Open Word

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Exodus 24:12-18

Verse 12. Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.” Verse 13. So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God. Verse 14. And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.” Verse 15. When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, Verse 16. and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. Verse 17. And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites. Verse 18. Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.

PSALM

Psalm 106:1-6, 19-23

Hallelujah! Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.

Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Isaiah 24:17-23

Verse 17. Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth. Verse 18. Whoever flees the sound of panic will fall into the pit, and whoever climbs from the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of heaven are open, and the foundations of the earth are shaken. Verse 19. The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently. Verse 20. The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a shack. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again. Verse 21. In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. Verse 22. They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days. Verse 23. The moon will be confounded and the sun will be ashamed; for the LORD of Hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders with great glory.

PSALM

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.

He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

SECOND READING

Mark 2:18-22

Verse 18. Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?” Verse 19. Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast. Verse 20. But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast. Verse 21. No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, and a worse tear will result. Verse 22. And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.”