Reading 1, Tobit 11:5-15 5 Anna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come.6 She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, 'Here comes your son, with his companion.'7 Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father, 'I give you my word...

Reading 1, Deuteronomy 8:2-3, 14-16 2 Remember the long road by which Yahweh your God led you for forty years in the desert, to humble you, to test you and know your inmost heart -- whether you would keep his commandments or not.3 He humbled you, he made you feel...

Reading 1, Tobit 3:1-11, 16 1 Then, sad at heart, I sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:2 You are just, O Lord, and just are all your works. All your ways are grace and truth, and you are the Judge of the world.3 Therefore, Lord, remember me, look on...

Reading 1, Tobit 2:9-14 9 That night I took a bath; then I went into the courtyard and lay down by the courtyard wall. Since it was hot I left my face uncovered.10 I did not know that there were sparrows in the wall above my head; their hot droppings fell into my...

Reading 1, Tobit 1:1, 2; 2:1-9 1 The tale of Tobit son of Tobiel, son of Ananiel, son of Aduel, son of Gabael, of the lineage of Asiel and tribe of Naphtali.2 In the days of Shalmaneser king of Assyria, he was exiled from Thisbe, which is south of Kedesh-Naphtali in...

Reading 1, Exodus 34:4-6, 8-9 4 So he cut two tablets of stone like the first and, with the two tablets of stone in his hands, Moses went up Mount Sinai in the early morning as Yahweh had ordered.5 And Yahweh descended in a cloud and stood with him there and...

Reading 1, Sirach 51:12-20 12 And therefore I shall thank you and praise you, and bless the name of the Lord.13 When I was still a youth, before I went travelling, in my prayers I asked outright for wisdom.14 Outside the sanctuary I would pray for her, and to the last...

Reading 1, Sirach 44:1, 9-13 1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.9 While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed. They are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children...

Reading 1, Sirach 42:15-25 15 Next, I shall remind you of the works of the Lord, and tell of what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works come into being and all creation obeys his will.16 The shining sun looks down on all things, and the work of the Lord is...

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