Saturday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 26 / 2017 First reading Ruth 2:1-3,8-11,4:13-17 Naomi had a kinsman on her husband’s side, well-to-do and of Elimelech’s clan. His name was Boaz. Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, ‘Let me go into the fields and glean among the ears of corn in the footsteps … [Read more…]
Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 25 / 2017 First reading Ruth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22 In the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and … [Read more…]
Thursday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 24 / 2017 First reading Apocalypse 21:9-14 The angel came to speak to me, and said, ‘Come here and I will show you the bride that the Lamb has married.’ In the spirit, he took me to the top of an enormous high mountain and showed … [Read more…]
Wednesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 23 / 2017 First reading Judges 9:6-15 All the leading men of Shechem and all Beth-millo gathered, and proclaimed Abimelech king by the terebinth of the pillar at Shechem. News of this was brought to Jotham. He came and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim … [Read more…]
Tuesday of week 20 in Ordinary Time – August 22 / 2017 First reading Judges 6:11-24 The angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah which belonged to Joash of Abiezer. Gideon his son was threshing wheat inside the winepress to keep it hidden from Midian, when the angel of the … [Read more…]