General Week 14th TUESDAY JULY 6, 2021
FIRST READING
"Your name will be Israel because you fought with God and won him"
A Reading from the book of Genesis (32, 23-32)
That night Jacob got up, took his two wives, his two maids, his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Yabboq. He made them pass the torrent and also made pass that which belonged to him. Jacob was left alone. Someone wrestled with him until dawn broke. The man, seeing that there was nothing he could do with him, hit him in the hip, and Jacob's hip twitched during this fight. The man said, "Let go of me, for the dawn has risen." Jacob replied, "I will not let go of you unless you bless me." The man asked, "What is your name? He replied, "Jacob. "He continued:" Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel (that is to say: God struggles), because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have won. Jacob asked, "Let me know your name, please." But he replied: "Why are you asking my name? And there he blessed him. Jacob called this place Penouël (that is to say: Face of God), because, he said, “I saw God face to face, and my life was saved”. At sunrise, he passed the torrent at Penouël. He was left lame in the hip.
- Word of the Lord.
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