First Reading

In those days,

Hannah brought Samuel with her,

along with a three-year-old bull,

an ephah of flour, and a skin of wine,

and presented him at the temple of the Lord in Shiloh.

After the boy’s father had sacrificed the young bull,

Hannah, his mother, approached Eli and said:

“Pardon, my lord!

As you live, my lord,

I am the woman who stood near you here, praying to the Lord.

I prayed for this child, and the Lord granted my request.

Now I, in turn, give him to the Lord;

as long as he lives, he shall be dedicated to the Lord.”

She left Samuel there.