FIRST READING: Jonah 4: 1 - 11
1
And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and was angry:
2
And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not
this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went
before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and
merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive
evil.
3
And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is
better for me to die than to live.
4
And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry?
5
Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat toward the east side of the
city: and he made himself a booth there, and he sat under it in the
shadow, till he might see what would befall the city.
6
And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it came up over the head of
Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him (for he was
fatigued), and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy.
7
But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day:
and it struck the ivy and it withered.
8
And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning
wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with
the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It
is better for me to die than to live.
9
And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be
angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto
death.
10
And the Lord said: Thou art grieved for the ivy, for which thou hast
not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came up, and in
one night perished.
11
And shall not I spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are
more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that know not how to
distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?
3
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I have cried to thee all the day.
4
Give joy to the soul of thy servant, for to thee, O Lord, I have
lifted up my soul.
5
For thou, O Lord, art sweet and mild: and plenteous in mercy to all
that call upon thee.
6
Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer: and attend to the voice of my
petition.
9
All the nations thou hast made shall come and adore before thee, O
Lord: and they shall glorify thy name.
10
For thou art great and dost wonderful things: thou art God alone.
1
And it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when
he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to pray,
as John also taught his disciples.
2
And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy
name. Thy kingdom come.
3
Give us this day our daily bread.
4
And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is
indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.
