April 2nd : First Reading'Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten'A Reading from the Book of Jeremiah 11 : 18-20

April 2nd : First Reading

'Let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten'

A Reading from the Book of Jeremiah 11 : 18-20 

The Lord revealed it to me; I was warned. O Lord, that was when you opened my eyes to their scheming. I for my part was like a trustful lamb being led to the slaughter-house, not knowing the schemes they were plotting against me, ‘Let us destroy the tree in its strength, let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name may be quickly forgotten!’

But you, the Lord of Hosts, who pronounce a just sentence,

who probe the loins and heart,

let me see the vengeance you will take on them,

for I have committed my cause to you.

The Word of the Lord.