Saturday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 15, 2017. 1st Reading:Genesis 49:29-32; 50:15-26a Jacob gave his sons this charge: “Since I am about to be taken to my people, bury me with my fathers in the cave that lies in the field of Ephron the Hittite, the cave in the field … [Read more…]
Friday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A, July 14, 2017. 1st Reading:Genesis 46:1-7, 28-30 Israel set out with all that was his. When he arrived at Beer-sheba, he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. There God, speaking to Israel in a vision by night, called, “Jacob! Jacob!” He answered, … [Read more…]
Thursday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 13, 2017. 1st Reading: Gn 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5 Judah approached Joseph and said: “I beg you, my lord, let your servant speak earnestly to my lord, and do not become angry with your servant, for you are the equal of Pharaoh. My lord asked … [Read more…]
Wednesday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 12, 2017 1st Reading: Gen 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a When hunger came to be felt throughout the land of Egypt and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread, Pharaoh directed all the Egyptians to go to Joseph and do whatever he told them. When the … [Read more…]
Monday of the Fourteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A, July 10, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Genesis 28:10-22a. Jacob departed from Beer-sheba and proceeded toward Haran. When he came upon a certain shrine, as the sun had already set, he stopped there for the night. Taking one of the stones at the shrine, he … [Read more…]