FIRST
READING: Revelation
14: 14 - 19
14
Then I looked, and lo, a white cloud, and seated on the cloud one
like a son of man, with a golden crown on his head, and a sharp
sickle in his hand.
15
And another angel came out of the temple, calling with a loud voice
to him who sat upon the cloud, "Put in your sickle, and reap,
for the hour to reap has come, for the harvest of the earth is fully
ripe."
16
So he who sat upon the cloud swung his sickle on the earth, and the
earth was reaped.
17
And another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a
sharp sickle.
18
Then another angel came out from the altar, the angel who has power
over fire, and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp
sickle, "Put in your sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine
of the earth, for its grapes are ripe."
19
So the angel swung his sickle on the earth and gathered the vintage
of the earth, and threw it into the great wine press of the wrath of
God.
PSALM:
Psalms 96:
10 - 13
10
Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns! Yea, the world is
established, it shall never be moved; he will judge the peoples with
equity."
11
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar,
and all that fills it;
12
let the field exult, and everything in it! Then shall all the trees
of the wood sing for joy
13
before the LORD, for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He
will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with his
truth.
GOSPEL:
Luke 21:
5 - 11
5
And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones
and offerings, he said,
6
"As for these things which you see, the days will come when
there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be
thrown down."
7
And they asked him, "Teacher, when will this be, and what will
be the sign when this is about to take place?"
8
And he said, "Take heed that you are not led astray; for many
will come in my name, saying, `I am he!' and, `The time is at hand!'
Do not go after them.
9
And when you hear of wars and tumults, do not be terrified; for this
must first take place, but the end will not be at once."
10
Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom;
11
there will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and
pestilences; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.
