FIRST
READING: Isaiah
10: 5 - 7, 13 - 16
5
Ah, Assyria, the rod of my anger, the staff of my fury!
6
Against a godless nation I send him, and against the people of my
wrath I command him, to take spoil and seize plunder, and to tread
them down like the mire of the streets.
7
But he does not so intend, and his mind does not so think; but it is
in his mind to destroy, and to cut off nations not a few;
13
For he says: "By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by
my wisdom, for I have understanding; I have removed the boundaries of
peoples, and have plundered their treasures; like a bull I have
brought down those who sat on thrones.
14
My hand has found like a nest the wealth of the peoples; and as men
gather eggs that have been forsaken so I have gathered all the earth;
and there was none that moved a wing, or opened the mouth, or
chirped."
15
Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it, or the saw
magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield
him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
16
Therefore the Lord, the LORD of hosts, will send wasting sickness
among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be
kindled, like the burning of fire.
PSALM:
Psalms 94:
5 - 10, 14 - 15
5
They crush thy people, O LORD, and afflict thy heritage.
6
They slay the widow and the sojourner, and murder the fatherless;
7
and they say, "The LORD does not see; the God of Jacob does not
perceive."
8
Understand, O dullest of the people! Fools, when will you be wise?
9
He who planted the ear, does he not hear? He who formed the eye, does
he not see?
10
He who chastens the nations, does he not chastise? He who teaches men
knowledge,
14
For the LORD will not forsake his people; he will not abandon his
heritage;
15
for justice will return to the righteous, and all the upright in
heart will follow it.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 11:
25 - 27
25
At that time Jesus declared, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise
and understanding and revealed them to babes;
26
yea, Father, for such was thy gracious will.
27
All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows
the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son
and any one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
