Saturday 9 December 2023 DAILY LECTIONARY
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Saturday 9 December 2023
DAILY LECTIONARY
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Amos 5:18-27
Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light;
as if someone fled from a lion,
and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
and was bitten by a snake.
Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Even though you offer me your burnt-offerings and grain-offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
Did you bring to me sacrifices and offerings the forty years in the
wilderness, O house of Israel? You shall take up Sakkuth your king,
and Kaiwan your star-god, your images* that you made for yourselves;
therefore I will take you into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord,
whose name is the God of hosts.
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Jude 17-25
But you, beloved, must remember the predictions of the apostles of our
Lord Jesus Christ; for they said to you, ‘In the last time there
will be scoffers, indulging their own ungodly lusts.’ It is these
worldly people, devoid of the Spirit, who are causing divisions. But
you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the
Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God; look forward to the
mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to* eternal life. And have
mercy on some who are wavering; save others by snatching them out of
the fire; and have mercy on still others with fear, hating even the
tunic defiled by their bodies.*
Now to him who is able to keep you from falling, and to make you
stand without blemish in the presence of his glory with rejoicing, to
the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory,
majesty, power, and authority, before all time and now and for ever.
Amen.
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Matthew 22:15-22
Then the Pharisees went and plotted to entrap him in what he said. So
they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians, saying,
‘Teacher, we know that you are sincere, and teach the way of God in
accordance with truth, and show deference to no one; for you do not
regard people with partiality. Tell us, then, what you think. Is it
lawful to pay taxes to the emperor, or not?’ But Jesus, aware of
their malice, said, ‘Why are you putting me to the test, you
hypocrites? Show me the coin used for the tax.’ And they brought him
a denarius. Then he said to them, ‘Whose head is this, and whose
title?’ They answered, ‘The emperor’s.’ Then he said to them,
‘Give therefore to the emperor the things that are the emperor’s,
and to God the things that are God’s.’ When they heard this, they
were amazed; and they left him and went away.
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Morning Psalms: Psalm 20, 21
Psalm 20
The Lord answer you in the day of trouble!
The name of the God of Jacob protect you!
May he send you help from the sanctuary,
and give you support from Zion.
May he remember all your offerings,
and regard with favour your burnt sacrifices.
Selah
May he grant you your heart’s desire,
and fulfil all your plans.
May we shout for joy over your victory,
and in the name of our God set up our banners.
May the Lord fulfil all your petitions.
Now I know that the Lord will help his anointed;
he will answer him from his holy heaven
with mighty victories by his right hand.
Some take pride in chariots, and some in horses,
but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.
They will collapse and fall,
but we shall rise and stand upright.
Give victory to the king, O Lord;
answer us when we call.
Psalm 21
In your strength the king rejoices, O Lord,
and in your help how greatly he exults!
You have given him his heart’s desire,
and have not withheld the request of his lips.
Selah
For you meet him with rich blessings;
you set a crown of fine gold on his head.
He asked you for life; you gave it to him—
length of days for ever and ever.
His glory is great through your help;
splendour and majesty you bestow on him.
You bestow on him blessings for ever;
you make him glad with the joy of your presence.
For the king trusts in the Lord,
and through the steadfast love of the Most High he shall not be
moved.
Your hand will find out all your enemies;
your right hand will find out those who hate you.
You will make them like a fiery furnace
when you appear.
The Lord will swallow them up in his wrath,
and fire will consume them.
You will destroy their offspring from the earth,
and their children from among humankind.
If they plan evil against you,
if they devise mischief, they will not succeed.
For you will put them to flight;
you will aim at their faces with your bows.
Be exalted, O Lord, in your strength!
We will sing and praise your power.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 110, 116, 117
Psalm 110
The Lord says to my lord,
‘Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies your footstool.’
The Lord sends out from Zion
your mighty sceptre.
Rule in the midst of your foes.
Your people will offer themselves willingly
on the day you lead your forces
on the holy mountains.*
>From the womb of the morning,
like dew, your youth* will come to you.
The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,
‘You are a priest for ever according to the order of
Melchizedek.’*
The Lord is at your right hand;
he will shatter kings on the day of his wrath.
He will execute judgement among the nations,
filling them with corpses;
he will shatter heads
over the wide earth.
He will drink from the stream by the path;
therefore he will lift up his head.
Psalm 116
I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my supplications.
Because he inclined his ear to me,
therefore I will call on him as long as I live.
The snares of death encompassed me;
the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me;
I suffered distress and anguish.
Then I called on the name of the Lord:
‘O Lord, I pray, save my life!’
Gracious is the Lord, and righteous;
our God is merciful.
The Lord protects the simple;
when I was brought low, he saved me.
Return, O my soul, to your rest,
for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.
For you have delivered my soul from death,
my eyes from tears,
my feet from stumbling.
I walk before the Lord
in the land of the living.
I kept my faith, even when I said,
‘I am greatly afflicted’;
I said in my consternation,
‘Everyone is a liar.’
What shall I return to the Lord
for all his bounty to me?
I will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people.
Precious in the sight of the Lord
is the death of his faithful ones.
O Lord, I am your servant;
I am your servant, the child of your serving-maid.
You have loosed my bonds.
I will offer to you a thanksgiving sacrifice
and call on the name of the Lord.
I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people,
in the courts of the house of the Lord,
in your midst, O Jerusalem.
Praise the Lord!
Psalm 117
Praise the Lord, all you nations!
Extol him, all you peoples!
For great is his steadfast love towards us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures for ever.
Praise the Lord!
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