Friday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 07, 2017. 1st Reading:Gn 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67 The span of Sarah’s life was one hundred and twenty-seven years. She died in Kiriatharba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham performed the customary mourning rites for her. Then he left the … [Read more…]
Wednesday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 05, 2017. 1st Reading: Gn 21:5, 8-20a Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. Isaac grew, and on the day of the child’s weaning Abraham held a great feast. Sarah noticed the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had … [Read more…]
Tuesday of the Thirteenth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 4, 2017. 1st Reading:Book of Genesis 19:15-29 As dawn was breaking, the angels urged Lot on, saying, “On your way! Take with you your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city.” … [Read more…]
Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 02, 2017. 1st Reading: 2nd Kings 4:8-11.14-16a. One day Elisha came to Shunem, where there was a woman of influence, who urged him to dine with her. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he used to stop there to dine. So she said to her husband, “I know … [Read more…]
Saturday of the Twelfth Week of Ordinary Time, Year A. July 01, 2017. 1st Reading: Book of Genesis 18:1-15. The LORD appeared to Abraham by the terebinth of Mamre, as he sat in the entrance of his tent, while the day was growing hot. Looking up, he saw three men standing nearby. When he saw … [Read more…]