Saint Jerome Emiliani and Saint Josephine Bakhita, Virgin

1In the beginning God created heaven, and earth. 2And the earth was void and empty, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God moved over the waters. 3And God said: Be light made. And light was made. 4And God saw the light that it was good; and he divided the light from the darkness. 5And he called the light Day, and the darkness Night; and there was evening and morning one day. 6And God said: Let there be a firmament made amidst the waters: and let it divide the waters from the waters. 7And God made a firmament, and divided the waters that were under the firmament, from those that were above the firmament, and it was so. 8And God called the firmament, Heaven; and the evening and morning were the second day. 9God also said: Let the waters that are under the heaven, be gathered together into one place: and let the dry land appear. And it was so done. 10And God called the dry land, Earth; and the gathering together of the waters, he called Seas. And God saw that it was good. 11And he said: Let the earth bring forth the green herb, and such as may seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after its kind, which may have seed in itself upon the earth. And it was so done. 12And the earth brought forth the green herb, and such as yieldeth seed according to its kind, and the tree that beareth fruit, having seed each one according to its kind. And God saw that it was good. 13And the evening and the morning were the third day. 14And God said: Let there be lights made in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day and the night, and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years: 15To shine in the firmament of heaven, and to give light upon the earth. And it was so done. 16And God made two great lights: a greater light to rule the day; and a lesser light to rule the night: and the stars. 17And he set them in the firmament of heaven to shine upon the earth. 18And to rule the day and the night, and to divide the light and the darkness. And God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and morning were the fourth day.

1For David himself. Bless the Lord, O my soul: O Lord my God, thou art exceedingly great. Thou hast put on praise and beauty:

2And art clothed with light as with a garment. Who stretchest out the heaven like a pavilion:

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5Who hast founded the earth upon its own bases: it shall not be moved for ever and ever.

6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

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10Thou sendest forth springs in the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass.

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12Over them the birds of the air shall dwell: from the midst of the rocks they shall give forth their voices.

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24How great are thy works, O Lord? thou hast made all things in wisdom: the earth is filled with thy riches.

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35Let sinners be consumed out of the earth, and the unjust, so that they be no more: O my soul, bless thou the Lord.

53And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Genezareth, and set to the shore. 54And when they were gone out of the ship, immediately they knew him: 55And running through that whole country, they began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. 56And whithersoever he entered, into towns or into villages or cities, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch but the hem of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.