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What these readings tell us about God
What these readings tell us to do
What these readings tell us not to do
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Thus says the LORD: Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God; you have collapsed through your guilt. Take with you words, and return to the LORD; Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and receive what is good, that we may render as offerings the bullocks from our stalls. Assyria will not save us, nor shall we have horses to mount; We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands; for in you the orphan finds compassion.”
I will heal their defection, says the LORD, I will love them freely; for my wrath is turned away from them. I will be like the dew for Israel: he shall blossom like the lily; He shall strike root like the Lebanon cedar, and put forth his shoots. His splendor shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like the Lebanon cedar. Again they shall dwell in his shade and raise grain; They shall blossom like the vine, and his fame shall be like the wine of Lebanon. Ephraim! What more has he to do with idols? I have humbled him, but I will prosper him. “I am like a verdant cypress tree”–Because of me you bear fruit!
Let him who is wise understand these things; let him who is prudent know them. Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk, but sinners stumble in them.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 81:6-11, 14, 17
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
An unfamiliar speech I hear: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
In distress you called, and I rescued you.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“Unseen, I answered you in thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Hear, my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, will you not hear me?”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“There shall be no strange god among you nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God who led you forth from the land of Egypt.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“If only my people would hear me, and Israel walk in my ways,
I would feed them with the best of wheat, and with honey from the rock I would fill them.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
An unfamiliar speech I hear: “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
In distress you called, and I rescued you.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“Unseen, I answered you in thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Hear, my people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, will you not hear me?”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“There shall be no strange god among you nor shall you worship any alien god.
I, the LORD, am your God who led you forth from the land of Egypt.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
“If only my people would hear me, and Israel walk in my ways,
I would feed them with the best of wheat, and with honey from the rock I would fill them.”
R. I am the Lord your God: hear my voice.
Repent, says the Lord; the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.
One of the scribes came to Jesus and asked him, “Which is the first of all the commandments?”
Jesus replied, “The first is this: Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God is Lord alone! You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength. The second is this: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these.”
The scribe said to him, “Well said, teacher. You are right in saying, He is One and there is no other than he.And to love him with all your heart, with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourselfis worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
And when Jesus saw that he answered with understanding, he said to him, “You are not far from the Kingdom of God.” And no one dared to ask him any more questions.
What these readings tell us about God
Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity, and receive what is good
in you the orphan finds compassion
I will heal their defection, says the LORD
I will love them freely
I will be like the dew for Israel: he shall blossom like the lily
I have humbled him, but I will prosper him
Because of me you bear fruit
Straight are the paths of the LORD, in them the just walk
I relieved his shoulder of the burden
In distress you called, and I rescued you
I tested you
In distress you called, and I rescued you
I tested you
I will admonish you
I, the LORD, am your God who led you forth from the land of Egypt
I would feed them with the best of wheat
I would feed them with the best of wheat
with honey from the rock I would fill them
the Kingdom of heaven is at hand
The Lord our God is Lord alone
to love him with all your heart with all your understanding, with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourselfis worth more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices
What these readings tell is to do
Return, O Israel, to the LORD, your God
return to the LORD
Say to him, “Forgive all iniquity”
Let him who is wise understand
let him who is prudent know
hear my voice
hear my voice
Hear, my people
hear my voice
Hear, my people
hear me
hear my voice
hear my voice
hear me
hear my voice
hear my voice
hear me
walk in my ways
hear my voice
hear my voice
Hear
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength
You shall love your neighbor as yourself
What these readings tell us not to do
you have collapsed through your guilt
Assyria will not save us, nor shall we have horses to mount
We shall say no more, ‘Our god,’ to the work of our hands
There shall be no strange god among you nor shall you worship any alien god
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