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Bible in a Year – December – 12 | Day – 346

This is not the Readings at the Mass. For the Mass Readings, check the Mass Readings taken from the New Jerusalem Bible or the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.
December – 12 | Day – 346
Old Testament: Sirach – 17 | Second Maccabees – 5:1-14

1 God created man from the earth, and he made him according to his own image.

2 And he returned him again to it, and he clothed him with virtue according to himself.

3 He gave him the number and time of his days, and he gave him authority over all the things that are upon the earth.

4 He placed the fear of him over all flesh, and he had dominion over wild beasts and flying things.

5 He created from him a helper, similar to himself. He gave them counsel, and language, and sight, and hearing, and a heart, in order to think. And he filled them with the discipline of understanding.

6 He created within them the knowledge of the spirit. He filled their heart with understanding, and he showed them both good and evil.

7 He set his eye upon their hearts, to reveal to them the greatness of his works,

8 so that they might highly praise the name of sanctification, and give glory to his wonders, so that they might declare the greatness of his works.

9 In addition, he gave them discipline and the law of life, as their inheritance.

10 He established an eternal covenant with them, and he revealed to them his justice and judgments.

11 And their eye saw the greatness of his honor, and their ears heard the honor of his voice, and he said to them: “Beware of all iniquity.”

12 And he commanded each one concerning his neighbor.

13 Their ways are always in his sight; they are not hidden from his eyes.

14 Over each and every people, he has appointed a ruler.

15 And Israel was made to be the manifest portion of God.

16 And in the sight of God, all their works are like the sun. And his eyes, without ceasing, inspect their ways.

17 The covenants are not hidden by their iniquity, and all their iniquities are in the sight of God.

18 The almsgiving of a man is like a seal upon him, which will guard the grace of a man like the pupil of an eye.

19 And afterward, it will rise up and repay them their reward, each one upon his head, and it will return to the hidden places of the earth.

20 Now, to the repentant, he has given the way of justice, and he has strengthened those lacking in patience, and he has fastened them to a destiny of truth.

21 Convert to the Lord, and relinquish your sins.

22 Make supplication before the face of the Lord, and diminish your offenses.

23 Return to the Lord, and turn away from your injustice, and have immense hatred for abomination.

24 And acknowledge the justices and judgments of God, and stand firm in the circumstances set before you and in prayer to the most high God.

25 Go to the side of the holy generation, to those who live in order to give praise to God.

26 You should not linger in the error of the impious; confess before death. Confession perishes from the dead as if it were nothing.

27 Confess while living; you should give thanks while you are still alive and healthy. And you should praise God and glory in his compassion.

28 How great is the mercy of the Lord, and his forgiveness, for those who convert to him!

29 For not all things can be in men, because the son of man is not immortal, and because they are pleased by the emptiness of malice.

30 What is brighter than the sun? Yet this will fail. Or what is more wicked than that which flesh and blood has invented? And this will be reproved.

31 He beholds the power of the heights of heaven. And all men are earth and ashes.

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1 At the same time, Antiochus prepared for a second journey into Egypt.

2 But it happened, throughout the entire city of Jerusalem, that there were seen, for forty days, horsemen rushing through the air, having golden robes, and armed with spears, like a cohort of soldiers,

3 and horses, set in order by ranks, running, coming together to engage in close combat, and the shaking of shields, and a helmeted multitude stretching forth swords, and the casting of darts, and the splendor of golden armor, and all kinds of breastplates.

4 Because of this, everyone begged that these prodigies might be turned to good.

5 But when a false rumor went out, as though the life of Antiochus had expired, Jason, taking with him no less than one thousand men, suddenly assaulted the city. And, though the citizens together rushed to the wall, the city at last was taken, and Menelaus fled into the stronghold.

6 Truly, Jason did not spare his citizens from the slaughter; not realizing that success at the expense of kin is a very great evil, he considered those over whom he was victorious to be enemies, and not citizens.

7 And so, he certainly did not obtain the leadership, but truly, in the end, received confusion for his betrayals, and he departed again to take refuge among the Ammonites.

8 In the end, to his ruin, he was enclosed by Aretas, the sovereign of the Arabs. And then, fleeing from city to city, hated by all as a detestable fugitive from the laws, and as an enemy of his own nation and citizens, he was expelled into Egypt.

9 And he who had expelled many from their native land perished abroad, starting out toward the Lacedaemonians, as if, for the sake of kinship, he should have refuge there.

