Daily Reading for Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024

Reading 1, Exodus 23:20-23

²⁰ 'Look, I am sending an angel to precede you, to guard you as you go and bring you to the place that I have prepared.

²¹ Revere him and obey what he says. Do not defy him: he will not forgive any wrong-doing on your part, for my name is in him.

²² If, however, you obey what he says and do whatever I order, I shall be an enemy to your enemies and a foe to your foes.

²³ My angel will precede you and lead you to the home of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, whom I shall exterminate.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 91:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 10-11

¹ You who live in the secret place of Elyon, spend your nights in the shelter of Shaddai,

² saying to Yahweh, 'My refuge, my fortress, my God in whom I trust!'

³ He rescues you from the snare of the fowler set on destruction;

⁴ he covers you with his pinions, you find shelter under his wings. His constancy is shield and protection.

⁵ You need not fear the terrors of night, the arrow that flies in the daytime,

⁶ the plague that stalks in the darkness, the scourge that wreaks havoc at high noon.

¹⁰ No disaster can overtake you, no plague come near your tent;

¹¹ he has given his angels orders about you to guard you wherever you go.