FEBRUARY 8, 2021 General Week 5 - Monday FIRST READING “God says. And so it was " from the book of Genesis (1, 1-19)

FEBRUARY 8, 2021 General Week 5 - Monday 

FIRST READING 

“God says. And so it was " 

from the book of Genesis (1, 1-19) 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. The earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the abyss, and the breath of God hovered above the waters.

God said, "Let there be light. " And there was light. God saw that the light was good, and God separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day", he called the darkness "night". There was evening, there was morning: first day.

And God said, "Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters." God made the firmament, he divided the waters which were below the firmament and the waters above. And so it was. God called the firmament "sky". There was evening, there was morning: second day.

And God said, "The waters which are under the heaven, let them be gathered together in one place, and let the dry land appear." And so it was. God called the dry land “earth”, and he called the bulk of the water “sea”. And God saw that it was good.

God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the plant which bears his seed, and let the fruit tree on the earth bear, after his kind, the fruit which bears his seed." And so it was. The earth brought forth grass, and the plant which bears his seed after its kind, and the tree which bears the fruit which bears his seed after his kind. And God saw that it was good. There was evening, there was morning: the third day.

And God said, “Let there be lights in the firmament of the sky, to separate the day from the night; that they serve as signs to mark feasts, days and years; and let them be lights to light up the earth in the firmament of the sky. And so it was. God made the two great lights: the larger to rule in the daytime, the smaller to rule in the night; he also made the stars. God placed them in the firmament of the sky to give light on the earth, to rule day and night, to separate light from darkness. And God saw that it was good. There was evening, there was morning: the fourth day. 

The Word of the Lord 

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