The Daily Lectionary for THURSDAY, June 6, 2019

Galatians 5:22-23

The Daily Lectionary

THURSDAY, June 6, 2019

(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

24 O Lord, how manifold are your works!
     In wisdom you have made them all;
     the earth is full of your creatures.
25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide,
     creeping things innumerable are there,
     living things both small and great.
26 There go the ships,
     and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it.

27 These all look to you
     to give them their food in due season;
28 when you give to them, they gather it up;
     when you open your hand, they are filled with good things.
29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed;
     when you take away their breath, they die
     and return to their dust.
30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created;
     and you renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;
     may the Lord rejoice in his works—
32 who looks on the earth and it trembles,
     who touches the mountains and they smoke.
33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live;
     I will sing praise to my God while I have being.
34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
     for I rejoice in the Lord.

35b and let the wicked be no more.

Isaiah 32:11-17

32:11 Tremble, you women who are at ease,
     shudder, you complacent ones;
   strip, and make yourselves bare,
     and put sackcloth on your loins.
12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields,
     for the fruitful vine,
13 for the soil of my people
     growing up in thorns and briers;
   yes, for all the joyous houses
     in the jubilant city.
14 For the palace will be forsaken,
     the populous city deserted;
   the hill and the watchtower
     will become dens forever,
   the joy of wild asses,
     a pasture for flocks;
15 until a spirit from on high is poured out on us,
     and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field,
     and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.

The Peace of God’s Reign
16 Then justice will dwell in the wilderness,
     and righteousness abide in the fruitful field.
17 The effect of righteousness will be peace,
     and the result of righteousness, quietness and trust forever.

Galatians 5:16-25

The Works of the Flesh
5:16 Live by the Spirit, I say, and do not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For what the flesh desires is opposed to the Spirit, and what the Spirit desires is opposed to the flesh; for these are opposed to each other, to prevent you from doing what you want. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not subject to the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are obvious: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, anger, quarrels, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I am warning you, as I warned you before: those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

The Fruit of the Spirit
22 By contrast, the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against such things. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in [square brackets.]

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The Daily Lectionary is a three year cyclical lectionary. We are currently in Year C. Beginning with the first Sunday of Advent in 2019, we will be in Year A. The year which ended at Advent 2018 was Year B. These readings complement the Sunday and festival readings: Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader for the Sunday ahead; Monday through Wednesday readings help the reader reflect and digest on what they heard in worship. Revised Common Lectionary Daily Readings, copyright © 2005 Consultation on Common Texts. www.commontexts.org
The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, generosity, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.