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 | Behold, I am sending you like sheep in the midst of wolves. Therefore, be as prudent as serpents and as simple as doves. |
| 10:17 | But beware of men. For they will hand you over to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. |
| 10:18 | And you shall be led before both rulers and kings for my sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. |
| 10:19 | But when they hand you over, do not choose to think about how or what to speak. For what to speak shall be given to you in that hour. |
| 10:20 | For it is not you who will be speaking, but the Spirit of your Father, who will speak in you. |
| 10:21 | And brother will hand over brother to death, and father will hand over son. And children will rise up against parents and bring about their deaths. |
| 10:22 | And you will be hated by all for the sake of my name. But whoever will have persevered, even to the end, the same shall be saved. |
| 10:23 | Now when they persecute you in one city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you will not have exhausted all the cities of Israel, before the Son of man returns. |