August 12, 2012, Primera Lectura

The First Book of Kings 19: 4-8

19:4 And he continued on, into the desert, for one day’s journey. I quan va arribar, and was sitting under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die. I ell va dir: “It is enough for me, Oh Senyor. Take my soul. For I am no better than my fathers.”
19:5 And he stretched himself out, and he slept deeply in the shadow of the juniper tree. I vet aquí, an Angel of the Lord touched him, i li va dir, “Rise up and eat.”
19:6 He looked, i vet aquí, at his head was bread baked under ashes, and a container of water. Then he ate and drank, and again he slept deeply.
19:7 And the Angel of the Lord returned a second time, and touched him, i li va dir: "Aixeca't, eat. For a great journey again stands before you.”
19:8 And he when he had risen up, he ate and drank. And he walked by the strength of that food for forty days and forty nights, as far as the mountain of God, Horeb.

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