FIRST
READING: Exodus
3: 1 - 6, 9 - 12
1
Now Moses fed the sheep of Jethro his father in law, the priest of
Madian: and he drove the flock to the inner parts of the desert, and
came to the mountain of God, Horeb.
2
And the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a
bush: and he saw that the bush was on fire and was not burnt.
3
And Moses said: I will go and see this great sight, why the bush is
not burnt.
4
And when the Lord saw that he went forward to see, he called to him
out of the midst of the bush, and said: Moses, Moses. And he
answered: Here I am.
5
And he said: Come not nigh hither, put off the shoes from thy feet:
for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
6
And he said: I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God
of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Moses hid his face: for he durst not
look at God.
9
For the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have
seen their affliction, wherewith they are oppressed by the Egyptians.
10
But come, and I will send thee to Pharao, that thou mayst bring forth
my people, the children of Israel out of Egypt.
11
And Moses said to God: Who am I that I should go to Pharao, and
should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt?
12
And he said to him: I will be with thee: and this thou shalt have for
a sign, that I have sent thee: When thou shalt have brought my people
out of Egypt, thou shalt offer sacrifice to God upon this mountain.
PSALM:
Psalms 103:
1 - 4, 6 - 7
1
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and let all that is within me bless his
holy name.
2
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and never forget all he hath done for
thee.
3
Who forgiveth all thy iniquities: who healeth all thy diseases.
4
Who redeemeth thy life from destruction: who crowneth thee with mercy
and compassion.
6
The Lord doth mercies, and judgment for all that suffer wrong.
7
He hath made his ways known to Moses: his wills to the children of
Israel.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 11:
25 - 27
25
At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the
wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the little ones.
26
Yea, Father; for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
27
All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth the
Son, but the Father: neither doth any one know the Father, but the
Son, and he to whom it shall please the Son to reveal him.
