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Daily Readings - 29/09/2026
ARCHANGELS MICHAEL, GABRIEL AND RAPHAEL
First Reading : Dan 7, 9-10. 13-14
7:9 As I watched:
‘Thrones were set in place[*f] and one of great age took his seat. His robe was white as snow, the hair of his head as pure as wool. His throne was a blaze of flames, its wheels were a burning fire.
7:10 A stream of fire poured out, issuing from his presence. A thousand thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. A court was held and the books were opened.
7:13 ‘I gazed into the visions of the night. And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man. He came to the one of great age and was led into his presence.
7:14 On him was conferred sovereignty, glory and kingship, and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants. His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty which shall never pass away, nor will his empire ever be destroyed.
Psalm : Ps 137
R. In the presence of the angels I will sing your praise.
Ballad of the exiles
137:1 Beside the streams of Babylon we sat and wept at the memory of Zion,
137:2 leaving our harps hanging on the poplars there.
137:3 For we had been asked to sing to our captors, to entertain those who had carried us off: ‘Sing’ they said ‘some hymns of Zion’.
137:4 How could we sing one of Yahweh’s hymns in a pagan country?
137:5 Jerusalem, if I forget you, may my right hand wither!
137:6 May I never speak again, if I forget you! If I do not count Jerusalem the greatest of my joys!
137:7 Yahweh, remember what the Sons of Edom did on the day of Jerusalem,[*a] how they said, ‘Down with her! Raze her to the ground!’
137:8 Destructive Daughter of Babel, a blessing on the man who treats you as you have treated us,
137:9 a blessing on him who takes and dashes your babies against the rock!
Gospel : Jn 1, 47-51
1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael coming he said of him, ‘There is an Israelite who deserves the name, incapable of deceit’.
1:48 ‘How do you know me?’ said Nathanael ‘Before Philip came to call you,’ said Jesus ‘I saw you under the fig tree.’
1:49 Nathanael answered, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God, you are the King of Israel’.
1:50 Jesus replied, ‘You believe that just because I said: I saw you under the fig tree. so You will see greater things than that.’
1:51 And then he added ‘I tell you most solemnly, you will see heaven laid open and, above the Son of Man, the angels of God ascending and descending’.