FIRST READING:
Deuteronomy 4: 32 - 34, 39 -
40
32
"For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you,
since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one
end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has
ever happened or was ever heard of.
33
Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst
of the fire, as you have heard, and still live?
34
Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself
from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders,
and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great
terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt
before your eyes?
39
know therefore this day, and lay it to your heart, that the LORD is
God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other.
40
Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I
command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your
children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land
which the LORD your God gives you for ever."
PSALM:
Psalms 33: 4 - 6, 9, 18 - 20,
22
4
For the word of the LORD is upright; and all his work is done in
faithfulness.
5
He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the
steadfast love of the LORD.
6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all their host by
the breath of his mouth.
9
For he spoke, and it came to be; he commanded, and it stood forth.
18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who
hope in his steadfast love,
19
that he may deliver their soul from death, and keep them alive in
famine.
20
Our soul waits for the LORD; he is our help and shield.
22
Let thy steadfast love, O LORD, be upon us, even as we hope in thee.
SECOND READING:
Romans 8: 14 - 17
14
For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.
15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear,
but you have received the spirit of sonship. When we cry, "Abba!
Father!"
16
it is the Spirit himself bearing witness with our spirit that we are
children of God,
17
and if children, then heirs, heirs of God and fellow heirs with
Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be
glorified with him.
GOSPEL:
Matthew 28: 16 - 20
16
Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which
Jesus had directed them.
17
And when they saw him they worshiped him; but some doubted.
18
And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on
earth has been given to me.
19
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the
name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
20
teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you; and lo, I am
with you always, to the close of the age."
