Gloria Escobar

First Reading (Genesis 12:1-4a) A reading from the Book of Genesis The Lord said to Abram:  “Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from your father’s house to a land that I will show you.  “I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name […]

First Reading (Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7)) A reading from the Book of Genesis The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life, and so man became a living being.  Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and placed there

First Reading (Joel 2:12-18) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Joel Even now, says the Lord, return to me with your whole heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning; Rend your hearts, not your garments, and return to the Lord, your God.  For gracious and merciful is he, slow to anger, rich in

First Reading (Leviticus 19:1-2,17-18) A reading from the Book of Leviticus The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the whole Israelite community and tell them: Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.  “You shall not bear hatred for your brother or sister in your heart.  Though you may have to reprove your

First Reading (Sirach 15:15-20) A reading from the Book of Sirach If you choose you can keep the commandments, they will save you; if you trust in God, you too shall live; he has set before you fire and water; to whichever you choose, stretch forth your hand.  Before man are life and death, good

First Reading (Isaiah 58:7-10) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah Thus says the Lord; Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own.  Then your light shall break forth like the dawn, and

First Reading (Zephaniah 2:3,3-12-13) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Zephaniah Seek the Lord, all you humble of the earth, who have observed his law; seek justice, seek humility; perhaps you may be sheltered on the day of the Lord’s anger.  But I will leave as a remnant in your midst a people

First Reading (Isaiah 8:23-9:3) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah First the Lord degraded the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali; but in the end he has glorified the seaward road, the land west of the Jordan, the District of the Gentiles. Anguish has taken wing, dispelled is darkness: for there

First Reading (Isaiah 49:3,5-6) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah The Lord said to me:  You are my servant, Israel, through whom I show my glory.  Now the Lord has spoken who formed me as his servant from the womb, that Jacob may be brought back to him and Israel gathered to

First Reading (Isaiah 42:1-4,6-7)) A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah Thus says the Lord:  Here is my servant whom I uphold, my chosen one with whom I am pleased, upon whom I have put my spirit; he shall bring forth justice to the nations, not crying out, not shouting, not making his