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FIRST READING Genesis 2:18-25 18 Then the Lord GOD said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper as his partner.” 19 So out of the ground the Lord GOD formed every animal of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Numbers 11:4-6, 10-16, 24-29 4 The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, and said, “If only we had meat to eat! 5 We remember the fish we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic; 6 … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Jeremiah 11:18-20 18 It was the LORD who made it known to me, and I knew; then you showed me their evil deeds. 19 But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. And I did not know it was against me that they devised schemes, saying, “Let us destroy the … [Read more…]

FIRST READING    Isaiah 50:4-10 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he wakens — wakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I … [Read more…]

First Reading    Isaiah 35:4-7a 4 Say to those who are of a fearful heart, “Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will come and save you.” 5 Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf unstopped; 6 … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 4:1–2, 6–9 1 So now, Israel, give heed to the statutes and ordinances that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live to enter and occupy the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 You must neither add anything to what I command … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Isaiah 29:11–19 11 The vision of all this has become for you like the words of a sealed document. If it is given to those who can read, with the command, “Read this,” they say, “We cannot, for it is sealed.” 12 And if it is given to those who cannot read, saying, … [Read more…]

FIRST READING    Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your … [Read more…]

First Reading                   Exodus 16:2–15 2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.  3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for … [Read more…]

First Reading                                Genesis 9:8–17 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with … [Read more…]