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| "Zacchaeus in the Sycamore Awaiting the Passage of Jesus" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST READING: Wisdom 11: 22 -- 12: 2
22
For great power always belonged to thee alone: and who shall resist
the strength of thy arm?
23
For the whole world before thee is as the least grain of the balance,
and as a drop of the morning dew, that falleth down upon the earth:
24
But thou hast mercy upon all, because thou canst do all things, and
overlookest the sins of men for the sake of repentance.
25
For thou lovest all things that are, and hatest none of the things
which thou hast made: for thou didst not appoint, or make any thing
hating it.
26
And how could any thing endure, if thou wouldst not? or be preserved,
if not called by thee.
27
But thou sparest all: because they are thine, O Lord, who lovest
souls.
1
O how good and sweet is thy spirit, O Lord, in all things!
2
And therefore thou chastisest them that err, by little and little:
and admonishest them, and speakest to them, concerning the things
wherein they offend: that leaving their wickedness, they may believe
in thee, O Lord.
1
I will extol thee, O God my king: and I will bless thy name for ever;
yea, for ever and ever.
2
Every day I will bless thee: and I will praise thy name for ever;
yea, for ever and ever.
8
The Lord is gracious and merciful: patient and plenteous in mercy.
9
The Lord is sweet to all: and his tender mercies are over all his
works.
10
Let all thy works, O lord, praise thee: and let thy saints bless
thee.
11
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom: and shall tell of thy
power:
13
Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages: and thy dominion endureth
throughout all generations. The Lord is faithful in all his words:
and holy in all his works.
14
The Lord lifteth up all that fall: and setteth up all that are cast
down.
11
Wherefore also we pray always for you; that our God would make you
worthy of his vocation, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his
goodness and the work of faith in power;
12
That the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in
him, according to the grace of our God, and of the Lord Jesus Christ.
1
And we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ,
and of our gathering together unto him:
2
That you be not easily moved from your sense, nor be terrified,
neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by epistle, as sent from us, as
if the day of the Lord were at hand.
1
And entering in, he walked through Jericho.
2
And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of the
publicans, and he was rich.
3
And he sought to see Jesus who he was, and he could not for the
crowd, because he was low of stature.
4
And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he might
see him; for he was to pass that way.
5
And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him, and
said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down; for this day I must
abide in thy house.
6
And he made haste and came down; and received him with joy.
7
And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be a
guest with a man that was a sinner.
8
But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing,
I restore him fourfold.
9
Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, because
he also is a son of Abraham.
10
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
