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| "Jesus Walks on the Sea" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: 1 John
4: 11 - 18
11
Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
12
No man has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us
and his love is perfected in us.
13
By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has
given us of his own Spirit.
14
And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the
Savior of the world.
15
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him,
and he in God.
16
So we know and believe the love God has for us. God is love, and he
who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.
17
In this is love perfected with us, that we may have confidence for
the day of judgment, because as he is so are we in this world.
18
There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear
has to do with punishment, and he who fears is not perfected in love.
PSALM:
Psalms 72:
1 - 2, 10, 12 - 13
1
Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal
son!
2
May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
justice!
10
May the kings of Tarshish and of the isles render him tribute, may
the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!
12
For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no
helper.
13
He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the
needy.
GOSPEL:
Mark 6: 45
- 52
45
Immediately he made his disciples get into the boat and go before him
to the other side, to Beth-sa'ida, while he dismissed the crowd.
46
And after he had taken leave of them, he went up on the mountain to
pray.
47
And when evening came, the boat was out on the sea, and he was alone
on the land.
48
And he saw that they were making headway painfully, for the wind was
against them. And about the fourth watch of the night he came to
them, walking on the sea. He meant to pass by them,
49
but when they saw him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost,
and cried out;
50
for they all saw him, and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to
them and said, "Take heart, it is I; have no fear."
51
And he got into the boat with them and the wind ceased. And they were
utterly astounded,
52
for they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were
hardened.
