Harpa Dei

Lc 10:13-16 At that time, Jesus said: “Woe to you, Chora′zin! woe to you, Beth-sa′ida! for if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.  But it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than

Job 19:21-27 Job said: Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends,for the hand of God has touched me!  Why do you, like God, pursue me?    Why are you not satisfied with my flesh? “Oh that my words were written!    Oh that they were inscribed in a book!  Oh that with an

Mt 18:1-5.10 Reading of the memorial of the Holy Guardian Angels ‘At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless you change and

Mt 18:1-5 Gospel on the Feast Day of Saint Theresa of the Child Jesus At this time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of Heaven?’ So he called a little child to him whom he set among them. Then he said, ‘In truth I tell you, unless

Mt 13:47- 52 Reading corresponding to the memorial of St. Jerome Again, the kingdom of Heaven is like a dragnet that is cast in the sea and brings in a haul of all kinds of fish. When it is full, the fishermen bring it ashore; then, sitting down, they collect the good ones in baskets

Num 11:25-29 ‘In Yahweh descended in the cloud. He spoke to him and took some of the spirit that was on him and put it on the seventy elders. When the spirit came on them they prophesied — but only once.Two men had stayed back in the camp; one was called Eldad and the other

Eccl 11:9-12:8 Young man, enjoy yourself while you are young, make the most of the days of your youth, follow the prompting and desire of heart and eye, but remember, God will call you to account for everything. Rid your heart of indignation, keep your body clear of suffering, though youth and the age of

Eccl 3:1-11 There is a season for everything, a time for every occupation under heaven: A time for giving birth, a time for dying; a time for planting, a time for uprooting what has been planted. A time for killing, a time for healing; a time for knocking down, a time for building. A time

Eccl 1:2-11 Sheer futility, Qoheleth says. Sheer futility: everything is futile! What profit can we show for all our toil, toiling under the sun? A generation goes, a generation comes, yet the earth stands firm for ever. The sun rises, the sun sets; then to its place it speeds and there it rises. Southward goes