FIRST
READING:
Ephesians 1:
11 - 14
11
In whom we also are called by lot, being predestinated according to
the purpose of him who worketh all things according to the counsel of
his will.
12
That we may be unto the praise of his glory, we who before hoped
Christ:
13
In whom you also, after you had heard the word of truth, (the gospel
of your salvation;) in whom also believing, you were signed with the
holy Spirit of promise,
14
Who is the pledge of our inheritance, unto the redemption of
acquisition, unto the praise of his glory.
PSALM:
Psalms 33:
1 - 2, 4 - 5, 12 - 13
1
Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just: praise becometh the upright.
2
Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery,
the instrument of ten strings.
4
For the word of the Lord is right, and all his works are done with
faithfulness.
5
He loveth mercy and judgment; the earth is full of the mercy of the
Lord.
12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord: the people whom he hath
chosen for his inheritance.
13
The Lord hath looked from heaven: he hath beheld all the sons of men.
GOSPEL:
Luke 12:
1 - 7
1
And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon
another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of
the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2
For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed: nor hidden,
that shall not be known.
3
For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness, shall be published
in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the
chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.
4
And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the
body, and after that have no more that they can do.
5
But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear ye him, who after he
hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear
him.
6
Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is
forgotten before God?
7
Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not
therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows.
