WEEKLY READINGS

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The First Lesson

 

1 Peter 1:3-9

Reader: A reading from the first letter of Peter.

 

Blessed be the God and Father of our Redeemer Jesus Christ who in great mercy has engendered a new birth for us into a living hope, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, into an inheritance that is incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you all, who in the power of God are kept through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the end time. In this you rejoice even when necessary for you to suffer various trials, in order that the examination of your faith, more precious than gold, which though perishable is tested by fire, may be found yielding praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. You have not seen him, yet you love him. You do not see him now, yet you believe in him and rejoice with a joy glorious and beyond words. You are receiving the completion of your faith, the salvation of your souls. 

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

People: Thanks be to God.

 

The Psalm

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Psalm 111

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1.     Hallelujah!

        I will give thanks to the Holy God with my whole heart,

        in the council of the upright, and in the congregation.

2.     Great are the works of the Creator of All,

        sought after by all who delight in them.

3.     Glorious and majestic is her work,

        and her righteousness endures forever.

4.     She has become renowned by her wonderful deeds;

        gracious and loving is the Mother of All.

5.     Meat she grants to those who revere her;

        she is ever mindful of her covenant.

6.     The power of her works has she shown her people,

        giving them the heritage of the nations.

7.     The works of her hands are faithful and true;

        all her precepts are trustworthy.

8.     They are established forever and ever,

        to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.

9.      Redemption has she sent to her people;

         she has commanded her covenant forever.

         Holy and awesome is her name. 

10.     The reverence of She Who Is Wisdom is the beginning of wisdom;

          all those who practice it have good understanding.

          Her praise endures forever. 

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The Gospel

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Luke 11:28-44​

 

Celebrant: The Holy Gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ according to John.

People: Glory to you, Lord Christ. 

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Now when Martha had said this ["Yes, Rabbi, I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who comes into the world"], she went back and called her sister Mary privately, "The Teacher is here and calling for you." And when Mary heard that she got up quickly and went to Jesus. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him. Thus the Jewish community who were with her in the house and consoling her saw Mary get up quickly and go out; they followed her thinking she was going to the tomb to weep there. 

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So when Mary came where Jesus was seeing him, she knelt at his feet saying to him, "Rabbi, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." Thus when Jesus saw her weeping and the Jewish folk who came with her also weeping, his spirit was disturbed and he was deeply moved. And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Rabbi, come and see." And Jesus wept. Therefore the Jewish people (with her) said, "See how he loved him!" Yet some of them said, "Could not the one who opened the eyes of the blind man have done something so that this man would not have died?"

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Jesus, again deeply moved within himself, came to the tomb; it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, "Rabbi, already there is a stench because it has been four days. Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted his eyes (upward) and said, "Abba, I thank you for having heard me. I know that you always hear me, for the sake of the crowd standing here have I said this, so that they may believe that you sent me." And when he had said this, with a loud voice he cried out, "Lazarus, come out!" The dead man came out, bound hand and foot with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him, and let him go."

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Celebrant: This is the Gospel of the Lord.

People: Praise to you, O Christ.

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