Reflecting on the Sixth
Sunday after Pentecost
Year C

Daily Readings for Tuesday
July 19, 2022

Prayer

Ever-faithful God, 

whose being is perfect righteousness: 

reconcile us in your Son 

with the helpless and the needy, 

with those we would ignore or oppress, 

and with those we have called enemies, 

that we may serve all people as your hands of love, 

and sit at the feet of those 

who need our compassionate care. Amen.

 

Psalm 119:17-32

Put false ways far from me

 

Deal bountifully with your servant,

so that I may live and observe your word.

Open my eyes, so that I may behold

wondrous things out of your law.

I live as an alien in the land;

do not hide your commandments from me.

My soul is consumed with longing

for your ordinances at all times.

You rebuke the insolent, accursed ones,

who wander from your commandments;

take away from me their scorn and contempt,

for I have kept your decrees.

Even though princes sit plotting against me,

your servant will meditate on your statutes.

Your decrees are my delight,

they are my counselors.

My soul clings to the dust;

revive me according to your word.

When I told of my ways, you answered me;

teach me your statutes.

Make me understand the way of your precepts,

and I will meditate on your wondrous works.

My soul melts away for sorrow;

strengthen me according to your word.

Put false ways far from me;

and graciously teach me your law.

I have chosen the way of faithfulness;

I set your ordinances before me.

I cling to your decrees, O Lord;

let me not be put to shame.

I run the way of your commandments,

for you enlarge my understanding.

 

Amos 8:13—9:4

No one can hide from God

 

In that day the beautiful young women and the young men

shall faint for thirst.

Those who swear by Ashimah of Samaria,

and say, “As your god lives, O Dan,”

and, “As the way of Beer-sheba lives”—

they shall fall, and never rise again.

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said:

Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake,

and shatter them on the heads of all the people;

and those who are left I will kill with the sword;

not one of them shall flee away,

not one of them shall escape.

Though they dig into Sheol,

from there shall my hand take them;

though they climb up to heaven,

from there I will bring them down.

Though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel,

from there I will search out and take them;

and though they hide from my sight at the bottom of the sea,

there I will command the sea-serpent, and it shall bite them.

And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,

there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;

and I will fix my eyes on them

for harm and not for good.

 

1 John 2:1-6

Walking as Christ walked

 

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked.

 

 

Prayer

O God of Abraham and Sarah, 

in due season, you fulfilled a promise almost too wonderful to imagine. 

Awaken us to the workings of your will in our midst, 

and keep us attentive to the things that matter, 

until the day when your mystery, 

hidden throughout the ages, 

stands fully revealed in the kingdom of all your saints. Amen.

 

Psalm 119:97-104

God’s word like honey

 

Oh, how I love your law!

It is my meditation all day long.

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,

for it is always with me.

I have more understanding than all my teachers,

for your decrees are my meditation.

I understand more than the aged,

for I keep your precepts.

I hold back my feet from every evil way,

in order to keep your word.

I do not turn away from your ordinances,

for you have taught me.

How sweet are your words to my taste,

sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Through your precepts I get understanding;

therefore I hate every false way.

 

Proverbs 9:1-18

The wise and foolish women

 

Wisdom has built her house,

she has hewn her seven pillars.

She has slaughtered her animals, she has mixed her wine,

she has also set her table.

She has sent out her servant-girls, she calls

from the highest places in the town,

“You that are simple, turn in here!”

To those without sense she says,

“Come, eat of my bread

and drink of the wine I have mixed.

Lay aside immaturity, and live,

and walk in the way of insight.”

Whoever corrects a scoffer wins abuse;

whoever rebukes the wicked gets hurt.

A scoffer who is rebuked will only hate you;

the wise, when rebuked, will love you.

Give instruction to the wise, and they will become wiser still;

teach the righteous and they will gain in learning.

The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom,

and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight.

For by me your days will be multiplied,

and years will be added to your life.

If you are wise, you are wise for yourself;

if you scoff, you alone will bear it.

The foolish woman is loud;

she is ignorant and knows nothing.

She sits at the door of her house,

on a seat at the high places of the town,

calling to those who pass by,

who are going straight on their way,

“You who are simple, turn in here!”

And to those without sense she says,

“Stolen water is sweet,

and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.”

But they do not know that the dead are there,

that her guests are in the depths of Sheol.

 

1 John 2:1-6

Walking as Christ walked

 

My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.

 

Now by this we may be sure that we know him, if we obey his commandments. Whoever says, “I have come to know him,” but does not obey his commandments, is a liar, and in such a person the truth does not exist; but whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has reached perfection. By this we may be sure that we are in him: whoever says, “I abide in him,” ought to walk just as he walked.

 

 

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