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HAGGAI
1:15B-2:9
PSALM
145:1-5, 18-22
2
THESSALONIANS 2:1-5, 13-17
LUKE
20:27-38
COLLECT
Eternal God,
who caused all holy scriptures
to be written for our learning,
grant us so to hear them,
read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them,
that we may embrace and ever hold fast
the blessed hope of everlasting life,
which you have given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, for ever and ever.
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A
READING FROM THE BOOK OF HAGGAI
In the second year of
King Darius, in the seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the
month, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Haggai, saying:
Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and
to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of
the people, and say, Who is left among you that saw this house in
its former glory? How does it look to you now? Is it not in your
sight as nothing? Yet now take courage, O Zerubbabel, says the
Lord; take courage, O Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest;
take courage, all you people of the land, says the Lord; work, for
I am with you, says the Lord of hosts, according to the promise
that I made you when you came out of Egypt. My spirit abides among
you; do not fear. For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in
a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea
and the dry land; and I will shake all the nations, so that the
treasure of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house
with splendour, says the Lord of hosts. The silver is mine, and
the gold is mine, says the Lord of hosts. The latter splendour of
this house shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of
hosts; and in this place I will give prosperity, says the Lord of
hosts.
HAGGAI 1:15B-2:9
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PSALM
REFRAIN The Lord is
close to all who call him.
I
will exalt you, O God my King, and bless your Name for ever and
ever.
Every
day will I bless you and praise your name for ever and ever.
Great
is the Lord and greatly to be praised; there is no end to his
greatness. R
One
generation shall praise your works to another and shall declare
your power.
I
will ponder the glorious splendour of your majesty and all your
marvellous works. R
The
Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving in all his works.
The
Lord is near to those who call upon him, to all who call upon him
faithfully.
He
fulfils the desire of those who fear him; he hears their cry and
helps them. R
The
Lord preserves all those who love him, but he destroys all the
wicked.
My
mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; let all flesh bless his
holy name for ever and ever. R
PSALM 145:1-5, 18-22
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A
READING FROM THE SECOND LETTER OF PAUL TO THE THESSALONIANS
As to the coming of our
Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we beg
you, brothers and sisters, not to be quickly shaken in mind or
alarmed, either by spirit or by word or by letter, as though from
us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. Let no
one deceive you in any way; for that day will not come unless the
rebellion comes first and the lawless one is revealed, the one
destined for destruction. He opposes and exalts himself above
every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his
seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God. Do you not
remember that I told you these things when I was still with you?
But we must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and
sisters beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the first
fruits for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and
through belief in the truth. For this purpose he called you
through our proclamation of the good news, so that you may obtain
the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. So then, brothers and sisters,
stand firm and hold fast to the traditions that you were taught by
us, either by word of mouth or by our letter. Now may our Lord
Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through
grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts
and strengthen them in every good work and word.
2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-5, 13-17
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO LUKE
Some Sadducees, those
who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and asked him a
question, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's
brother dies, leaving a wife but no children, the man shall marry
the widow and raise up children for his brother. Now there were
seven brothers; the first married, and died childless; then the
second and the third married her, and so in the same way all seven
died childless. Finally the woman also died. In the resurrection,
therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For the seven had married
her." Jesus said to them, "Those who belong to this age
marry and are given in marriage; but those who are considered
worthy of a place in that age and in the resurrection from the
dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. Indeed they cannot
die anymore, because they are like angels and are children of God,
being children of the resurrection. And the fact that the dead are
raised Moses himself showed, in the story about the bush, where he
speaks of the Lord as the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and
the God of Jacob. Now he is God not of the dead, but of the
living; for to him all of them are alive."
LUKE 20:27-38
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