The Daily Lectionary for TUESDAY, June 2, 2020

 

The Daily Lectionary

TUESDAY, June 2, 2020

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Ezekiel 39:7-8, 21-29; Romans 8:26-27

(Revised Common Lectionary Year A)

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b

Renewing the face of the earth

24 How many are your works, Lord!

     In wisdom you made them all;

     the earth is full of your creatures.

25 There is the sea, vast and spacious,

     teeming with creatures beyond number—

     living things both large and small.

26 There the ships go to and fro,

     and Leviathan, which you formed to frolic there.

27 All creatures look to you

     to give them their food at the proper time.

28 When you give it to them,

     they gather it up;

   when you open your hand,

     they are satisfied with good things.

29 When you hide your face,

     they are terrified;

   when you take away their breath,

     they die and return to the dust.

30 When you send your Spirit,

     they are created,

     and you renew the face of the ground.

31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever;

     may the Lord rejoice in his works—

32 he who looks at the earth, and it trembles,

     who touches the mountains, and they smoke.

33 I will sing to the Lord all my life;

     I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,

     as I rejoice in the Lord.

35b Praise the Lord, my soul.

   Praise the Lord.

Ezekiel 39:7-8, 21-29

The promised spirit of God

39:7 “‘I will make known my holy name among my people Israel. I will no longer let my holy name be profaned, and the nations will know that I the Lord am the Holy One in Israel. 8 It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. This is the day I have spoken of.

21 “I will display my glory among the nations, and all the nations will see the punishment I inflict and the hand I lay on them. 22 From that day forward the people of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God. 23 And the nations will know that the people of Israel went into exile for their sin, because they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, and they all fell by the sword. 24 I dealt with them according to their uncleanness and their offenses, and I hid my face from them.

25 “Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will now restore the fortunes of Jacob and will have compassion on all the people of Israel, and I will be zealous for my holy name. 26 They will forget their shame and all the unfaithfulness they showed toward me when they lived in safety in their land with no one to make them afraid. 27 When I have brought them back from the nations and have gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will be proved holy through them in the sight of many nations. 28 Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, for though I sent them into exile among the nations, I will gather them to their own land, not leaving any behind. 29 I will no longer hide my face from them, for I will pour out my Spirit on the people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Romans 8:26-27

Praying in the Spirit

8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. 27 And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.

Optional parts of the readings are set off in [square brackets.]

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The Daily Lectionary for TUESDAY, June 2, 2020

Psalm 104:24-34, 35b; Ezekiel 39:7-8, 21-29; Romans 8:26-27