Letture del giorno

Epistola

Bel and the Dragon 1:27-42

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Then Daniel took pitch, and fat, and hair, and did seethe them together, and made lumps thereof: this he put in the dragon’s mouth, so the dragon did eat and burst in sunder: and Daniel said, Behold, these are the gods you⌃ worship. When they of Babylon heard that, they took great indignation, and conspired against the king, saying, The king is become a Jew, and he has pulled down Bel, and slain the dragon, and put the priests to the sword. So they came to the king, and said, Deliver us Daniel, or else we will destroy you and your house. Now when the king saw that they pressed him sore, being constrained, the king delivered Daniel to them: who cast him into the lion’s den: where he was six days. And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel. Now there was in Jewry the prophet Habakkuk, who had made pottage, and had broken bread into a bowl, and was going into the field, for to bring it to the reapers. But the angel of the Lord said to Habakkuk, Go carry the dinner that you have into Babylon to Daniel, in the lions’ den. And Habakkuk said, Lord, I never saw Babylon; neither do I know where the den is. Then the angel of the Lord took him by the crown, and lifted him up by the hair of his head, and with the blast of his breath set him in Babylon over the den. And Habakkuk cried, saying, O Daniel, Daniel, take the dinner which God has sent you. And Daniel said, You have remembered me, O God: neither have you forsaken those who love you. So Daniel arose, and did eat: and the angel of God set Habakkuk in his own place again immediately. Upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and, behold, Daniel was sitting. Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great are you, O Lord, you God of Daniel, and there is none other beside you. And he drew him out, and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den: and they were devoured in a moment before his face.

Vangelo

Giovanni 7:1-13

Dopo queste cose, Gesù andava attorno per la Galilea; non voleva andare attorno per la Giudea perché i Giudei cercavan d’ucciderlo. Or la festa de’ Giudei, detta delle Capanne, era vicina. Perciò i suoi fratelli gli dissero: Partiti di qua e vattene in Giudea, affinché i tuoi discepoli veggano anch’essi le opere che tu fai. Poiché niuno fa cosa alcuna in segreto, quando cerca d’esser riconosciuto pubblicamente. Se tu fai codeste cose, palesati al mondo. Poiché neppure i suoi fratelli credevano in lui. Gesù quindi disse loro: Il mio tempo non è ancora venuto; il vostro tempo, invece, è sempre pronto. Il mondo non può odiar voi; ma odia me, perché io testimonio di lui che le sue opere sono malvagie. Salite voi alla festa; io non salgo ancora a questa festa, perché il mio tempo non è ancora compiuto. E dette loro queste cose, rimase in Galilea. Quando poi i suoi fratelli furono saliti alla festa, allora vi salì anche lui; non palesemente, ma come di nascosto. I Giudei dunque lo cercavano durante la festa, e dicevano: Dov’è egli? E v’era fra le turbe gran mormorio intorno a lui. Gli uni dicevano: E’ un uomo dabbene! Altri dicevano: No, anzi, travia la moltitudine! Nessuno però parlava di lui apertamente, per paura de’ Giudei.