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Reading I Ez 17:22-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: I, too, will take from the crest of the cedar,     from its topmost branches tear off a tender shoot, and plant it on a high and lofty mountain;     on the mountain heights of Israel I will plant it. It shall put forth branches and

Readings for the The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Memorial Reading I 2 Cor 5:14-21 Brothers and sisters: The love of Christ impels us, once we have come to the conviction that one died for all; therefore, all have died. He indeed died for all, so that those who live might no longer

Reading I 2 Cor 3:15—4:1, 3-6 Brothers and sisters: To this day, whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over the hearts of the children of Israel, but whenever a person turns to the Lord the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit and where the Spirit of the Lord is,  there is

Reading I Ex 24:3-8 When Moses came to the people and related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice, “We will do everything that the LORD has told us.” Moses then wrote down all the words of the LORD and, rising early the next day, he erected at

Reading I Tb 11:5-17 Anna sat watching the road by which her son was to come. When she saw him coming, she exclaimed to his father, “Tobit, your son is coming, and the man who traveled with him!” Raphael said to Tobiah before he reached his father: “I am certain that his eyes will be

Reading I Tb 3:1-11a, 16-17a Grief-stricken in spirit, I, Tobit, groaned and wept aloud. Then with sobs I began to pray:     “You are righteous, O Lord,         and all your deeds are just;     All your ways are mercy and truth;         you are the judge of the world.     And now,

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Justin, martyr Reading 1 Tb 2:9-14 On the night of Pentecost, after I had buried the dead, I, Tobit, went into my courtyard  to sleep next to the courtyard wall.  My face was uncovered because of the heat.  I did not know there were birds perched on the wall