A reading from
the Book of Genesis49:2, 8-10
Jacob called his sons and said to them:/ “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob,/ listen to Israel, your father.
“You, Judah, shall your brothers praise/—your hand on the neck of your enemies;/ the sons of your father shall bow down to you./ Judah, like a lion’s whelp,/ you have grown up on prey, my son./ He crouches like a lion recumbent,/ the king of beasts—who would dare rouse him?/ The scepter shall never depart from Judah,/ or the mace from between his legs,/ While tribute is brought to him,/ and he receives the people’s homage.”
The word of the Lord.
