FIRST
READING: Isaiah
26: 7 - 9, 12, 16 - 19
7
The way of the righteous is level; thou dost make smooth the path of
the righteous.
8
In the path of thy judgments, O LORD, we wait for thee; thy memorial
name is the desire of our soul.
9
My soul yearns for thee in the night, my spirit within me earnestly
seeks thee. For when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants
of the world learn righteousness.
12
O LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us, thou hast wrought for us all
our works.
16
O LORD, in distress they sought thee, they poured out a prayer when
thy chastening was upon them.
17
Like a woman with child, who writhes and cries out in her pangs, when
she is near her time, so were we because of thee, O LORD;
18
we were with child, we writhed, we have as it were brought forth
wind. We have wrought no deliverance in the earth, and the
inhabitants of the world have not fallen.
19
Thy dead shall live, their bodies shall rise. O dwellers in the dust,
awake and sing for joy! For thy dew is a dew of light, and on the
land of the shades thou wilt let it fall.
PSALM:
Psalms 102:
13 - 21
13
Thou wilt arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her;
the appointed time has come.
14
For thy servants hold her stones dear, and have pity on her dust.
15
The nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the
earth thy glory.
16
For the LORD will build up Zion, he will appear in his glory;
17
he will regard the prayer of the destitute, and will not despise
their supplication.
18
Let this be recorded for a generation to come, so that a people yet
unborn may praise the LORD:
19
that he looked down from his holy height, from heaven the LORD looked
at the earth,
20
to hear the groans of the prisoners, to set free those who were
doomed to die;
21
that men may declare in Zion the name of the LORD, and in Jerusalem
his praise.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 11:
28 - 30
28
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you
rest.
29
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly
in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.
30
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
