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Bible in a Year – May – 25 | Day – 145

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.
May – 25 | Day – 145
Old Testament: Judges – 17-18 | Baruch – 4:1-19

1 In that time, there was a certain man, from mount Ephraim, named Micah.

2 And he said to his mother, “The one thousand one hundred silver coins, which you had separated for yourself, and about which you had sworn in my hearing, behold, I have them, and they are with me.” And she answered him, “My son has been blessed by the Lord.”

3 Therefore, he restored them to his mother. And she said to him: “I have consecrated and vowed this silver to the Lord, so that my son would receive it from my hand, and would make a molten idol and a graven image. And now I deliver it to you.”

4 And when he restored these to his mother, she took two hundred of the silver coins, and she gave them to the silversmith, so that he might make from them a molten idol and a graven image. And it was in the house of Micah.

5 And he also separated in it a little shrine for the god. And he made an ephod and theraphim, that is, a priestly garment and idols. And he filled the hand of one of his sons, and he became his priest.

6 In those days, there was no king in Israel. Instead, each one did what seemed right to himself.

7 Also, there was another young man, from Bethlehem of Judah, one of his relatives. And he himself was a Levite, and he was living there.

8 Then, departing from the city of Bethlehem, he wished to sojourn wherever he would find it beneficial to himself. And when he had arrived at mount Ephraim, while making the journey, he also turned aside for a little while to the house of Micah.

9 And he was asked by him where he came from. And he responded: “I am a Levite from Bethlehem of Judah. And I am traveling so that I may live where I am able, if I perceive it to be useful to me.”

10 And Micah said: “Stay with me. And you shall be to me like a parent and a priest. And I will give to you, each year, ten silver coins, and a double-layered garment, and whatever provisions are necessary.”

11 He agreed, and he stayed with the man. And he was to him like one of his sons.

12 And Micah filled his hand, and he had the young man with him as his priest,

13 saying: “Now I know that God will be good to me, since I have a priest from the stock of the Levites.”

1 In those days, there was no king in Israel. And the tribe of Dan sought a possession for themselves, so that they might live in it. For even to that day, they had not received their lot among the other tribes.

2 Therefore, the sons of Dan sent five very strong men, of their stock and family, from Zorah and Eshtaol, so that they might explore the land and diligently inspect it. And they said to them, “Go, and consider the land.” And after traveling, they arrived at mount Ephraim, and they entered into the house of Micah. There they rested.

3 And they recognized the speech of the youth who was a Levite. And while making use of an inn with him, they said to him: “Who brought you here? What are you doing here? For what reason did you want to come here?”

4 And he answered them, “Micah has offered me one thing and another, and he has paid me wages, so that I may be his priest.”

5 Then they begged him to consult the Lord, so that they might be able to know whether the journey they undertook would be prosperous, and whether the matter would have success.

6 And he responded to them, “Go in peace. The Lord looks with favor on your path, and on the journey that you have undertaken.”

7 And so the five men, going on, arrived at Laish. And they saw the people, living in it without any fear, according to the custom of the Sidonians, secure and peaceful, having hardly anyone to oppose them, and with great wealth, and living separately, far from Sidon and from all men.

8 And they returned to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, who questioned them as to what they had done. And they responded:

9 Rise up. Let us ascend to them. For we have seen that the land is very wealthy and fruitful. Do not delay; do not refrain. Let us go out and possess it. There will be no difficulty.

10 We shall enter to those who dwell securely, in a very wide region, and the Lord will deliver the place to us, a place in which there is no lack of anything that grows upon the earth.”

11 And so, those of the kindred of Dan set out, that is, six hundred men from Zorah and Eshtaol, girded with the weapons of warfare.

12 And going up, they stayed at Kiriath-jearim of Judah. And so the place, from that time, received the name the Camp of Dan, and it is behind the back of Kiriath-jearim.

13 From there, they crossed over to mount Ephraim. And when they had arrived at the house of Micah,

14 the five men, who before had been sent to consider the land of Laish, said to the rest of their brothers: “You know that in these houses there is an ephod and theraphim, and a molten idol and a graven image. Consider what it may please you to do.”

15 And when they had turned aside a little, they entered the house of the Levite youth, who was in the house of Micah. And they greeted him with peaceful words.

16 Now the six hundred men, who were all armed, were standing before the door.

17 But those who had entered the house of the youth strove to take away the graven image, and the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten idol. But the priest was standing in front of the door, with the six hundred very strong men waiting not far away.

18 And so, those who had entered took away the graven image, the ephod, and the theraphim, and the molten idol. And the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”

19 And they responded to him: “Be silent and place your finger over your mouth. And come with us, so that we may have you as a father as well as a priest. For which is better for you: to be a priest in the house of one man, or in one tribe and family in Israel?”

20 And when he had heard this, he agreed to their words. And he took the ephod, and the idols, and the graven image, and he set out with them.

21 And while traveling, they had also sent the children, and the cattle, and all that was valuable to go ahead of them.

22 And when they were far from the house of Micah, the men who were living in the houses of Micah, crying out together, followed them.

