Reading 1, Job 38:1, 12-21; 40:3-5 1 Then from the heart of the tempest Yahweh gave Job his answer. He said: 12 Have you ever in your life given orders to the morning or sent the dawn to its post, … Continued
Reading 1, Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 9 While I was watching, thrones were set in place and one most venerable took his seat. His robe was white as snow, the hair of his head as pure as wool. His throne was … Continued
Reading 1, Job 9:1-12, 14-16 1 Job spoke next. He said: 2 Indeed, I know it is as you say: how could anyone claim to be upright before God? 3 Anyone trying to argue matters with him, could not give … Continued
Reading 1, Job 3:1-3, 11-17, 20-23 1 In the end it was Job who broke the silence and cursed the day of his birth. 2 This is what he said: 3 Perish the day on which I was born and … Continued
Reading 1, Job 1:6-22 6 One day when the sons of God came to attend on Yahweh, among them came Satan. 7 So Yahweh said to Satan, ‘Where have you been?’ ‘Prowling about on earth,’ he answered, ‘roaming around there.’ … Continued
Reading 1, Amos 6:1, 4-7 1 Disaster for those so comfortable in Zion and for those so confident on the hill of Samaria, the notables of this first of nations, those to whom the House of Israel has recourse! 4 … Continued
Reading 1, Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:8 9 Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young, make the most of the days of your youth, follow the prompting and desire of heart and eye, but remember, God will call you to account for … Continued
Reading 1, Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 1 There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven: 2 A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted. … Continued
Reading 1, Ecclesiastes 1:2-11 2 Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: everything is futile! 3 What profit can we show for all our toil, toiling under the sun? 4 A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm … Continued
Reading 1, Ephesians 4:1-7, 11-13 1 I, the prisoner in the Lord, urge you therefore to lead a life worthy of the vocation to which you were called. 2 With all humility and gentleness, and with patience, support each other … Continued