July 10, 2015

Reading

Genesis   46: 1-7, 28-30

46:1 And Israel, setting out with all that he had, arrived at the Well of the Oath. And sacrificing victims there to the God of his father Isaac,

46:2 he heard him, by a vision in the night, calling him, and saying to him: “Jacob, Jacob.” And he answered him, “Behold, here I am.”

46:3 God said to him: “I am the most strong God of your father. Do not be afraid. Descend into Egypt, for there I will make of you a great nation.

46:4 I will descend with you to that place, and I will lead you back from there, returning. Also, Joseph will place his hands over your eyes.

46:5 Then Jacob rose up from the Well of the Oath. And his sons took him, with their little ones and wives, in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry the old man,

46:6 along with all that he possessed in the land of Canaan. And he arrived in Egypt with all his offspring:

46:7 his sons and his grandsons, his daughters and all his progeny together.

46:28 Then he sent Judah ahead of himself, to Joseph, in order to report to him, and so that he would meet him in Goshen.

46:29 And when he had arrived there, Joseph harnessed his chariot, and he went up to meet his father at the same place. And seeing him, he fell upon his neck, and, amid embraces, he wept.

46:30 And the father said to Joseph, “Now I will die happy, because I have seen your face, and I am leaving you behind alive.”

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    10: 16-22

10:16	And embracing them, and laying his hands upon them, he blessed them.
10:17	And when he had departed on the way, a certain one, running up and kneeling before him, asked him, “Good Teacher, what shall I do, so that I may secure eternal life?”
10:18	But Jesus said to him, “Why call me good? No one is good except the one God.
10:19	You know the precepts: “Do not commit adultery. Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not speak false testimony. Do not deceive. Honor your father and mother.”
10:20	But in response, he said to him, “Teacher, all these I have observed from my youth.”
10:21	Then Jesus, gazing at him, loved him, and he said to him: “One thing is lacking to you. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and then you will have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.”
10:22	But he went away grieving, having been greatly saddened by the word. For he had many possessions.
10:23	And Jesus, looking around, said to his disciples, “How difficult it is for those who have riches to enter into the kingdom of God!”