23 And they began to shout behind their backs. And when they had looked back, they said to Micah: “What do you want? Why are you crying out?”

24 And he responded: “You have taken away my gods, which I made for myself, and the priest, and all that I have. And do you say, ‘What is it that you want?’ “

25 And the sons of Dan said to him, “Take care that you no longer speak to us, otherwise men with a mind for violence may overwhelm you, and you yourself would perish with all your house.”

26 And so, they continued on the journey that they had begun. But Micah, seeing that they were stronger than he was, returned to his house.

27 Now the six hundred men took the priest, and the things we stated above, and they went to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and they struck them down with the edge of the sword. And they burned the city with fire.

28 For no one at all sent reinforcements, because they lived far away from Sidon, and they had no association or business with any man. Now the city was situated in the region of Rehob. And building it up again, they lived in it,

29 calling the name of the city Dan, according to the name of their father, who had been born of Israel, though before it was called Laish.

30 And they established for themselves the graven image. And Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, with his sons, were priests in the tribe of Dan, even until the day of their captivity.

31 And the idol of Micah remained with them during the entire time that the house of God was in Shiloh. In those days, there was no king in Israel.

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1 ‘This is the book of the commandments of God and of the law, which exists in eternity. All those who keep it will attain to life, but those who have forsaken it, to death.

2 Convert, O Jacob, and embrace it, walk in the way of its splendor, facing its light.

3 Do not surrender your glory to another, nor your value to a foreign people.

4 We have been happy, O Israel, because the things that are pleasing to God have been made clear to us.

5 Be ever more peaceful in soul, O people of God, the memorial of Israel.

6 You have been sold to the nations, not into destruction, but because of this, in resentment, you provoked God to wrath, and so you have been delivered to adversity.

7 For you have exasperated him who made you, the eternal God, by sacrificing to evil spirits, and not to God.

8 For you have forgotten God, who nurtured you, and you have saddened Jerusalem, your nurse.

9 For she saw the wrath of God approaching you, and she said, “Listen, region of Zion, for God has brought upon me great sorrow.

10 For I have seen the captivity of my people, my sons and daughters, which the Eternal has led over them.

11 For I nurtured them with joy, but I sent them away with weeping and sorrow.

12 Let no one rejoice over me, a widow and a desolation, for I am forsaken by many because of the sins of my sons, because they strayed from the law of God.

13 And they have not known his righteousness, nor walked in the ways of the commandments of God, nor have they advanced with justice along the paths of his truth.

14 Let the region of Zion approach, and remember the captivity of my sons and daughters, which the Eternal led over them.

15 For he has brought a far away people upon them, a guilty people, and of another language,

16 who have not reverenced the aged, nor had mercy on the children, and who have led away the beloved of the widow, leaving me deserted and alone, without sons.

17 But as for me, how am I able to help you?

18 For he who has brought these evils upon you, will rescue you from the hands of your enemies.

19 Walk on, sons, walk on, for I have been abandoned and I am alone.

Psalms: Psalms – 67

1 Unto the end, in, hymns, a psalm of a canticle for David.

2 May God have mercy on us, and bless us: may he cause the light of his countenance to shine upon us, and may he have mercy on us.

3 That we may know thy way upon earth: thy salvation in all nations.

4 Let people confess to thee, O God: let all people give praise to thee.

5 Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

6 Let the people, O God, confess to thee: let all the people give praise to thee:

7 The earth hath yielded her fruit. May God, our God bless us,

8 May God bless us: and all the ends of the earth fear him.

New Testament: John – 6:27-48

27 Do not work for food that perishes, but for that which endures to eternal life, which the Son of man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”

28 Therefore, they said to him, “What should we do, so that we may labor in the works of God?”

29 Jesus responded and said to them, “This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he sent.”

30 And so they said to him: “Then what sign will you do, so that we may see it and believe in you? What will you work?

31 Our fathers ate manna in the desert, just as it has been written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’ “

32 Therefore, Jesus said to them: “Amen, amen, I say to you, Moses did not give you bread from heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.

33 For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”

34 And so they said to him, “Lord, give us this bread always.”

35 Then Jesus said to them: “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.

36 But I say to you, that even though you have seen me, you do not believe.

37 All that the Father gives to me shall come to me. And whoever comes to me, I will not cast out.

38 For I descended from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

39 Yet this is the will of the Father who sent me: that I should lose nothing out of all that he has given to me, but that I should raise them up on the last day.

40 So then, this is the will of my Father who sent me: that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

41 Therefore, the Jews murmured about him, because he had said: “I am the living bread, who descended from heaven.”

42 And they said: “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? Then how can he say: ‘For I descended from heaven?’ “

43 And so Jesus responded and said to them: “Do not choose to murmur among yourselves.

44 No one is able to come to me, unless the Father, who has sent me, has drawn him. And I will raise him up on the last day.

45 It has been written in the Prophets: ‘And they shall all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has listened and learned from the Father comes to me.

46 Not that anyone has seen the Father, except he who is from God; this one has seen the Father.

47 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes in me has eternal life.

48 I am the bread of life.

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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