Tuesday 10 May 2022 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Tuesday 10 May 2022  
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Exodus 32:21-34

Moses said to Aaron, ‘What did this people do to you that you have
brought so great a sin upon them?’ And Aaron said, ‘Do not let the
anger of my lord burn hot; you know the people, that they are bent on
evil. They said to me, “Make us gods, who shall go before us; as for
this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do
not know what has become of him.” So I said to them, “Whoever has
gold, take it off ”; so they gave it to me, and I threw it into the
fire, and out came this calf!’

 When Moses saw that the people were running wild (for Aaron had let
them run wild, to the derision of their enemies), then Moses stood in
the gate of the camp, and said, ‘Who is on the Lord’s side? Come
to me!’ And all the sons of Levi gathered around him. He said to
them, ‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, “Put your sword on
your side, each of you! Go back and forth from gate to gate throughout
the camp, and each of you kill your brother, your friend, and your
neighbour.” ’ The sons of Levi did as Moses commanded, and about
three thousand of the people fell on that day. Moses said, ‘Today
you have ordained yourselves* for the service of the Lord, each one at
the cost of a son or a brother, and so have brought a blessing on
yourselves this day.’

 On the next day Moses said to the people, ‘You have sinned a great
sin. But now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement
for your sin.’ So Moses returned to the Lord and said, ‘Alas, this
people has sinned a great sin; they have made for themselves gods of
gold. But now, if you will only forgive their sin—but if not, blot
me out of the book that you have written.’ But the Lord said to
Moses, ‘Whoever has sinned against me I will blot out of my book.
But now go, lead the people to the place about which I have spoken to
you; see, my angel shall go in front of you. Nevertheless, when the
day comes for punishment, I will punish them for their sin.’
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1 Thessalonians 1:1-10

Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy,

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord
Jesus Christ:

Grace to you and peace. 

 We always give thanks to God for all of you and mention you in our
prayers, constantly remembering before our God and Father your work of
faith and labour of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus
Christ. For we know, brothers and sisters* beloved by God, that he has
chosen you, because our message of the gospel came to you not in word
only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full
conviction; just as you know what kind of people we proved to be among
you for your sake. And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for
in spite of persecution you received the word with joy inspired by the
Holy Spirit, so that you became an example to all the believers in
Macedonia and in Achaia. For the word of the Lord has sounded forth
from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place where
your faith in God has become known, so that we have no need to speak
about it. For the people of those regions* report about us what kind
of welcome we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols, to
serve a living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom
he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath that is
coming.
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Matthew 5:11-16

‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter
all kinds of evil against you falsely* on my account. Rejoice and be
glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they
persecuted the prophets who were before you.
 ‘You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste,
how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything,
but is thrown out and trampled under foot.

 ‘You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be
hidden. No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket,
but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the
same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see
your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 45

Psalm 45

My heart overflows with a goodly theme;
   I address my verses to the king;
   my tongue is like the pen of a ready scribe. 

You are the most handsome of men;
   grace is poured upon your lips;
   therefore God has blessed you for ever. 
Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one,
   in your glory and majesty. 

In your majesty ride on victoriously
   for the cause of truth and to defend* the right;
   let your right hand teach you dread deeds. 
Your arrows are sharp
   in the heart of the king’s enemies;
   the peoples fall under you. 

Your throne, O God,* endures for ever and ever.
   Your royal sceptre is a sceptre of equity; 
   you love righteousness and hate wickedness.
Therefore God, your God, has anointed you
   with the oil of gladness beyond your companions; 
   your robes are all fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia.
>From ivory palaces stringed instruments make you glad; 
   daughters of kings are among your ladies of honour;
   at your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir. 

Hear, O daughter, consider and incline your ear;
   forget your people and your father’s house, 
   and the king will desire your beauty.
Since he is your lord, bow to him; 
   the people* of Tyre will seek your favour with gifts,
   the richest of the people with all kinds of wealth. 

The princess is decked in her chamber with gold-woven robes;* 
   in many-coloured robes she is led to the king;
   behind her the virgins, her companions, follow. 
With joy and gladness they are led along
   as they enter the palace of the king. 

In the place of ancestors you, O king,* shall have sons;
   you will make them princes in all the earth. 
I will cause your name to be celebrated in all generations;
   therefore the peoples will praise you for ever and ever.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 47, 48

Psalm 47

Clap your hands, all you peoples;
   shout to God with loud songs of joy. 
For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome,
   a great king over all the earth. 
He subdued peoples under us,
   and nations under our feet. 
He chose our heritage for us,
   the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
          Selah 

God has gone up with a shout,
   the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
   sing praises to our King, sing praises. 
For God is the king of all the earth;
   sing praises with a psalm.* 

God is king over the nations;
   God sits on his holy throne. 
The princes of the peoples gather
   as the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
   he is highly exalted.

Psalm 48

Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised
   in the city of our God.
His holy mountain, beautiful in elevation,
   is the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion, in the far north,
   the city of the great King. 
Within its citadels God
   has shown himself a sure defence. 

Then the kings assembled,
   they came on together. 
As soon as they saw it, they were astounded;
   they were in panic, they took to flight; 
trembling took hold of them there,
   pains as of a woman in labour, 
as when an east wind shatters
   the ships of Tarshish. 
As we have heard, so have we seen
   in the city of the Lord of hosts,
in the city of our God,
   which God establishes for ever.
          Selah 

We ponder your steadfast love, O God,
   in the midst of your temple. 
Your name, O God, like your praise,
   reaches to the ends of the earth.
Your right hand is filled with victory. 
   Let Mount Zion be glad,
let the towns* of Judah rejoice
   because of your judgements. 

Walk about Zion, go all around it,
   count its towers, 
consider well its ramparts;
   go through its citadels,
that you may tell the next generation 
   that this is God,
our God for ever and ever.
   He will be our guide for ever.
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