Archive for August 2022

First Reading Wisdom 9:13-18 (JB) A reading from the book of Wisdom Who can comprehend the will of God? What man can know the intentions of God? Who can divine the will of the Lord? The reasonings of mortals are unsure and our intentions unstable; for a perishable body presses down the soul, and this…

First Reading Sirach 3:17-20, 28-29 (JB) A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus Humble yourself and you will find favour with the Lord. My son, be gentle in carrying out your business, and you will be better loved than a lavish giver. The greater you are, the more you should behave humbly, and then you…

First Reading Isaiah 66:18-21 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah They will gather all of your people from all nations. The Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to…

First Reading Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 (JB) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah You bore me to be a man of strife for the whole world. The king’s leading men spoke to the king. ‘Let Jeremiah be put to death: he is unquestionably disheartening the remaining soldiers in the city, and all the people too, by…