Archive for February 2025

First Reading Deuteronomy 26:4-10 (JB) A reading from the book of Deuteronomy The confession of faith of the elect. Moses said to the people: ‘The priest shall take the pannier from your hand and lay it before the altar of the Lord your God. Then, in the sight of the Lord your God, you must…

First Reading Sirach 27:4-7 (JB) A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus Do not praise someone before they have spoken. In a shaken sieve the rubbish is left behind, so too the defects of a man appear in his talk. The kiln tests the work of the potter, the test of a man is in…

First Reading 1 Samuel 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 (JB) A reading the first book of Samuel The Lord has put you in my power, but I will not raise my hand against you. Saul set off and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand men chosen from Israel to search for…

First Reading Jeremiah 17:5-8 (JB) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah A curse on those who trust in humanity; a blessing on those who trust in the Lord. The Lord says this: ‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man, who relies on things of flesh, whose heart turns from the Lord.…

First Reading Isaiah 6:1-8 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah Here am I! Send me. In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord seated on a high throne; his train filled the sanctuary; above him stood seraphs, each one with six wings. And they cried out one to another in this…