Season after Pentecost

Saturday in Season after Pentecost

Saturday, July 15, 2028

Semicontinuous (Track 1)

FIRST READING

Amos 2:12-3:8

Verse 12. “But you made the Nazirites drink wine and commanded the prophets not to prophesy. Verse 13. Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain. Verse 14. Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life. Verse 15. The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the horseman will not save his life. Verse 16. Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” Verse 1. Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt: Verse 2. “Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.” Verse 3. Can two walk together without agreeing where to go? Verse 4. Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl in his den if he has caught nothing? Verse 5. Does a bird land in a snare where no bait has been set? Does a trap spring from the ground when it has nothing to catch? Verse 6. If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it? Verse 7. Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets. Verse 8. The lion has roared — who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken — who will not prophesy?

PSALM

Psalm 82

Verse 1. A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
Verse 2. “How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked?
Verse 3. Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
Verse 4. Rescue the weak and needy; save them from the hand of the wicked.
Verse 5. They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
Verse 6. I have said, ‘You are gods; you are all sons of the Most High.’
Verse 7. But like mortals you will die, and like rulers you will fall.”
Verse 8. Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.

Complementary (Track 2)

FIRST READING

Leviticus 19:1-4, 32-37

Verse 1. Then the LORD said to Moses, Verse 2. “Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy. Verse 3. Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. Verse 4. Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods. I am the LORD your God. Verse 32. You are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD. Verse 33. When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. Verse 34. You must treat the foreigner living among you as native-born and love him as yourself, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. Verse 35. You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume. Verse 36. You shall maintain honest scales and weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Verse 37. You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”

PSALM

Psalm 25:1-10

Verse 1. Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
Verse 2. in You, my God, I trust. Do not let me be put to shame; do not let my enemies exult over me.
Verse 3. Surely none who wait for You will be put to shame; but those who engage in treachery without cause will be disgraced.
Verse 4. Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
Verse 5. Guide me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; all day long I wait for You.
Verse 6. Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and loving devotion, for they are from age to age.
Verse 7. Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my rebellious acts; remember me according to Your loving devotion, because of Your goodness, O LORD.
Verse 8. Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
Verse 9. He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
Verse 10. All the LORD’s ways are loving and faithful to those who keep His covenant and His decrees.

SECOND READING

John 3:16-21

Verse 16. For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. Verse 17. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Verse 18. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. Verse 19. And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. Verse 20. Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. Verse 21. But whoever practices the truth comes into the Light, so that it may be seen clearly that what he has done has been accomplished in God.”