Wednesday, June 23, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18

¹Now when these things were done, the word of the Lord came to Abram by a vision, saying: Fear not, Abram, I am thy protector, and thy reward exceeding great. ²And Abram said: Lord God, what wilt thou give me? I shall go without children: and the son of the steward of my house is this Damascus Eliezer. ³And Abram added: But to me thou hast not given seed: and lo my servant, born in my house, shall be my heir. ⁴And immediately the word of the Lord came to him, saying: He shall not be thy heir: but he that shall come out of thy bowels, him shalt thou have for thy heir. ⁵And he brought him forth abroad, and said to him: Look up to heaven and number the stars, if thou canst. And he said to him: So shall thy seed be. ⁶Abram believed God, and it was reputed to him unto justice. ⁷And he said to him: I am the Lord who brought thee out from Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land, and that thou mightest possess it. ⁸But he said: Lord God, whereby may I know that I shall possess it? ⁹And the Lord answered, and said: Take me a cow of three years old, and a she goat of three years, and a ram of three years, a turtle also, and a pigeon. ¹⁰And he took all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid the two pieces of each one against the other; but the birds he divided not. ¹¹And the fowls came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. ¹²And when the sun was setting, a deep sleep fell upon Abram, and a great and darksome horror seized upon him.

¹⁷And when the sun was set, there arose a dark mist, and there appeared a smoking furnace and a lamp of fire passing between those divisions. ¹⁸That day God made a covenant with Abram, saying: To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 104:1-4, 6-9 (Psalm 105 at Mass)

¹Give glory to the Lord, and call upon his name: declare his deeds among the Gentiles. ²Sing to him, yea sing praises to him: relate all his wondrous works. ³Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the Lord. ⁴Seek ye the Lord, and be strengthened: seek his face evermore.

⁶O ye seed of Abraham his servant; ye sons of Jacob his chosen. ⁷He is the Lord our God: his judgments are in all the earth. ⁸He hath remembered his covenant for ever: the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. ⁹Which he made to Abraham; and his oath to Isaac:

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 7:15-20

¹⁵Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. ¹⁶By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire. ²⁰Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.