FIRST
READING: Revelation
14: 1 - 5
1
Then I looked, and lo, on Mount Zion stood the Lamb, and with him a
hundred
and forty-four thousand who had his name and his Father's name
written
on their foreheads.
2
And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of many waters and
like the
sound
of loud thunder; the voice I heard was like the sound of harpers
playing
on
their harps,
3
and they sing a new song before the throne and before the four living
creatures
and before the elders. No one could learn that song except the
hundred
and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
4
It is these who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are
chaste;
it
is these who follow the Lamb wherever he goes; these have been
redeemed
from
mankind as first fruits for God and the Lamb,
5
and in their mouth no lie was found, for they are spotless.
PSALM:
Psalms 24:
1 - 6
1
The earth is the LORD's and the fulness thereof, the world and those
who
dwell
therein;
2
for he has founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the
rivers.
3
Who shall ascend the hill of the LORD? And who shall stand in his
holy
place?
4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his
soul to
what
is false, and does not swear deceitfully.
5
He will receive blessing from the LORD, and vindication from the God
of his
salvation.
6
Such is the generation of those who seek him, who seek the face of
the God
of
Jacob. [Selah].
GOSPEL:
Luke 21:
1 - 4
1
He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury;
2
and he saw a poor widow put in two copper coins.
3
And he said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put in more
than all of
them;
4
for they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her
poverty put
in
all the living that she had."
thank you for posting these each day, helpful when away "in the field"!
ReplyDeleteMichael, I am so glad that you find these helpful. Thanks for letting me know!
ReplyDeleteyou are most welcome! they come in really handy for my daily Mass, when out of the states, eg, in China, Japan, Tibet, and so forth. eg, slopes of Mt Everest, at Rombok monastery. I think that English is a better medium than Latin for devotional and meditative readings, just as are Spanish and French. A living language is alive with feelings, tempered by "belly" or "wisdom" centered meditative presence.
ReplyDeletePerhaps that is where my China stats have come from in the past. I get a lot of visitors from Asia and the Pacific countries. That's one reason I keep the readings a day ahead.
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