11 August 2021, General Week 19 - Wednesday
The readings displayed below are from the Roman calendar. For this day, there are specific readings for: Luxembourg
MASS READINGS
FIRST LECTURE
“Moses died there, according to the word of the Lord. A prophet like Moses no longer arose in Israel ”
Reading the book of Deuteronomy 34, 1-12
In those days
Moses ascended from the steppes of Moab to Mount Nebo,
on a peak which is opposite Jericho.
The Lord showed him all the land:
Gilead as far as Dan,
all Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh,
all the land of Judah as far as the Mediterranean,
the Negev, the region of the Jordan,
the valley of Jericho city of Palms, to Soar.
The Lord said to him:
“This land which you see,
I have sworn to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
to give to their descendants.
I will show it to you, but you will not enter it. "
Moses the servant of the Lord
died there in the land of Moab,
according to the word of the Lord.
They buried him in the valley opposite Beth-peor,
in the land of Moab.
But even today,
no one knows where his tomb is.
Moses was 120 years old when he died;
his eyesight had not diminished, his vitality had not diminished.
The children of Israel mourned for Moses in the steppes of Moab
thirty days.
It was then that the days of mourning for Moses ended.
Joshua son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom,
because Moses had laid his hands on him.
The children of Israel obeyed him,
they did as the Lord commanded Moses.
There no longer arose in Israel a prophet like Moses,
whom the Lord met face to face.
What signs and wonders
the Lord had sent him to do in Egypt
before Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land!
With what a mighty hand, what a dreadful power,
Moses had acted in the eyes of all Israel!
- Word of the Lord.
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