Gospels & Readings

Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Hab 1:2-3; 2:2-4 A reading from the Book of the Prophet Habakkuk How long, O LORD? I cry for helpbut you do not listen!I cry out to you, “Violence!”but you do not intervene.Why do you let me see ruin;why must I look at misery?Destruction and violence are before me;there …

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Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Amos 6:1a,4-7 A reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos   Thus says the LORD the God of hosts:Woe to the complacent in Zion!Lying upon beds of ivory,stretched comfortably on their couches,they eat lambs taken from the flock,and calves from the stall!Improvising to the music of the harp,like …

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Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Exodus 32:7–11, 13-14 A reading from the Book of Exodus   The LORD said to Moses,“Go down at once to your people,whom you brought out of the land of Egypt,for they have become depraved.They have soon turned aside from the way I pointed out to them,making for themselves a …

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Liturgy of the Word First Reading: Wis 9:13–18b A reading from the Book of Wisdom   Who can know God’s counsel,or who can conceive what the LORD intends?For the deliberations of mortals are timid,and unsure are our plans.For the corruptible body burdens the souland the earthen shelter weighs down the mind that has many concerns.And …

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