Sunday gospel and readings

First Reading EXODUS 16:2-4, 12-15 And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, and said to them, “Would that we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land … Continued

First Reading 2 KINGS 4:42-44 A man came from Ba’al-shal’ishah, bringing the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And Eli’sha said, “Give to the men, that … Continued

First Reading JEREMIAH 23:1-6 “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture!” says the LORD. Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for my people: “You have scattered … Continued

First Reading AMOS 7:12-15 And Amazi’ah said to Amos, “O seer, go, flee away to the land of Judah, and eat bread there, and prophesy there; but never again prophesy at Bethel, for it is the king’s sanctuary, and it … Continued

First Reading EZEKIEL 2:2-5 And when he spoke to me, the Spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard him speaking to me. And he said to me, “Son of man, I send you to … Continued

First Reading WISDOM 1:13-15; 2:23-24 because God did not make death, and he does not delight in the death of the living. For he created all things that they might exist, and the generative forces of the world are wholesome, … Continued

First Reading JOB 38:1, 8-11 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Or who shut in the sea with doors, when it burst forth from the womb; when I made clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling … Continued

First Reading EZEKIEL 17:22-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it out; I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender … Continued

First Reading GENESIS 3:9-15 But the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and … Continued

First Reading EXODUS 24:3-8 Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, “All the words which the LORD has spoken we will … Continued