December 9, 2014

Reading

The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 40: 1-14

40:1	“Be consoled, be consoled, O my people!” says your God.
40:2	Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call out to her! For her malice has reached its end. Her iniquity has been forgiven. She has received double for all her sins from the hand of the Lord.
40:3	The voice of one crying out in the desert: “Prepare the way of the Lord! Make straight the paths of our God, in a solitary place.
40:4	Every valley will be exalted, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked will be straightened, and the uneven will become level ways.
40:5	And the glory of the Lord will be revealed. And all flesh together will see that the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
40:6	The voice of one saying, “Cry out!” And I said, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
40:7	The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. For the Spirit of the Lord has blown over it. Действительно, the people are like grass.
40:8	The grass has dried up, and the flower has fallen. But the Word of our Lord remains for eternity.”
40:9	You who evangelize Zion, climb a high mountain! You who evangelize Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength! Lift it up! Do not be afraid! Say to the cities of Judah: «Вот, your God!”
40:10	Вот, the Lord God will arrive in strength, and his arm will rule. Вот, his reward is with him, and his work is before him.
40:11	He will pasture his flock like a shepherd. He will gather together the lambs with his arm, and he will lift them up to his bosom, and he himself will carry the very young.

 

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Matthew 18: 12-14

18:12	Как тебе кажется? Если у кого-то сто овец, и если один из них заблудился, не должен ли он оставить позади девяносто девять в горах, и выйти искать то, что сбился с пути?
18:13	И если он должен найти его: Аминь я говорю вам, что у него больше радости по этому поводу, чем за девяносто девять которые не сбились с пути.
18:14	Несмотря на это, это не воля перед вашим Отцом, кто на небесах, что один из этих малых должен быть потерян.