FIRST
READING:
Proverbs 3:
27 - 34
27
Do not withhold him from doing good, who is able: if thou art able,
do good thyself also.
28
Say not to thy friend: Go, and come again: and tomorrow I will give
to thee: when thou canst give at present.
29
Practise not evil against thy friend, when he hath confidence in
thee.
30
Strive not against a man without cause, when he hath done thee no
evil.
31
Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
32
For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication
is with the simple.
33
Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations
of the just shall be blessed.
34
He shall scorn the scorners, and to the meek he will give grace.
PSALM:
Psalms 15:
2 - 5
2
He that walketh without blemish, and worketh justice:
3
He that speaketh truth in his heart, who hath not used deceit in his
tongue: Nor hath done evil to his neighbour: nor taken up a reproach
against his neighbours.
4
In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth
them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and
deceiveth not;
5
He that hath not put out his money to usury, nor taken bribes against
the innocent: He that doth these things shall not be moved for ever.
GOSPEL:
Luke 8:
16 - 18
16
Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it
under a bed; but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who come in
may see the light.
17
For there is not any thing secret that shall not be made manifest,
nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.
18
Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall be
given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath,
shall be taken away from him.
