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First Reading Isaiah 50:4-7 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah I did not cover my face against insult and I know I will not be ashamed. The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue. So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech. Each morning he wakes…

First Reading Jeremiah 31:31-34 (Year B) (JB) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah The days are coming when I will make a new covenant with Israel and I will forgive their iniquity. See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House…

First Reading 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 (Year B) (JB) A reading from the second book of Chronicles The wrath and the mercy of the Lord are revealed in the exile and liberation of his people. All the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of…

First Reading Exodus 20:1-17 (Year B) (JB) A reading from the book of Exodus The Law was given through Moses. The Lord spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the house of slavery. ‘You shall have no gods except me. ‘You shall not make yourself…

First Reading Genesis 22:1-2, 9-13, 15-18 (JB) A reading from the book of Genesis The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith. God put Abraham to the test. ‘Abraham, Abraham’ he called. ‘Here I am’ he replied. ‘Take your son,’ God said ‘your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of…

First Reading Genesis 9:8-15 (JB) A reading from the book of Genesis I will recall the covenant between myself and you … the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. God spoke to Noah and his sons, ‘See, I establish my Covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; also…