FIRST
READING: Isaiah
58: 7 - 10
7
Deal thy bread to the hungry, and bring the needy and the harbourless
into thy house: when thou shalt see one naked, cover him, and despise
not thy own flesh.
8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thy health shall
speedily arise, and thy justice shall go before thy face, and the
glory of the Lord shall gather thee up.
9
Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall hear: thou shalt cry, and he
shall say, Here I am. If thou wilt take away the chain out of the
midst of thee, and cease to stretch out the finger, and to speak that
which profiteth not.
10
When thou shalt pour out thy soul to the hungry, and shalt satisfy
the afflicted soul then shall thy light rise up in darkness, and thy
darkness shall be as the noonday.
PSALM:
Psalms 112:
4 - 9
4
To the righteous a light is risen up in darkness: he is merciful, and
compassionate and just.
5
Acceptable is the man that sheweth mercy and lendeth: he shall order
his words with judgment:
6
Because he shall not be moved for ever.
7
The just shall be in everlasting remembrance: he shall not hear the
evil hearing. His heart is ready to hope in the Lord:
8
His heart is strengthened, he shall not be moved until he look over
his enemies.
9
He hath distributed, he hath given to the poor: his justice remaineth
for ever and ever: his horn shall be exalted in glory.
SECOND
READING: 1
Corinthians 2: 1 - 5
1
And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not in loftiness of speech
or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Christ.
2
For I judged not myself to know anything among you, but Jesus Christ,
and him crucified.
3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
4
And my speech and my preaching was not in the persuasive words of
human wisdom, but in shewing of the Spirit and power;
5
That your faith might not stand on the wisdom of men, but on the
power of God.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 5:
13 - 16
13
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour,
wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing any more but to
be cast out, and to be trodden on by men.
14
You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot be
hid.
15
Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but upon a
candlestick, that it may shine to all that are in the house.
16
So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
