planted a garden in Eden…