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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…]

First Reading                                Ezekiel 37:1–14 1 The hand of the LORD came upon me, and he brought me out by the spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. 2 He led me all around them; there were very many lying in the valley, … [Read more…]

First Reading                                       Acts 10:34–48 34 Then Peter began to speak to them: “I truly understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ … [Read more…]

FIRST READING Acts 4:1–12 1 While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests, the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came to them, 2 much annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming that in Jesus there is the resurrection of the dead. 3 So they arrested them and put … [Read more…]