June 30, 2014

Reading

The Book of Prophet Amos    2: 6-10, 13-16

2:6	Thus says the Lord: For three wicked deeds of Israel, and for four, I will not convert him, in so far as he has sold the just for silver and the poor for shoes.
2:7	They grind the heads of the poor into the dust of the earth, and they divert the way of the humble. And the son, as well as his father, have gone to the same girl, so that they outrage my holy name.
2:8	And they have lain on garments taken in pledge next to every altar. And they drank the wine of the damned in the house of their God.
2:9	Yet I exterminated the Amorites before their face, whose height was like the height of cedars, and whose strength was like the oak. And I crushed his fruit from above and his roots below.
2:10	It is I who caused you to ascend from the land of Egypt, and I led you in the wilderness for forty years, so that you might possess the land of the Amorite.
2:13	Behold, I will creak under you, just as a wagon creaks that is laden with hay.
2:14	And flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not maintain his strength, and the healthy will not save his life.
2:15	And one holding the bow will not stand firm, and the swift of foot will not be saved, and the rider on the horse will not save his life.
2:16	And the stout of heart among the strong will flee away naked in that day, says the Lord.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew    8: 18-22

8:18	Then Jesus, seeing the great crowds encircling him, gave orders to go across the sea.
8:19	And one scribe, approaching, said to him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you will go.”
8:20	And Jesus said to him, “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of man has nowhere to rest his head.”
8:21	Then another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.”
8:22	But Jesus said to him, “Follow me, and allow the dead to bury their dead.”