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| "On Entering the House, Salute It" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Hosea 11:
1 - 4, 8 - 9
1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my
son.
2
The more I called them, the more they went from me; they kept
sacrificing to the Ba'als, and burning incense to idols.
3
Yet it was I who taught E'phraim to walk, I took them up in my arms;
but they did not know that I healed them.
4
I led them with cords of compassion, with the bands of love, and I
became to them as one, who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent
down to them and fed them.
8
How can I give you up, O E'phraim! How can I hand you over, O Israel!
How can I make you like Admah! How can I treat you like Zeboi'im! My
heart recoils within me, my compassion grows warm and tender.
9
I will not execute my fierce anger, I will not again destroy
E'phraim; for I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, and I
will not come to destroy.
PSALM:
Psalms 80: 2 - 3, 15 - 16
2
before E'phraim and Benjamin and Manas'seh! Stir up thy might, and
come to save us!
3
Restore us, O God; let thy face shine, that we may be saved!
15
the stock which thy right hand planted.
16
They have burned it with fire, they have cut it down; may they perish
at the rebuke of thy countenance!
GOSPEL:
Matthew 10: 7 - 15
7 And preach as you go, saying, `The kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. You received without paying, give without pay.
9 Take no gold, nor silver, nor copper in your belts,
10 no bag for your journey, nor two tunics, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his food.
11 And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it, and stay with him until you depart.
12 As you enter the house, salute it.
13 And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.
14 And if any one will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet as you leave that house or town.
15 Truly, I say to you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomor'rah than for that town.
