FIRST
READING: Daniel
12: 1 - 3
1
"At that time there shall arise Michael, the great prince,
guardian of your people; It shall be a time unsurpassed in distress
since nations began until that time. At that time your people shall
escape, everyone who is found written in the book.
2
Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake; some
shall live forever, others shall be an everlasting horror and
disgrace.
3
But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament,
And those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars
forever.
PSALM:
Psalms 16:
5, 8 - 11
5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.
8
I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I
shall not be moved.
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also dwells
secure.
10
For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the
Pit.
11
Thou dost show me the path of life; in thy presence there is fulness
of joy, in thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
SECOND
READING: Hebrews
10: 11 - 14, 18
11
And every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the
same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.
12
But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins,
he sat down at the right hand of God,
13
then to wait until his enemies should be made a stool for his feet.
14
For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are
sanctified.
18
Where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering
for sin.
GOSPEL:
Mark 13:
24 - 32
24
"But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be
darkened, and the moon will not give its light,
25
and the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the
heavens will be shaken.
26
And then they will see the Son of man coming in clouds with great
power and glory.
27
And then he will send out the angels, and gather his elect from the
four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.
28
"From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch
becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is
near.
29
So also, when you see these things taking place, you know that he is
near, at the very gates.
30
Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away before all
these things take place.
31
Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
32
"But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels
in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
