December 4, 2014

Reading

Isaiah    26: 1-6

26:1	In that day, this canticle will be sung in the land of Judah. Within it will be set the city of our strength: Zion, a savior, a wall with a bulwark.
26:2	Open the gates, and let the just people who guard the truth enter.
26:3	The old error has gone away. You will serve peace: peace, for we have hoped in you.
26:4	You have trusted in the Lord for all eternity, in the Lord God almighty forever.
26:5	For he will bend down those living in the heights. He will bring low the lofty city. He will lower it, even to the ground. He will tear it down, even to the dust.
26:6	The foot will tread it down: the feet of the poor, the steps of the indigent.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    7: 21, 24-27

7:21	Not all who say to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven. But whoever does the will of my Father, who is in heaven, the same shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
7:24	Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and does them shall be compared to a wise man, who built his house upon the rock.
7:25	And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, but it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.
7:26	And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them shall be like a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand.
7:27	And the rains descended, and the floods rose up, and the winds blew, and rushed upon that house, and it did fall, and great was its ruin.”