Year: 2015

FIRST READING    Joshua 24:1-2a, 14-18 1 Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel; and they presented themselves before God. 2 And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Long ago your … [Read more…]

First Reading                   Exodus 16:2–15 2 The whole congregation of the Israelites complained against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness.  3 The Israelites said to them, “If only we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate our fill of bread; for … [Read more…]

First Reading                                Genesis 9:8–17 8 Then God said to Noah and to his sons with him, 9 “As for me, I am establishing my covenant with you and your descendants after you, 10 and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the domestic animals, and every animal of the earth with … [Read more…]

First Reading                             Jeremiah 23:1–6 1 Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! says the LORD. 2 Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who shepherd my people: It is you who have scattered my flock, and have driven them away, and you have not … [Read more…]

First Reading                                       Amos 7:7–15 7 This is what he showed me:  the LORD was standing beside a wall built with a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand.  8 And the LORD said to me, “Amos, what do you see?”  And I said, “A plumb line.”  Then the LORD said, “See, I am … [Read more…]

First Reading                                                                                         Ezekiel 2:1–5 1 He said to me:  O mortal, stand up on your feet, and I will speak with you.  2 And when he spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; and I heard him speaking to me.  3 He said to me, Mortal, … [Read more…]

First Reading                      Lamentations 3:22–33 22 The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; 23 they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.  24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”  25 The LORD is good to those who wait … [Read more…]

First Reading                                       Job 38:1–11 1 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2“Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?  3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me.  4 “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?  Tell … [Read more…]

First Reading                             Ezekiel 17:22–24 22 Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of a cedar; I will set it out.  I will break off a tender one from the topmost of its young twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain.   23 On … [Read more…]

First Reading                                Genesis 3:8–15 8 They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.  9 But the LORD God called to the man, … [Read more…]