FIRST READING A reading from the Book of Wisdom 7:7-11“I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with wisdom.” I prayed, and understanding was given me; I called upon God, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to sceptres and thrones, and I accounted wealth as nothing in comparison with her. Neither did … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel (Joel 3: 12-21)“Put in the sickle because the harvest is ripe.” Thus says the Lord: Let the nations bestir themselves, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat; for there I will sit to judge all the nations round about. Put in the sickle, for … [Read more…]
FIRST READINGA reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel (Joel 1:13-15; 2:1-2)“The day of the Lord God is coming, a day of darkness and gloom.” Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests, wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because cereal offering and … [Read more…]
FIRST READING A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi (Malachi 3:13-4:2a)“Behold, the day comes, burning like an oven. Your words have beep stout against me, says the Lord. Yet you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the good of our keeping his … [Read more…]
FIRST READINGA reading from the Book of the Prophet Jonah (Jonah 4:1-11)“You pity the plant, and should not I pity Nineveh, that great city?” It displeased Jonah exceedingly [that God did not do the evil which he had said he would do to Nineveh], and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and … [Read more…]