Season after Pentecost
Saturday in Season after Pentecost
Saturday, November 21, 2026
Semicontinuous (Track 1)
FIRST READING
Ezekiel 34:25-31
Verse 25. I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. Verse 26. I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season— showers of blessing. Verse 27. The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. Verse 28. They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them. Verse 29. And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. Verse 30. Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD. Verse 31. ‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
PSALM
Psalm 100
Complementary (Track 2)
FIRST READING
Isaiah 44:21-28
Verse 21. Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you. Verse 22. I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. Verse 23. Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel. Verse 24. Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth, Verse 25. who foils the signs of false prophets and makes fools of diviners, who confounds the wise and turns their knowledge into nonsense, Verse 26. who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’ Verse 27. who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’ Verse 28. who says of Cyrus, ‘My shepherd will fulfill all that I desire,’ who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be rebuilt,’ and of the temple, ‘Let its foundation be laid.’”
PSALM
Psalm 95:1-7a
SECOND READING
Matthew 12:46-50
Verse 46. While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him. Verse 47. Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.” Verse 48. But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?” Verse 49. Pointing to His disciples, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers. Verse 50. For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”