1 Next let us praise illustrious men, our ancestors in their successive generations.
9 While others have left no memory, and disappeared as though they had not existed. They are now as though they had never been, and so too, their children after them.
10 But here is a list of illustrious men whose good works have not been forgotten.
11 In their descendants they find a rich inheritance, their posterity.
12 Their descendants stand by the commandments and, thanks to them, so do their children s children.
13 Their offspring will last for ever, their glorywill not fade.
Responsorial Psalm,
Psalms 149:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 9
1 Alleluia! Sing a new song to Yahweh: his praise in the assembly of the faithful!
Mystic and daughter of a farmer, sometimes called Germaine. Born in Pibrac near Toulouse, France, she was abused as a child. Germana spent her short life as a shepherdess, and was known for prayer and charitable works. She was canonized in 1867.
The daily readings are taken from the lectionary which divides much of the Bible into three years worth of readings. If you complete the daily readings each day for three years, you will read 15 percent of the Old Testament and 71 percent of the New Testament.