 Here ends the first reading. The second reading comes from the book of Ruth, the second chapter beginning with verse 4. Just then Boaz came up from Bethlehem, and he said to the reapers, The Lord be with you. And they answered, The Lord bless you. Then Boaz said to his young man who was in charge of the reapers, To whom does this young woman belong? The young man who was in charge of the reapers answered, She is the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab.