First Reading Wisdom 1:13-15; 2:23-24 (JB) A reading from the book of Wisdom It was the devil’s envy that brought death into the world. Death was not God’s doing, he takes no pleasure in the extinction of the living. To be – for this he created all; the world’s created things have health in them,…

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First Reading Job 38:1, 8-11 (JB) A reading from the book of Job Here I have set the boundaries of the sea. From the heart of the tempest the Lord gave Job his answer. He said: Who pent up the sea behind closed doors when it leapt tumultuous out of the womb, when I wrapped…

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First Reading Ezekiel 17:22-24 (JB) A reading from the prophet Ezekiel I have made the small tree great. The Lord says this: ‘From the top of the cedar, from the highest branch I will take a shoot and plant it myself on a very high mountain. I will plant it on the high mountain of…

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