Daily Reading for Monday, November 13th, 2023

Reading 1, Wisdom 1:1-7

¹ Love uprightness you who are rulers on earth, be properly disposed towards the Lord and seek him in simplicity of heart;

² for he will be found by those who do not put him to the test, revealing himself to those who do not mistrust him.

³ Perverse thoughts, however, separate people from God, and power, when put to the test, confounds the stupid.

⁴ Wisdom will never enter the soul of a wrong-doer, nor dwell in a body enslaved to sin;

⁵ for the holy spirit of instruction flees deceitfulness, recoils from unintelligent thoughts, is thwarted by the onset of vice.

⁶ Wisdom is a spirit friendly to humanity, though she will not let a blasphemer's words go unpunished; since God observes the very soul and accurately surveys the heart, listening to every word.

⁷ For the spirit of the Lord fills the world, and that which holds everything together knows every word said.

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 139:1-3, 4-6, 7-8, 9-10

¹ [For the choirmaster Of David Psalm] Yahweh, you examine me and know me,

² you know when I sit, when I rise, you understand my thoughts from afar.

³ You watch when I walk or lie down, you know every detail of my conduct.

⁴ A word is not yet on my tongue before you, Yahweh, know all about it.

⁵ You fence me in, behind and in front, you have laid your hand upon me.

⁶ Such amazing knowledge is beyond me, a height to which I cannot attain.

⁷ Where shall I go to escape your spirit? Where shall I flee from your presence?

⁸ If I scale the heavens you are there, if I lie flat in Sheol, there you are.

⁹ If I speed away on the wings of the dawn, if I dwell beyond the ocean,

¹⁰ even there your hand will be guiding me, your right hand holding me fast.