Readings for 6th Sun in Ordinary Time

First reading

Leviticus 13:1-2,44-46

The unclean man must live outside the camp

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘If a swelling or scab or shiny spot appears on a man’s skin, a case of leprosy of the skin is to be suspected. The man must be taken to Aaron, the priest, or to one of the priests who are his sons.

‘The man is leprous: he is unclean. The priest must declare him unclean; he is suffering from leprosy of the head. A man infected with leprosy must wear his clothing torn and his hair disordered; he must shield his upper lip and cry, “Unclean, unclean.” As long as the disease lasts he must be unclean; and therefore he must live apart: he must live outside the camp.’ [Read more…]

READINGS 5th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

First reading Job 7:1-4,6-7

My life is but a breath

Job began to speak:

Is not man’s life on earth nothing more than pressed service,   his time no better than hired drudgery?
Like the slave, sighing for the shade,
or the workman with no thought but his wages, months of delusion I have assigned to me, nothing for my own but nights of grief.
Lying in bed I wonder, ‘When will it be day?’ Risen I think, ‘How slowly evening comes!’
Restlessly I fret till twilight falls.
Swifter than a weaver’s shuttle my days have passed, and vanished, leaving no hope behind. Remember that my life is but a breath, and that my eyes will never again see joy. [Read more…]