Archive for June 2025

First Reading Genesis 18:1-10 (JB) A reading from the book of Genesis Lord, do not bypass your servant. The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing…

First Reading Deuteronomy 30:10-14 (JB) A reading from the book of Deuteronomy Let the instruction of the Lord God be near you. Moses said to the people: ‘Obey the voice of the Lord your God, keeping those commandments and laws of his that are written in the Book of this Law, and you shall return…

First Reading Isaiah 66:10-14 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah I will send toward Jerusalem peace like a river. Rejoice, Jerusalem, be glad for her, all you who love her! Rejoice, rejoice for her, all you who mourned her! That you may be suckled, filled, from her consoling breast, that you may savour with…

First Reading Acts 12:1-11 (JB) A reading from the Acts of the Apostles Now I know it is indeed true: the Lord has saved me from the power of Herod. King Herod started persecuting certain members of the Church. He beheaded James the brother of John, and when he saw that this pleased the Jews…