Year: 2014

First Reading                               Exodus 17:1–7 1 From the wilderness of Sin the whole congregation of the Israelites journeyed by stages, as the LORD commanded. They camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.  2 The people quarreled with Moses, and said, “Give us water to drink.”  Moses said to them, … [Read more…]

First Reading                         Genesis 12:1–4a  1 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you.  2 I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great, so that you will be … [Read more…]

First Reading                     Genesis 2:15–17; 3:1–7 Chapter 2  15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to till it and keep it.  16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; 17 but of the tree of the knowledge … [Read more…]

First Reading                          Exodus 24:12–18   12 The LORD said to Moses, “Come up to me on the mountain, and wait there; and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and the commandment, which I have written for their instruction.”  13 So Moses set out with his assistant Joshua, and Moses … [Read more…]

First Reading                      Leviticus 19:1–2, 9–18  1 The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:             2 Speak to all the congregation of the people of Israel and say to them:  You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy.  9 When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Deuteronomy 30:15–20 15 See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16 If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the LORD your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Micah 6:1–8 1 Hear what the LORD says: Rise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. 2 Hear, you mountains, the controversy of the LORD, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel. … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Isaiah 9:1–4 1 But there will be no gloom for those who were in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he will make glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Jeremiah 31:7–14 7 For thus says the LORD: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, “Save, O LORD, your people, the remnant of Israel.” 8 See, I am going to bring them from the land of the north, and gather … [Read more…]