10 And he who cast out many, unburied, was himself also cast out, both unlamented and unburied, and without having use of either foreign burial or a share of the sepulcher of his fathers.

11 And so, when these things were done, the king suspected that the Jews would desert the alliance. And because of this, departing from Egypt with a raging soul, he indeed took the city by force.

12 Moreover, he ordered the military to execute, and not to spare, anyone they met, and to ascend through the houses to slay.

13 Therefore, a massacre occurred of youths and elders, an extermination of women and children, a killing of virgins and little ones.

14 And so, over three whole days, eighty thousand were executed, forty thousand were imprisoned, and no small number were sold.

Psalms: Psalms – 140:1-8

1 Unto the end, a psalm for David.

2 Deliver me, O Lord, from the evil man: rescue me from the unjust man.

3 Who have devised iniquities in their hearts: all the day long they designed battles.

4 They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent: the venom of saps is under their lips.

5 Keep me, O Lord, from the hand of the wicked: and from unjust men deliver me. Who have proposed to supplant my steps.

6 The proud have hidden a net for me. And they have stretched out cords for a snare: they have laid for me a stumblingblock by the wayside.

7 I said to the Lord: Thou art my God: hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication.

8 O Lord, Lord, the strength of my salvation: thou hast overshadowed my head in the day of battle.

New Testament: Jude – 1

1 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to those who are beloved in God the Father, and who are guarded and called in Jesus Christ:

2 May mercy, and peace, and love be fulfilled in you.

3 Most beloved, taking all care to write to you about your common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you in order to beg you to contend earnestly for the faith that was handed down once to the saints.

4 For certain men entered unnoticed, who were written of beforehand unto this judgment: impious persons who are transforming the grace of our God into self-indulgence, and who are denying both the sole Ruler and our Lord Jesus Christ.

5 So I want to caution you. Those who once knew everything that Jesus did, in saving the people from the land of Egypt, afterwards perished because they did not believe.

6 And truly, the Angels, who did not keep to their first place, but instead abandoned their own domiciles, he has reserved with perpetual chains under darkness, unto the great day of judgment.

7 And also Sodom and Gomorrah, and the adjoining cities, in similar ways, having given themselves over to fornication and to the pursuing of other flesh, were made an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

8 Similarly also, these ones certainly defile the flesh, and they despise proper authority, and they blaspheme against majesty.

9 When Michael the Archangel, disputing with the devil, contended about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring against him a judgment of blasphemy, so instead he said: “The Lord commands you.”

10 But these men certainly blaspheme against whatever they do not understand. And yet, whatever they, like mute animals, know from nature, in these things they are corrupted.

11 Woe to them! For they have gone after the way of Cain, and they have poured out the error of Balaam for profit, and they have perished in the sedition of Korah.

12 These ones are defiled within their banquets, enjoying themselves and feeding themselves without fear; waterless clouds, which are tossed about by winds; autumn trees, unfruitful, twice dead, uprooted;

13 raging waves of the sea, foaming from their own confusion; wandering stars, for whom the whirlwind of darkness has been reserved forever!

14 And about these, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied, saying: “Behold, the Lord is arriving with thousands of his saints,

15 to execute judgment against everyone, and to reprove all the impious concerning all the works of their impiety, by which they have acted impiously, and concerning all the harsh things that impious sinners have spoken against God.”

16 These ones are complaining murmurers, walking according to their own desires. And their mouth is speaking arrogance, admiring persons for the sake of gain.

17 But as for you, most beloved, be mindful of the words which have been foretold by the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ,

18 who declared to you that, in the end time, there would arrive mockers, walking according to their own desires, in impieties.

19 These are the ones who segregate themselves; they are animals, not having the Spirit.

20 But you, most beloved, are building yourselves up by your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit,

21 keeping yourselves in the love of God, and anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

22 So certainly, reprove them, after they have been judged.

23 Yet truly, save them, seizing them from the fire. And have mercy on others: in fear, hating even that which is of the flesh, the defiled garment.

24 Then, to him who has the power to keep you free from sin and to present you, immaculate, with exultation, before the presence of his glory at the advent of our Lord Jesus Christ,

25 to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord: to him be glory and magnificence, dominion and power, before all ages, and now, and in every age, forever. Amen.

Simplest Bible in a Year plan compiled using the “Catholic Public Domain Version Bible“. This is not the Readings at the Mass. For the Mass Readings, check the Mass Readings taken from the New Jerusalem Bible or the Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible.
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