WEEKLY READINGS

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First Reading

Isaiah 26:1-6

 

Reader: A reading from Isaiah

On that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:
We have a strong city;
   he sets up victory
   like walls and bulwarks. 
Open the gates,
   so that the righteous nation that keeps faith
   may enter in. 
Those of steadfast mind you keep in peace—
   in peace because they trust in you. 
Trust in the Lord for ever,
   for in the Lord God 
   you have an everlasting rock. 
For he has brought low
   the inhabitants of the height;
   the lofty city he lays low.
He lays it low to the ground,
   casts it to the dust. 
The foot tramples it,
   the feet of the poor,
   the steps of the needy. 

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Reader: Hear what the Spirit is saying to God's people.

People: Thanks be to God. 

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The Psalm

Psalm 118:19 - 24

19 Open for me the gates of righteousness; *
I will enter them;
I will offer thanks to the Lord.

20 "This is the gate of the Lord; *
he who is righteous may enter."

21 I will give thanks to you, for you answered me *
and have become my salvation.

22 The same stone which the builders rejected *
has become the chief cornerstone.

23 This is the Lord's doing, *
and it is marvelous in our eyes.

24 On this day the Lord has acted; *
we will rejoice and be glad in it.

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The Gospel

Luke 17:20-25

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Preacher: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to Matthew

People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.

‘Not everyone who says to me, “Lord, Lord”, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only one who does the will of my Father in heaven. On that day many will say to me, “Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many deeds of power in your name?” Then I will declare to them, “I never knew you; go away from me, you evildoers.”

‘Everyone then who hears these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, but it did not fall, because it had been founded on rock. And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not act on them will be like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its fall!’

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Preacher: The Gospel of the Lord.

People: Praise to you, Lord Christ. 

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