Reading
Job 3: 1-3, 11-17, 20-23
3:1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day,
3:2 and this is what he said:
3:3 May the day perish on which I was born, and the night, in which it was said, “A man has been conceived.”
3:11 Why did I not die in the womb? Having left the womb, why did I not immediately perish?
3:12 Why was I received upon the knees? Why was I suckled at the breasts?
3:13 For by now, I should have been sleeping silently, and taking rest in my sleep
3:14 with the kings and consuls of the earth, who build themselves solitudes,
3:15 either with princes, who possess gold and fill their houses with silver,
3:16 or, like a hidden miscarriage, I should not have continued, just like those who, being conceived, have not seen the light.
3:17 There the impious cease from rebellion, and there the wearied in strength take rest.
3:20 Why is light given to the miserable, and life to those who are in bitterness of soul,
3:21 who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure
3:22 and who rejoice greatly when they have found the grave,
3:23 to a man whose way is hidden and whom God has surrounded with darkness?
Gospel
Luke 9: 51-56
9:51 | Now it happened that, while the days of his dissipation were being completed, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. |
9:52 | And he sent messengers before his face. And going on, they entered into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. |
9:53 | And they would not receive him, because his face was going toward Jerusalem. |
9:54 | And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said, “Lord, do you want us to call for fire to descend from heaven and consume them?” |
9:55 | And turning, he rebuked them, saying: “Do you not know of whose spirit you are? |
9:56 | The Son of man came, not to destroy lives, but to save them.” And they went into another town. |