First Reading
1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19; 10:1
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
9:1Now I there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Cis, the son of Abiel, the son of Seror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphia, the son of a man of Jemini, valiant and strong.
2And he had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and goodly man, and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he appeared above all the people.
3And the asses of Cis, Sauls father, were lost: and Cis said to his son Saul: Take one of the servants with you, and arise, go, and seek the asses. And when they had passed through mount Ephraim,
4And through the land of Salisa, and had not found them, they passed also through the land of Salim, and they were not there: and through the land of Jemini, and found them not.
17And when Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said to him: Look the man, of whom I spoke to you, this man shall reign over my people.
18And Saul came to Samuel in the midst of the gate and said: Tell me, I ask you, where is the house of the seer?
19And Samuel answered Saul, saying: I am the seer, go up before me to the high place, that you may eat with me to day, and I will let you go in the morning: and tell you all that is in your heart.
10:1And Samuel took a little vial of oil and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said: Look, the Lord has anointed you to be leader over his gift, and you shall deliver his people out of the hands of their enemies, that are round about them. And this shall be a sign to you, that God has anointed you to be leader.