READINGS First Reading A reading from the Prophet Isaiah 50:4-7 I did not cover my face against insult: I know I shall not be shamed The Lord has given me a disciple’s tongue. So that I may know how to reply to the wearied he provides me with speech. Each morning he wakes me to […]
Read moreREADINGS FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Jeremiah 31:31-34 I will make a new covenant and never call their sin to mind. See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I will make a new covenant with the House of Israel (and the House of Judah), but not […]
Read moreReadings First Reading A reading from the second book of Chronicles 36:14-16. 19-23 The wrath and mercy of God are revealed in the exile and in the release of his people. All the heads of the priesthood, and the people too, added infidelity to infidelity, copying all the shameful practices of the nations and defiling […]
Read moreReadings First reading A reading form the Boook of Exodus 20:1-17 The Law given at Sinai God spoke all these words. He said, ‘I am the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. ‘You shall have no gods except me. ‘You shall not make […]
Read moreReadings First reading A reading from the Book of Genesis 22:1-2,9-13,15-18 The sacrifice of Abraham, our father in faith God put Abraham to the test. ‘Abraham, Abraham’ he called. ‘Here I am’ he replied. ‘Take your son,’ God said ‘your only child Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. There you […]
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