Thursday, July 1, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Genesis 22:1-19

¹After these things, God tempted Abraham, and said to him: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. ²He said to him: Take thy only begotten son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and go into the land of vision; and there thou shalt offer him for an holocaust upon one of the mountains which I will shew thee. ³So Abraham rising up in the night, saddled his ass: and took with him two young men, and Isaac his son: and when he had cut wood for the holocaust he went his way to the place which God had commanded him. ⁴And on the third day, lifting up his eyes, he saw the place afar off. ⁵And he said to his young men: Stay you here with the ass: I and the boy will go with speed as far as yonder, and after we have worshipped, will return to you. ⁶And he took the wood for the holocaust, and laid it upon Isaac his son: and he himself carried in his hands fire and a sword. And as they two went on together, ⁷Isaac said to his father: My father. And he answered: What wilt thou, son? Behold, saith he, fire and wood: where is the victim for the holocaust? ⁸And Abraham said: God will provide himself a victim for an holocaust, my son. So they went on together. ⁹And they came to the place which God had shewn him, where he built an altar, and laid the wood in order upon it; and when he had bound Isaac his son, he laid him on the altar upon the pile of wood. ¹⁰And he put forth his hand and took the sword, to sacrifice his son. ¹¹And behold an angel of the Lord from heaven called to him, saying: Abraham, Abraham. And he answered: Here I am. ¹²And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake. ¹³Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw behind his back a ram amongst the briers sticking fast by the horns, which he took and offered for a holocaust instead of his son. ¹⁴And he called the name of that place, The Lord seeth. Whereupon even to this day it is said: In the mountain the Lord will see. ¹⁵And the angel of the Lord called to Abraham a second time from heaven, saying: ¹⁶By my own self have I sworn, saith the Lord: because thou hast done this thing, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake: ¹⁷I will bless thee, and I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand that is by the sea shore: thy seed shall possess the gates of their enemies. ¹⁸And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because thou hast obeyed my voice. ¹⁹Abraham returned to his young men, and they went to Bersabee together, and he dwelt there.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 113:9-14, 16-17 (Psalm 115 at Mass)

⁹Not to us, O Lord, not to us; but to thy name give glory. ¹⁰For thy mercy, and for thy truth’s sake: lest the gentiles should say: Where is their God? ¹¹But our God is in heaven: he hath done all things whatsoever he would. ¹²The idols of the gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men. ¹³They have mouths and speak not: they have eyes and see not. ¹⁴They have ears and hear not: they have noses and smell not.

¹⁶Let them that make them become like unto them: and all such as trust in them. ¹⁷The house of Israel hath hoped in the Lord: he is their helper and their protector.

Douay-Rheims: Matthew 9:1-8

¹And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city. ²And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee. ³And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth. ⁴And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk? ⁶But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. ⁷And he arose, and went into his house. ⁸And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.