Friday of the thirty-third week of Ordinary Time

And I heard a voice from heaven again speaking to me, and saying: Go, and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth. ⁹And I went to the angel, saying unto him, that he should give me the book. And he said to me: Take the book, and eat it up: and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. ¹⁰And I took the book from the hand of the angel, and ate it up: and it was in my mouth, sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. ¹¹And he said to me: Thou must prophesy again to many nations, and peoples, and tongues, and kings.

¹⁴I have been delighted in the way of thy testimonies, as in all riches. ²⁴For thy testimonies are my meditation: and thy justifications my counsel. ⁷²The law of thy mouth is good to me, above thousands of gold and silver. ¹⁰³How sweet are thy words to my palate! more than honey to my mouth. ¹¹¹I have purchased thy testimonies for an inheritance for ever: because they are a joy to my heart. ¹³¹I opened my mouth and panted: because I longed for thy commandments.

℟ How sweet are thy words to my palate!

And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought. ⁴⁶Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. ⁴⁷And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him: ⁴⁸And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.