FIRST
READING: Isaiah
6: 1 - 8
1
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord seated on a throne,
high and exalted; the train of his robe filled the Temple.
2
Above him were seraphs, each with six wings: two to cover the face,
two to cover the feet, and two to fly with.
3
They were calling to one another: "Holy, holy, holy is Yahweh
Sabaoth. All the earth is filled with his Glory!"
4
At the sound of their voices the foundations of the threshold shook
and the Temple was filled with smoke.
5
I said, "Poor me! I am doomed! For I am a man of unclean lips
living among a people of unclean lips, and yet I have seen the King,
Yahweh Sabaoth."
6
Then one of the seraphs flew to me; in his hands was a live coal
which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7
He touched my mouth with it and said, "See, this has touched
your lips; your guilt is taken away and your sin is forgiven."
8
Then I heard the voice of the Lord, "Whom shall I send? And who
will go for us?" I answered, "Here I am. Send me!"
PSALM:
Psalms 93:
1 - 2, 5
1
The Lord reigns, robed in majesty; the Lord is girded with strength.
The
world now is firm, it cannot be moved.
2
Your throne stands from long ago, O Lord, from all eternity you are.
5
Your decrees can be trusted; holiness dwells in your house day after
day without end, O Lord.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 10:
24 - 33
24
A student is not above his teacher, or a slave above his master.
25
A student should be glad to become like his teacher, and the slave
like his master. If the head of the family has been called Beelzebul,
how much more the members of the family! So, do not be afraid of
them.
26
There is nothing covered that will not be uncovered, and nothing
hidden that will not be made known.
27
What I am telling you in the dark, you must speak in the light. What
you hear in private, proclaim from the housetops.
28
Do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but have no power to
kill the soul. Rather be afraid of him who can destroy both body and
soul in hell.
29
For only a few cents you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow
falls to the ground without your Father's consent.
30
As for you, every hair of your head has been counted.
31
So do not be afraid: you are worth much more than many sparrows.
32
Whoever acknowledges me before others I will acknowledge before my
Father in heaven.
33
Whoever rejects me before others I will reject before my Father in
heaven.
