Reading 1 2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17At the turn of the year, when kings go out on campaign,David sent out Joab along with his officersand the army of Israel,and they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah.David, however, remained in Jerusalem.One evening David rose from his siestaand strolle
Reading I 2 Samuel 7:18-19, 24-29After Nathan had spoken to King David, the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, “Who am I, Lord GOD, and who are the members of my house, that you have brought me to this point?Yet even this you see as too little, Lord GOD; you have also spoken of the house
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor of the ChurchReading 1 2 Samuel 7:4-17That night the LORD spoke to Nathan and said:"Go, tell my servant David, 'Thus says the LORD:Should you build me a house to dwell in?I have not dwelt in a house from the day on which I led the
Reading 1 2 Samuel 6:12b-15, 17-19David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David amid festivities.As soon as the bearers of the ark of the LORD had advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.Then David, girt with a linen apron, came dancing befor
Readings for the Memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, bishopsReading 1 2 Timothy 1:1-8Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of Godfor the promise of life in Christ Jesus,to Timothy, my dear child:grace, mercy, and peace from God the Fatherand Christ Jesus our Lord.I am grateful to God,whom
Reading 1 Isaiah 8:23—9:3First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulunand the land of Naphtali;but in the end he has glorified the seaward road,the land west of the Jordan,the District of the Gentiles.Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness:for there is no gloom where but now there was distress
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the ChurchReading 1 2 Samuel 1:1-4, 11-12, 19, 23-27David returned from his defeat of the Amalekites and spent two days in Ziklag.On the third day a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head.Going
Reading 1 1 Samuel 24:3-21Saul took three thousand picked men from all Israel and went in search of David and his men in the direction of the wild goat crags.When he came to the sheepfolds along the way, he found a cave, which he entered to relieve himself.David and his men were occupying the inmos
Readings for the Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn ChildrenReading 1 1 Samuel 18:6-9; 19:1-7When David and Saul approached(on David’s return after slaying the Philistine),women came out from each of the cities of Israel to meet King Saul,singing and dancing, with tambourines, joyful
Readings for the Memorial of Saint Agnes, Virgin and MartyrReading 1 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51David spoke to Saul:"Let your majesty not lose courage.I am at your service to go and fight this Philistine."But Saul answered David,"You cannot go up against this Philistine and fight with him,for you