Reading 1, Sirach 44:1, 10-15 1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.10 But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.11 In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.12...

Reading 1, Second Corinthians 4:7-15 7 But we hold this treasure in pots of earthenware, so that the immensity of the power is God's and not our own.8 We are subjected to every kind of hardship, but never distressed; we see no way out but we never despair;9 we are...

Reading 1, Exodus 14:5-18 5 When Pharaoh king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, he and his officials changed their attitude towards the people. 'What have we done,' they said, 'allowing Israel to leave our service?'6 So Pharaoh had his chariot harnessed and...

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Reading 1, Second Corinthians 5:14-17 14 For the love of Christ overwhelms us when we consider that if one man died for all, then all have died;15 his purpose in dying for all humanity was that those who live should live not any more for themselves, but for him who...

Reading 1, Exodus 11:10-12:14 10 Moses and Aaron worked all these wonders in Pharaoh's presence, but Yahweh made Pharaoh stubborn, and he did not let the Israelites leave his country.1 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,2 'This month must be the first of all the...

Reading 1, Exodus 3:11-20 11 Moses said to God, 'Who am I to go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?'12 'I shall be with you,' God said, 'and this is the sign by which you will know that I was the one who sent you. After you have led the people out of...

Reading 1, Exodus 3:1-6, 9-12 1 Moses was looking after the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led it to the far side of the desert and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.2 The angel of Yahweh appeared to him in a flame blazing from the middle...

Reading 1, Exodus 2:1-15 1 There was a man descended from Levi who had taken a woman of Levi as his wife.2 She conceived and gave birth to a son and, seeing what a fine child he was, she kept him hidden for three months.3 When she could hide him no longer, she got a...

Reading 1, Exodus 1:8-14, 22 8 Then there came to power in Egypt a new king who had never heard of Joseph.9 'Look,' he said to his people, 'the Israelites are now more numerous and stronger than we are.10 We must take precautions to stop them from increasing any...