Tuesday, June 22, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Genesis 13:2, 5-18

²And he was very rich in possession of gold and silver.

⁵But Lot also, who was with Abram, had flocks of sheep, and herds of beasts, and tents. ⁶Neither was the land able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, and they could not dwell together. ⁷Whereupon also there arose a strife between the herdsmen of Abram and of Lot. And at that time the Chanaanite and the Pherezite dwelled in that country. ⁸Abram therefore said to Lot: Let there be no quarrel, I beseech thee, between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen: for we are brethren. ⁹Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left. ¹⁰And Lot, lifting up his eyes, saw all the country about the Jordan, which was watered throughout, before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrha, as the paradise of the Lord, and like Egypt as one comes to Segor. ¹¹And Lot chose to himself the country about the Jordan, and he departed from the east: and they were separated one brother from the other. ¹²Abram dwelt in the land of Chanaan; and Lot abode in the towns that were about the Jordan, and dwelt in Sodom. ¹³And the men of Sodom were very wicked, and sinners before the face of the Lord, beyond measure. ¹⁴And the Lord said to Abram, after Lot was separated from him: Lift up thy eyes, and look from the place wherein thou now art, to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west. ¹⁵All the land which thou seest, I will give to thee, and to thy seed for ever. ¹⁶And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: if any man be able to number the dust of the earth, he shall be able to number thy seed also. ¹⁷Arise and walk through the land in the length, and in the breadth thereof: for I will give it to thee. ¹⁸So Abram removing his tent came and dwelt by the vale of Mambre, which is in Hebron: and he built there an altar to the Lord.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 14:2-5 (Psalm 15 at Mass)

²He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice: ³He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach against his neighbours. ⁴In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not; ⁵He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 7:6, 12-14

⁶Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

¹²All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets. ¹³Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat. ¹⁴How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!