Genesis 1:26-28, 31a (OT-B1)*
Male and Female he created them.

Genesis 2:18-24 (OT-B2)*
The two of them become one body.

Genesis 24:48-51, 48-67 (OT-B3)*
In his love for Rebekah, Isaac found solace after the death of his mother.

Tobit 7:6-14 (OT-B4)*
May the Lord of heaven prosper you both. May he grant you mercy and peace.

Tobit 8:4b-8 (OT-B5)*
Allow us to live together to a happy old age.

Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (OT-B6)*
She who fears the Lord is to be praised.

Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a (OT-B7)
Stern as death is love.

Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16 (OT-B8)*
Like the sun rising in the Lord's heavens, the beauty of a virtuous wife is the radiance of her home.

Jeremiah 31:31-32a, 33-34a (OT-B9)
I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah.

Second Reading

Gospel

Resources

• (OT-B1) Genesis 1:26-28, 31a*
• (OT-B2) Genesis 2:18-24*
• (OT-B3) Genesis: 24:48-51, 58-67*
• (OT-B4) Tobit 7:6-14*
• (OT-B5) Tobit 8:4b-8*
• (OT-B6) Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31*
• (OT-B7) Song of Songs 2:8-10, 14, 16a; 8:6-7a
• (OT-B8) Sirach 26:1-4, 13-16*
• (OT-B9) Jeremiah 3:31-32a, 33-34a