FIRST
READING: 3 John
1: 5 - 8
5
Beloved, it is a loyal thing you do when you render any service to
the brethren, especially to strangers,
6
who have testified to your love before the church. You will do well
to send them on their journey as befits God's service.
7
For they have set out for his sake and have accepted nothing from the
heathen.
8
So we ought to support such men, that we may be fellow workers in the
truth.
PSALM:
Psalms 119:
1 - 6
1
Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the
LORD!
2
Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their
whole heart,
3
who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
4
Thou hast commanded thy precepts to be kept diligently.
5
O that my ways may be steadfast in keeping thy statutes!
6
Then I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all thy
commandments.
GOSPEL:
Luke 18:
1 - 8
1
And he told them a parable, to the effect that they ought always to
pray and not lose heart.
2
He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared
God nor regarded man;
3
and there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying,
'Vindicate me against my adversary.'
4
For a while he refused; but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I
neither fear God nor regard man,
5
yet because this widow bothers me, I will vindicate her, or she will
wear me out by her continual coming.'"
6
And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge says.
7
And will not God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night?
Will he delay long over them?
8
I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily. Nevertheless, when the
Son of man comes, will he find faith on earth?"
