READINGS FIRST READING Amos 6:1,4-7 Woe to those who live in luxury The almighty Lord says this: Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria, those famous men of this first of nations to whom the House of Israel goes as client. Lying […]
Read moreREADINGS FIRST READING Isaiah 66:18-21 They will bring all your brothers from all the nations The Lord says this: I am coming to gather the nations of every language. They shall come to witness my glory. I will give them a sign and send some of their survivors to the nations: to Tarshish, Put, Lud, […]
Read moreREADINGS FIRST READING Ecclesiastes 1:2,2:21-23 Vanity of vanities; all is vanity Vanity of vanities, the Preacher says. Vanity of vanities. All is vanity! For so it is that a man who has laboured wisely, skilfully and successfully must leave what is his own to someone who has not toiled for it at all. This, too, […]
Read moreREADINGS FIRST READING Genesis 18:20-32 Abraham negotiates with the Lord The Lord said, ‘How great an outcry there is against Sodom and Gomorrah! How grievous is their sin! I propose to go down and see whether or not they have done all that is alleged in the outcry against them that has come up to […]
Read moreREADINGS FIRST READING Genesis 18:1-10 ‘Next year your wife Sarah will have a son’ The Lord appeared to Abraham at the Oak of Mamre while he was sitting by the entrance of the tent during the hottest part of the day. He looked up, and there he saw three men standing near him. As soon […]
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