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Today's Readings
Reading I
Gn 17:3-9
When Abram prostrated himself, God spoke to him: “My covenant with
you is this: you are to become the father of a host of nations. No
longer shall you be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I
am making you the father of a host of nations. I will render you
exceedingly fertile; I will make nations of you; kings shall stem
from you. I will maintain my covenant with you and your descendants
after you throughout the ages as an everlasting pact, to be your God
and the God of your descendants after you. I will give to you and to
your descendants after you the land in which you are now staying,
the whole land of Canaan, as a permanent possession; and I will be
their God.” God also said to Abraham: “On your part, you and
your descendants after you must keep my covenant throughout the
ages.”
Responsorial Psalm
Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9
R. (8a) The Lord remembers his covenant for ever. Look to the
LORD in his strength; seek to serve him constantly. Recall the
wondrous deeds that he has wrought, his portents, and the judgments
he has uttered. R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
You descendants of Abraham, his servants, sons of Jacob, his chosen
ones! He, the LORD, is our God; throughout the earth his judgments
prevail. R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever. He
remembers forever his covenant which he made binding for a thousand
generations – Which he entered into with Abraham and by his oath to
Isaac. R. The Lord remembers his covenant for ever.
Gospel
Jn 8:51-59
Jesus said to the Jews: “Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever keeps my
word will never see death.” So the Jews said to him, “Now we are
sure that you are possessed. Abraham died, as did the prophets, yet
you say, ‘Whoever keeps my word will never taste death.’ Are you
greater than our father Abraham, who died? Or the prophets, who
died? Who do you make yourself out to be?” Jesus answered, “If I
glorify myself, my glory is worth nothing; but it is my Father who
glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’ You do not know him,
but I know him. And if I should say that I do not know him, I would
be like you a liar. But I do know him and I keep his word. Abraham
your father rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.” So the
Jews said to him, “You are not yet fifty years old and you have seen
Abraham?” Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, before
Abraham came to be, I AM.” So they picked up stones to throw at him;
but Jesus hid and went out of the temple area. |
