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| "The Adulterous Woman--Christ Writing upon the Ground" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: Isaiah
43: 16 - 21
16
Thus saith the Lord, who made a way in the sea, and a path in the
mighty waters.
17
Who brought forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the strong:
they lay down to sleep together, and they shall not rise again: they
are broken as flax, and are extinct.
18
Remember not former things, and look not on things of old.
19
Behold I do new things, and now they shall spring forth, verily you
shall know them: I will make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in
the desert.
20
The beast of the field shall glorify me, the dragons and the
ostriches: because I have given waters in the wilderness, rivers in
the desert, to give drink to my people, to my chosen.
21
This people have I formed for myself, they shall shew forth my
praise.
PSALM:
Psalms 126:
1 - 6
1
When the lord brought back the captivity of Sion, we became like men
comforted.
2
Then was our mouth filled with gladness; and our tongue with joy.
Then shall they say among the Gentiles: The Lord hath done great
things for them.
3
The Lord hath done great things for us: we are become joyful.
4
Turn again our captivity, O Lord, as a stream in the south.
5
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.
6
Going they went and wept, casting their seeds.
SECOND
READING: Philippians
3: 8 - 14
8
Furthermore I count all things to be but loss for the excellent
knowledge of Jesus Christ my Lord; for whom I have suffered the loss
of all things, and count them but as dung, that I may gain Christ:
9
And may be found in him, not having my justice, which is of the law,
but that which is of the faith of Christ Jesus, which is of God,
justice in faith:
10
That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the
fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death,
11
If by any means I may attain to the resurrection which is from the
dead.
12
Not as though I has already attained, or were already perfect; but I
follow after, if I may by any means apprehend, wherein I am also
apprehended by Christ Jesus.
13
Brethren, I do not count myself to have apprehended. But one thing I
do: forgetting the things that are behind, and stretching forth
myself to those that are before,
14
I press towards the mark, to the prize of the supernal vocation of
God in Christ Jesus.
GOSPEL:
John 8:
1 - 11
1
And Jesus went unto mount Olivet.
2
And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the
people came to him, and sitting down he taught them.
3
And the scribes and the Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in
adultery: and they set her in the midst,
4
And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.
5
Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what
sayest thou?
6
And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But
Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground.
7
When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and
said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a
stone at her.
8
And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground.
9
But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest.
And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst.
10
Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they
that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee?
11
Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee.
Go, and now sin no more.
