Saturday in Season after Pentecost

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Isaiah 2:1-4

Verse 1. This is the message that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem: Verse 2. In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. Verse 3. And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Verse 4. Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.

PSALM

Psalm 119:105-112

Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.

I am severely afflicted, O LORD; revive me through Your word.

Accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me Your judgments.

I constantly take my life in my hands, yet I do not forget Your law.

The wicked have set a snare for me, but I have not strayed from Your precepts.

Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.

I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes, even to the very end.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Isaiah 52:1-6

Verse 1. Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you. Verse 2. Shake off your dust! Rise up and sit on your throne, O Jerusalem. Remove the chains from your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. Verse 3. For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.” Verse 4. For this is what the Lord GOD says: “At first My people went down to Egypt to live, then Assyria oppressed them without cause. Verse 5. And now what have I here? declares the LORD. For My people have been taken without cause; those who rule them taunt, declares the LORD, and My name is blasphemed continually all day long. Verse 6. Therefore My people will know My name; therefore they will know on that day that I am He who speaks. Here I am!”

PSALM

Psalm 65:9-13

You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

You soak its furrows and level its ridges; You soften it with showers and bless its growth.

You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.

The pastures of the wilderness overflow; the hills are robed with joy.

The pastures are clothed with flocks, and the valleys are decked with grain. They shout in triumph; indeed, they sing.

SECOND READING

John 12:44-50

Verse 44. Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me. Verse 45. And whoever sees Me sees the One who sent Me. Verse 46. I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness. Verse 47. As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. Verse 48. There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day. Verse 49. I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it. Verse 50. And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”