Monday 2 January 2023 DAILY LECTIONARY

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Monday 2 January 2023  
DAILY LECTIONARY

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Genesis 12:1-7

Now the Lord said to Abram, ‘Go from your country and your kindred
and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. I will
make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name
great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless
you, and the one who curses you I will curse; and in you all the
families of the earth shall be blessed.’*

 So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him.
Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. Abram
took his wife Sarai and his brother’s son Lot, and all the
possessions that they had gathered, and the persons whom they had
acquired in Haran; and they set forth to go to the land of Canaan.
When they had come to the land of Canaan, Abram passed through the
land to the place at Shechem, to the oak* of Moreh. At that time the
Canaanites were in the land. Then the Lord appeared to Abram, and
said, ‘To your offspring* I will give this land.’ So he built
there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.
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Hebrews 11:1-12

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of
things not seen. Indeed, by faith* our ancestors received approval. By
faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God,
so that what is seen was made from things that are not visible.*
 By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable* sacrifice than
Cain’s. Through this he received approval as righteous, God himself
giving approval to his gifts; he died, but through his faith* he still
speaks. By faith Enoch was taken so that he did not experience death;
and ‘he was not found, because God had taken him.’ For it was
attested before he was taken away that ‘he had pleased God.’ And
without faith it is impossible to please God, for whoever would
approach him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who
seek him. By faith Noah, warned by God about events as yet unseen,
respected the warning and built an ark to save his household; by this
he condemned the world and became an heir to the righteousness that is
in accordance with faith.
 By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to set out for a place
that he was to receive as an inheritance; and he set out, not knowing
where he was going. By faith he stayed for a time in the land he had
been promised, as in a foreign land, living in tents, as did Isaac and
Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise. For he looked
forward to the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder
is God. By faith he received power of procreation, even though he was
too old—and Sarah herself was barren—because he considered him
faithful who had promised.* Therefore from one person, and this one as
good as dead, descendants were born, ‘as many as the stars of heaven
and as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.’
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John 6:35-42,48-51
 
Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me
will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be
thirsty. But I said to you that you have seen me and yet do not
believe. Everything that the Father gives me will come to me, and
anyone who comes to me I will never drive away; for I have come down
from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.
And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of
all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. This is
indeed the will of my Father, that all who see the Son and believe in
him may have eternal life; and I will raise them up on the last
day.’

 Then the Jews began to complain about him because he said, ‘I am
the bread that came down from heaven.’ They were saying, ‘Is not
this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How
can he now say, “I have come down from heaven”?’ I am the bread
of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they
died. This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that one may
eat of it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from
heaven. Whoever eats of this bread will live for ever; and the bread
that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.’
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Morning Psalms:  Psalm 34

Psalm 34

I will bless the Lord at all times;
   his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 
My soul makes its boast in the Lord;
   let the humble hear and be glad. 
O magnify the Lord with me,
   and let us exalt his name together. 

I sought the Lord, and he answered me,
   and delivered me from all my fears. 
Look to him, and be radiant;
   so your* faces shall never be ashamed. 
This poor soul cried, and was heard by the Lord,
   and was saved from every trouble. 
The angel of the Lord encamps
   around those who fear him, and delivers them. 
O taste and see that the Lord is good;
   happy are those who take refuge in him. 
O fear the Lord, you his holy ones,
   for those who fear him have no want. 
The young lions suffer want and hunger,
   but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. 

Come, O children, listen to me;
   I will teach you the fear of the Lord. 
Which of you desires life,
   and covets many days to enjoy good? 
Keep your tongue from evil,
   and your lips from speaking deceit. 
Depart from evil, and do good;
   seek peace, and pursue it. 

The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous,
   and his ears are open to their cry. 
The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
   to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 
When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears,
   and rescues them from all their troubles. 
The Lord is near to the broken-hearted,
   and saves the crushed in spirit. 

Many are the afflictions of the righteous,
   but the Lord rescues them from them all. 
He keeps all their bones;
   not one of them will be broken. 
Evil brings death to the wicked,
   and those who hate the righteous will be condemned. 
The Lord redeems the life of his servants;
   none of those who take refuge in him will be condemned.
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Evening Psalms: Psalm 33

Psalm 33

Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous.
   Praise befits the upright. 
Praise the Lord with the lyre;
   make melody to him with the harp of ten strings. 
Sing to him a new song;
   play skilfully on the strings, with loud shouts. 

For the word of the Lord is upright,
   and all his work is done in faithfulness. 
He loves righteousness and justice;
   the earth is full of the steadfast love of the Lord. 

By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
   and all their host by the breath of his mouth. 
He gathered the waters of the sea as in a bottle;
   he put the deeps in storehouses. 

Let all the earth fear the Lord;
   let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 
For he spoke, and it came to be;
   he commanded, and it stood firm. 

The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nothing;
   he frustrates the plans of the peoples. 
The counsel of the Lord stands for ever,
   the thoughts of his heart to all generations. 
Happy is the nation whose God is the Lord,
   the people whom he has chosen as his heritage. 

The Lord looks down from heaven;
   he sees all humankind. 
>From where he sits enthroned he watches
   all the inhabitants of the earth— 
he who fashions the hearts of them all,
   and observes all their deeds. 
A king is not saved by his great army;
   a warrior is not delivered by his great strength. 
The war horse is a vain hope for victory,
   and by its great might it cannot save. 

Truly the eye of the Lord is on those who fear him,
   on those who hope in his steadfast love, 
to deliver their soul from death,
   and to keep them alive in famine. 

Our soul waits for the Lord;
   he is our help and shield. 
Our heart is glad in him,
   because we trust in his holy name. 
Let your steadfast love, O Lord, be upon us,
   even as we hope in you.
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