Readings for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
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A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Zechariah (9:9-12)
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the war horse from Jerusalem; and the battle bow shall be cut off, and he shall speak peace to the nations; his rule shall be from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends of the earth. As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.
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Psalm 145 1-13 Exaltabo te, Deus
1 I will magnify thee, O God my King; *
and I will praise thy Name for ever and ever.
2 Every day will I give thanks unto thee; *
and praise thy Name for ever and ever.
3 Great is the Lord, and marvelous worthy to
be praised; *
there is no end of his greatness.
4 One generation shall praise thy works unto another, *
and declare thy power.
5 As for me, I will be talking of thy worship, *
thy glory, thy praise, and wondrous works;
6 So that men shall speak of the might of thy
marvelous acts; *
and I will also tell of thy greatness.
7 The memorial of thine abundant kindness shall
be showed, *
and men shall sing of thy righteousness.
8 The Lord is gracious and merciful; *
long-suffering, and of great goodness.
9 The Lord is loving unto every man; *
and his mercy is over all his works.
10 All thy works praise thee, O Lord; *
and thy saints give thanks unto thee.
11 They show the glory of thy kingdom, *
and talk of thy power,
12 That thy power, thy glory, and mightiness of
thy kingdom, *
might be known unto men.
13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, *
and thy dominion endureth throughout all ages.
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A Reading from the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans (7:21-8:6).
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin which dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I of myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace.
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The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ According to St. Matthew (11:25-30)
At that time, Jesus declared, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will. All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
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