August Readings

Sunday, August 7

9th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Genesis 15:1-6
  God’s promise of a child for Abram and Sarai
• Psalm 33:12-22
  Let your lovingkindness be upon us, as we place our hope in you. (Ps. 33:22)
• Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16
  A model for us: Abraham’s faith in a new home given by God
• Luke 12:32-40
  God will give you the treasure of the kingdom; sell all that you have

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Isaiah 1:1, 10-20
  Learn to do good, seek justice, and rescue the oppressed
• Psalm 50:1-8, 22-23
  To those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God. (Ps. 50:23)

Sunday, August 14

10th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Jeremiah 23:23-29
  God’s word is like fire, like a hammer that breaks rocks
• Psalm 82
  Arise, O God, and rule the earth. (Ps. 82:8)
• Hebrews 11:29–12:2
  The faith of the Hebrew people, a great cloud of witnesses
• Luke 12:49-56
  Jesus brings fire on earth and has a baptism with which to be baptized

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Isaiah 5:1-7
  The vineyard of the Lord is destroyed
• Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19
  Look down from heaven, O God; behold and tend this vine. (Ps. 80:14, 15)

Sunday, August 21

11th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Isaiah 58:9b-14
  Do not trample the sabbath, but feed the hungry
• Psalm 103:1-8
  The Lord crowns you with mercy and steadfast love. (Ps. 103:4)
• Hebrews 12:18-29
  You have come to the city of the living God and to Jesus
• Luke 13:10-17
  Jesus heals a crippled woman on the sabbath and is condemned

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Jeremiah 1:4-10
  Jeremiah is called to be a prophet
• Psalm 71:1-6
  From my mother’s womb you have been my strength. (Ps. 71:6)

Sunday, August 28

12th Sunday after Pentecost

Readings and Psalm

• Proverbs 25:6-7
  Do not put yourself forward
• Sirach 10:12-18 (alternate)
  Judgment upon the proud
• Psalm 112
  The righteous are merciful and full of compassion. (Ps. 112:4)
• Hebrews 13:1-8, 15-16
  God is with us: let acts of mutual love continue
• Luke 14:1, 7-14
  An image of God’s reign: invite the poor, crippled to your banquet

Semicontinuous First Reading and Psalm

• Jeremiah 2:4-13
  The people of Israel forsake the Lord
• Psalm 81:1, 10-16
  I feed you with the finest wheat and satisfy you with honey from the rock. (Ps. 81:16)