Saturday, March 1 : Book of Sirach 17,1-13.

God from the earth created man, and in his own image he made him. He makes man return to earth again, and endows him with a strength of his own.
Limited days of life he gives him and makes him return to earth again.
He endows man with a strength of his own, and with power over all things else on earth.
He puts the fear of him in all flesh, and gives him rule over beasts and birds.
He forms men’s tongues and eyes and ears, and imparts to them an understanding heart.
With wisdom and knowledge he fills them; good and evil he shows them.
He looks with favor upon their hearts, and shows them his glorious works,
That they may describe the wonders of his deeds and praise his holy name.
He has set before them knowledge, a law of life as their inheritance;
An everlasting covenant he has made with them, his commandments he has revealed to them.
His majestic glory their eyes beheld, his glorious voice their ears heard.
He says to them, “Avoid all evil”; each of them he gives precepts about his fellow men.
Their ways are ever known to him, they cannot be hidden from his eyes.

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