MASS READINGS, JUNE 06, 2021 SUNDAY Saint Norbert (c. 1085-1134) FIRST READING "Here is the blood of the Covenant which the Lord has made with you"

MASS READINGS, JUNE 06, 2021 SUNDAY 

Saint Norbert (c. 1085-1134) 

FIRST READING 

"Here is the blood of the Covenant which the Lord has made with you" 

A Reading from the book of Exodus (24, 3-8) 

In those days Moses came and told the people all the words of the Lord and all his ordinances. All the people answered with one voice, "All these words which the Lord has spoken, we will put into practice." Moses wrote down all of the Lord's words. He rose early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and he set up twelve stones for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then he commissioned some young boys among the children of Israel to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice to the Lord of the bulls as a peace-offering. Moses took half of the blood and put it in cups; then he sprinkled the rest of the blood on the altar. He took the book of the Covenant and read it to the people. He replied, "All that the Lord has said we will put into practice, we will obey." Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, "This is the blood of the covenant which, on the basis of all these words, the Lord has made with you." " 

- Word of the Lord.