Wednesday, June 30, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Genesis 21:5, 8-20

⁵When he was a hundred years old: for at this age of his father was Isaac born.

⁸And the child grew and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast on the day of his weaning. ⁹And when Sara had seen the son of Agar the Egyptian playing with Isaac her son, she said to Abraham: ¹⁰Cast out this bondwoman, and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with my son Isaac. ¹¹Abraham took this grievously for his son. ¹²And God said to him: Let it not seem grievous to thee for the boy, and for thy bondwoman: in all that Sara hath said to thee, hearken to her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. ¹³But I will make the son also of the bondwoman a great nation, because he is thy seed. ¹⁴So Abraham rose up in the morning, and taking bread and a bottle of water, put it upon her shoulder, and delivered the boy, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Bersabee. ¹⁵And when the water in the bottle was spent, she cast the boy under one of the trees that were there. ¹⁶And she went her way, and sat over against him a great way off as far as a bow can carry, for she said: I will not see the boy die: and sitting over against, she lifted up her voice and wept. ¹⁷And God heard the voice of the boy: and an angel of God called to Agar from heaven, saying: What art thou doing, Agar? fear not: for God hath heard the voice of the boy, from the place wherein he is. ¹⁸Arise, take up the boy, and hold him by the hand: for I will make him a great nation. ¹⁹And God opened her eyes: and she saw a well of water, and went and filled the bottle, and gave the boy to drink. ²⁰And God was with him: and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became a young man, an archer.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 33:7-8, 10-13 (Psalm 34 at Mass)

⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles. ⁸The angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear him: and shall deliver them.

¹⁰Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. ¹¹The rich have wanted, and have suffered hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not be deprived of any good. ¹²Come, children, hearken to me: I will teach you the fear of the Lord. ¹³Who is the man that desireth life: who loveth to see good days?

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 8:28-34

²⁸And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way. ²⁹And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? ³⁰And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding. ³¹And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine. ³²And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters. ³³And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils. ³⁴And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.