Daily Reading for Monday, August 12th, 2024

Reading 1, Ezekiel 1:2-5, 24-28

² On the fifth of the month -- it was the fifth year of exile for King Jehoiachin-

³ the word of Yahweh was addressed to the priest Ezekiel son of Buzi, in Chaldaea by the River Chebar. There the hand of Yahweh came on him.

⁴ I looked; a stormy wind blew from the north, a great cloud with flashing fire and brilliant light round it, and in the middle, in the heart of the fire, a brilliance like that of amber,

⁵ and in the middle what seemed to be four living creatures. They looked like this: They were of human form.

²⁴ I also heard the noise of their wings; when they moved, it was like the noise of flood-waters, like the voice of Shaddai, like the noise of a storm, like the noise of an armed camp; and when they halted, they lowered their wings;

²⁵ there was a noise too.

²⁶ Beyond the solid surface above their heads, there was what seemed like a sapphire, in the form of a throne. High above on the form of a throne was a form with the appearance of a human being.

²⁷ I saw a brilliance like amber, like fire, radiating from what appeared to be the waist upwards; and from what appeared to be the waist downwards, I saw what looked like fire, giving a brilliant light all round.

²⁸ The radiance of the encircling light was like the radiance of the bow in the clouds on rainy days. The sight was like the glory of Yahweh. I looked and fell to the ground, and I heard the voice of someone speaking to me.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 148:1-2, 11-12, 12-14, 14

¹ Alleluia! Praise Yahweh from the heavens, praise him in the heights.

² Praise him, all his angels, praise him, all his host!

¹¹ kings of the earth and all nations, princes and all judges on earth,

¹² young men and girls, old people and children together.

¹³ Let them praise the name of Yahweh, for his name alone is sublime, his splendour transcends earth and heaven.

¹⁴ For he heightens the strength of his people, to the praise of all his faithful, the children of Israel, the people close to him.

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