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| "The Man at the Plough" -- by James Tissot |
FIRST
READING: 1 Kings
19: 16, 19 - 21
16
And Eliseus the son of Saphat, of Abelmeula, thou shalt anoint to be
prophet in thy room.
19
And Elias departing from thence, found Eliseus the son of Saphat,
ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and he was one of them that were
ploughing with twelve yoke of oxen: and when Elias came up to him, he
cast his mantle upon him.
20
And he forthwith left the oxen and ran after Elias, and said: Let me,
I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow
thee. And he said to him: Go, and return back: for that which was my
part, I have done to thee.
21
And returning back from him, he took a yoke of oxen, and killed them,
and boiled the flesh with the plough of the oxen, and gave to the
people, and they ate: and rising up he went away, and followed Elias,
and ministered to him.
PSALM:
Psalms 16:
1 - 2, 5, 7 - 11
1
The inscription of a title to David himself. Preserve me, O Lord, for
I have put trust in thee.
2
I have said to the Lord, thou art my God, for thou hast no need of my
goods.
5
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou
that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
7
I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover my
reins also have corrected me even till night.
8
I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I
be not moved.
9
Therefore my heart hath been glad, and my tongue hath rejoiced:
moreover my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10
Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy
holy one to see corruption.
11
Thou hast made known to me the ways of life, thou shalt fill me with
joy with thy countenance: at thy right hand are delights even to the
end.
SECOND
READING: Galatians
5: 1, 13 - 18
1
Stand fast, and be not held again under the yoke of bondage.
13
For you, brethren, have been called unto liberty: only make not
liberty an occasion to the flesh, but by charity of the spirit serve
one another.
14
For all the law is fulfilled in one word: Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself.
15
But if you bite and devour one another; take heed you be not consumed
one of another.
16
I say then, walk in the spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lusts
of the flesh.
17
For the flesh lusteth against the spirit: and the spirit against the
flesh; for these are contrary one to another: so that you do not the
things that you would.
18
But if you are led by the spirit, you are not under the law.
GOSPEL:
Luke 9:
51 - 62
51
And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were
accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.
52
And he sent messengers before his face; and going, they entered into
a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him.
53
And they received him not, because his face was of one going to
Jerusalem.
54
And when his disciples James and John had seen this, they said: Lord,
wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume
them?
55
And turning, he rebuked them, saying: You know not of what spirit you
are.
56
The Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save. And they went
into another town.
57
And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man
said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.
58
Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air
nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
59
But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me first
to go, and to bury my father.
60
And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou, and
preach the kingdom of God.
61
And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take my
leave of them that are at my house.
62
Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough, and looking
back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
