Saint Clement I, Pope and Martyr/Saint Columban, Religious

1And I beheld, and lo a lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads. 2And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters, and as the voice of great thunder; and the voice which I heard, was as the voice of harpers, harping on their harps. 3And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne, and before the four living creatures, and the ancients; and no man could say the canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand, who were purchased from the earth. 4These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are virgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were purchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb: 5And in their mouth there was found no lie; for they are without spot before the throne of God.

1On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

2For he hath founded it upon the seas; and hath prepared it upon the rivers.

3Who shall ascend into the mountain of the Lord: or who shall stand in his holy place?

4The innocent in hands, and clean of heart, who hath not taken his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbour.

5He shall receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God his Saviour.

6This is the generation of them that seek him, of them that seek the face of the God of Jacob.

1And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the treasury. 2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites. 3And he said: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of God: but she of her want, hath cast in all the living that she had.