The Daily Lectionary for SATURDAY, July 13, 2019

The Daily Lectionary

SATURDAY, July 13, 2019

(Revised Common Lectionary Year C)

(Semi-continuous Reading Plan)

Psalm 82

A Plea for Justice
A Psalm of Asaph.
1  God has taken his place in the divine council;
     in the midst of the gods he holds judgment:
2  “How long will you judge unjustly
     and show partiality to the wicked?   Selah
3  Give justice to the weak and the orphan;
     maintain the right of the lowly and the destitute.
4  Rescue the weak and the needy;
     deliver them from the hand of the wicked.”

5  They have neither knowledge nor understanding,
     they walk around in darkness;
     all the foundations of the earth are shaken.

6  I say, “You are gods,
     children of the Most High, all of you;
7  nevertheless, you shall die like mortals,
     and fall like any prince.”

8  Rise up, O God, judge the earth;
     for all the nations belong to you!

Amos 2:12—3:8

2:12 But you made the nazirites drink wine,
     and commanded the prophets,
     saying, “You shall not prophesy.”

13 So, I will press you down in your place,
     just as a cart presses down
     when it is full of sheaves.
14 Flight shall perish from the swift,
     and the strong shall not retain their strength,
     nor shall the mighty save their lives;
15 those who handle the bow shall not stand,
     and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves,
     nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;
16 and those who are stout of heart among the mighty
     shall flee away naked in that day,
   says the Lord.

Israel’s Guilt and Punishment
3:1 Hear this word that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole family that I brought up out of the land of Egypt:

2  You only have I known
     of all the families of the earth;
   therefore I will punish you
     for all your iniquities.

3  Do two walk together
     unless they have made an appointment?
4  Does a lion roar in the forest,
     when it has no prey?
   Does a young lion cry out from its den,
     if it has caught nothing?
5  Does a bird fall into a snare on the earth,
     when there is no trap for it?
   Does a snare spring up from the ground,
     when it has taken nothing?
6  Is a trumpet blown in a city,
     and the people are not afraid?
   Does disaster befall a city,
     unless the Lord has done it?
7  Surely the Lord God does nothing,
     without revealing his secret
     to his servants the prophets.
8  The lion has roared;
     who will not fear?
   The Lord God has spoken;
     who can but prophesy?

John 3:16-21

3:16 “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.

17 “Indeed, God did not send the Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. 18 Those who believe in him are not condemned; but those who do not believe are condemned already, because they have not believed in the name of the only Son of God. 19 And this is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than light because their deeds were evil. 20 For all who do evil hate the light and do not come to the light, so that their deeds may not be exposed. 21 But those who do what is true come to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that their deeds have been done in God.”

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
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life.