A reading from the Book of Exodus 23:20-23
Thus says the Lord: “See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
Thus says the Lord: “See, I am sending an angel before you, to guard you on the way and bring you to the place I have prepared.
Jesus appointed seventy-two other disciples whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.
Job said:/ Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,/ for the hand of God has struck me!/ Why do you hound me as though you were divine,/ and insatiably prey upon me?
As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, “I will follow you wherever you go.” Jesus answered him, “Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head.” And to another he said, “Follow me.” But he replied, “Lord, let me go first and bury my father.” But he answered him, “Let the dead bury their dead.
I know well that it is so;/ but how can a man be justified before God?/ Should one wish to contend with him,/ he could not answer him once in a thousand times./ God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;/ who has withstood him and remained unscathed?
Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Here is a true child of Israel.
War broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels battled against the dragon.
