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First Reading Exodus 17:3-7 (Year A) (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…

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…

First Reading Sirach 15:15-20 (JB) A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus He never commanded anyone to be godless. If you wish, you can keep the commandments, to behave faithfully is within your power. He has set fire and water before you; put out your hand to whichever you prefer. Man has life and death…

First Reading Isaiah 58:7-10 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah Your light will shine like the dawn. Thus says the Lord: Share your bread with the hungry, and shelter the homeless poor, clothe the man you see to be naked and turn not from your own kin. Then will your light shine like the…