Sunday, October 3, 2027

Douay-Rheims: Genesis 2:18-24

¹⁸And the Lord God said: It is not good for man to be alone: let us make him a help like unto himself. ¹⁹And the Lord God having formed out of the ground all the beasts of the earth, and all the fowls of the air, brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: for whatsoever Adam called any living creature the same is its name. ²⁰And Adam called all the beasts by their names, and all the fowls of the air, and all the cattle of the field: but for Adam there was not found a helper like himself. ²¹Then the Lord God cast a deep sleep upon Adam: and when he was fast asleep, he took one of his ribs, and filled up flesh for it. ²²And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam. ²³And Adam said: This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called woman, because she was taken out of man. ²⁴Wherefore a man shall leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they shall be two in one flesh.

Douay-Rheims: Psalm 127:1-6 (Psalm 128 at Mass)

¹Blessed are all they that fear the Lord: that walk in his ways. ²For thou shalt eat the labours of thy hands: blessed art thou, and it shall be well with thee. ³Thy wife as a fruitful vine, on the sides of thy house. Thy children as olive plants, round about thy table. ⁴Behold, thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord. ⁵May the Lord bless thee out of Sion: and mayest thou see the good things of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. ⁶And mayest thou see thy children’s children, peace upon Israel.

Douay-Rheims: Hebrews 2:9-11

⁹But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour: that, through the grace of God, he might taste death for all. ¹⁰For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, who had brought many children into glory, to perfect the author of their salvation, by his passion. ¹¹For both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, saying:

Douay-Rheims: Mark 10:2-16

²And the Pharisees coming to him asked him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. ³But he answering, saith to them: What did Moses command you? ⁴Who said: Moses permitted to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. ⁵To whom Jesus answering, said: Because of the hardness of your heart he wrote you that precept. ⁶But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male and female. ⁷For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother; and shall cleave to his wife. ⁸And they two shall be in one flesh. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. ⁹What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ¹⁰And in the house again his disciples asked him concerning the same thing. ¹¹And he saith to them: Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another, committeth adultery against her. ¹²And if the wife shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

The shorter form ends at verse 12.

¹³And they brought to him young children, that he might touch them. And the disciples rebuked them that brought them. ¹⁴Whom when Jesus saw, he was much displeased, and saith to them: Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. ¹⁵Amen I say to you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter into it. ¹⁶And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.