FIRST
READING: Genesis
49: 29 - 32; 50:
15 - 26
29
And he charged them, saying: I am now going to be gathered to my
people: bury me with my fathers in the double cave, which is in the
field of Ephron the Hethite,
30
Over against Mambre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought
together with the field of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to
bury in.
31
There they buried him, and Sara his wife: there was Isaac buried with
Rebecca his wife: there also Lia doth lie buried.
32
And when he had ended the commandments, wherewith he instructed his
sons, he drew up his feet upon the bed, and died: and he was gathered
to his people.
15
Now he being dead, his brethren were afraid, and talked one with
another: Lest perhaps he should remember the wrong he suffered, and
requite us all the evil that we did to him.
16
And they sent a message to him, saying: Thy father commanded us
before he died,
17
That we should say thus much to thee from him: I beseech thee to
forget the wickedness of thy brethren, and the sin and malice they
practiced against thee: we also pray thee, to forgive the servants of
the God of thy father this wickedness. And when Joseph heard this, he
wept.
18
And his brethren came to him: and worshipping prostrate on the ground
they said: We are thy servants.
19
And he answered them: Fear not: can we resist the will of God?
20
You thought evil against me: but God turned it into good, that he
might exalt me, as at present you see, and might save many people.
21
Fear not: I will feed you and your children. And he comforted them,
and spoke gently and mildly.
22
And he dwelt in Egypt with all his father's house: and lived a
hundred and ten years. And he saw the children of Ephraim to the
third generation. The children also of Machir the son of Manasses
were born on Joseph's knees.
23
After which he told his brethren: God will visit you after my death,
and will make you go up out of this land, to the land which he swore
to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
24
And he made them swear to him, saying: God will visit you, carry my
bones with you out of this place:
25
And he died being a hundred and ten years old. And being embalmed he
was laid in a coffin in Egypt.
PSALM:
Psalms 105:
1 - 4, 6 - 7
1
Alleluia. Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his
deeds among the Gentiles.
2
Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works.
3
Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek
the Lord.
4
Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.
6
O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen.
7
He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 10:
24 - 33
24
The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.
25
It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the
servant as his lord. If they have called the goodman of the house
Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
26
Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be
revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
27
That which I tell you in the dark, speak ye in the light: and that
which you hear in the ear, preach ye upon the housetops.
28
And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the
soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body in
hell.
29
Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them shall
fall on the ground without your Father.
30
But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
31
Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
32
Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also
confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
33
But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my
Father who is in heaven.
