FIRST
READING: Daniel
7: 13 - 14
13
As the visions during the night continued, I saw One like a son of
man coming, on the clouds of heaven; When he reached the Ancient One
and was presented before him,
14
He received dominion, glory, and kingship; nations and peoples of
every language serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion
that shall not be taken away, his kingship shall not be destroyed.
PSALM:
Psalms 93:
1 - 2, 5
1
The LORD reigns; he is robed in majesty; the LORD is robed, he is
girded with strength. Yea, the world is established; it shall never
be moved;
2
thy throne is established from of old; thou art from everlasting.
5
Thy decrees are very sure; holiness befits thy house, O LORD, for
evermore.
SECOND
READING: Revelation
1: 5 - 8
5
and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the first-born of the
dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has
freed us from our sins by his blood
6
and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory
and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him,
every one who pierced him; and all tribes of the earth will wail on
account of him. Even so. Amen.
8
"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, who is
and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
GOSPEL:
John 18:
33 - 37
33
Pilate entered the praetorium again and called Jesus, and said to
him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
34
Jesus answered, "Do you say this of your own accord, or did
others say it to you about me?"
35
Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief
priests have handed you over to me; what have you done?"
36
Jesus answered, "My kingship is not of this world; if my
kingship were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might
not be handed over to the Jews; but my kingship is not from the
world."
37
Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered,
"You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I
have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who
is of the truth hears my voice."
