June 24, 2014

Reading

Jesaja 49: 1-6

49:1	Pay attention, you islands, and listen closely, you far away peoples. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the womb of my mother, he has been mindful of my name.
49:2	And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
49:3	And he has said to me: “You are my servant, Israel. For in you, I will glory.”
49:4	Og ég sagði: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Þess vegna, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
49:5	Og nú, segir Drottinn, who formed me from the womb as his servant, so that I may bring back Jacob to him, for Israel will not be gathered together, but I have been glorified in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength,
49:6	and so he has said: “It is a small thing that you should be my servant so as to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and so as to convert the dregs of Israel. Sjá, I have offered you as a light for the Gentiles, so that you may be my salvation, even to the furthest regions of the earth.”

Second Reading

The Acts of Apostles 13: 22-26

13:22	Og eftir að hafa fjarlægt hann, hann reisti þeim Davíð konung. Og bera fram vitnisburð um hann, sagði hann, „Ég hef fundið Davíð, sonur Ísaí, að vera maður eftir mínu eigin hjarta, hver mun framkvæma allt sem ég vil.’
13:23	Frá afkvæmi hans, samkvæmt fyrirheitinu, Guð hefur fært Jesú frelsarann ​​til Ísraels.
13:24	Jóhannes var að prédika, fyrir tilkomu hans, iðrunarskírn til alls Ísraelsmanna.
13:25	Þá, þegar Jón lauk námi, var hann að segja: „Ég er ekki sá sem þú telur mig vera. Fyrir sjá, einn kemur á eftir mér, skór hverra fóta ég er ekki verður að losa.’
13:26	Göfugir bræður, synir Abrahams, og þeir meðal yðar sem óttast Guð, það er til þín orð þessa hjálpræðis hefur verið sent.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke 1: 57-66, 80

1:57Now the time for Elizabeth to give birth arrived, and she brought forth a son.

1:58And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had magnified his mercy with her, and so they congratulated her.

1:59Og það gerðist, on the eighth day, they arrived to circumcise the boy, and they called him by his father’s name, Sakaría.

1:60Og sem svar, his mother said: “Not so. Í staðinn, he shall be called John.”

1:61And they said to her, “But there is no one among your relatives who is called by that name.”

1:62Then they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him to be called.

1:63And requesting a writing tablet, hann skrifaði, að segja: “His name is John.” And they all wondered.

1:64Þá, at once, his mouth was opened, and his tongue loosened, and he spoke, blessing God.

1:65And fear fell upon all of their neighbors. And all these words were made known throughout all the hill country of Judea.

1:66And all those who heard it stored it up in their heart, að segja: “What do you think this boy will be?” And indeed, the hand of the Lord was with him.

1:80And the child grew, and he was strengthened in spirit. And he was in the wilderness, until the day of his manifestation to Israel.