He reading from the book of Deuteronomy, Moses said to the people,

Today I've set before you life and prosperity, death and doom.

If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I enjoin on you today, loving him and walking in his ways and keeping his commandments, statutes,

and decrees. You will live and grow numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you

in the land that you are entering to occupy. If, however, you turn away your hearts and will not listen, but are led astray and adore and serve other gods,

I tell you now that you will certainly perish.

You will not live a long life on a land that you are crossing to Jordan to enter and occupy.

I call heaven and earth today to witness against you.

I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse.

Choose life then that you and your descendants may live by loving the Lord your God,

Heeding his voice and holding fast to him.

For that will mean life for you, a long life for you to live on the land that the Lord swore

that he would give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

The word of the Lord.

Thank you to God.

Responsorial Psalm, lest are they who hope in the Lord.

Bless are they who hope in the Lord. Bless are they who hope in the Lord.

Bless the man who follows not the counsel of the wicked,

nor walks in the way of sinners,

nor sits in the company of the insolent,

but the lights in the law of the Lord and mediates on his law day and night.

Blessed are they who hope in the Lord.

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