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Old Testament Readings
Sunday 27 August
2017
Isaiah
51:1-6
Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness, you that seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn, and
to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah
who bore you; for he was but one when I called him, but I blessed him and made
him many. For the Lord will comfort Zion; he
will comfort all her waste places, and will make her wilderness like Eden, her
desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and
gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song. Listen to
me, my people, and give heed to me, my nation; for a teaching will go out from
me, and my justice for a light to the peoples. I will bring near my deliverance
swiftly, my salvation has gone out and my arms will rule the peoples; the
coastlands wait for me, and for my arm they hope. Lift up your eyes to the
heavens, and look at the earth beneath; for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment, and those who live on it will die like
gnats; but my salvation will be for ever, and my deliverance will never be
ended.
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This
reading is a call to remember the works of God in order that this remembrance
might give hope for more yet to come.
God has been faithful, and God will continue to be faithful. God’s promises and presence do not end. We who hear these words many generations
later cling to this promise, and we share that promise and that hope with those
who follow us. We do so in the hopes
that they will continue to share this hope for generations to come. Confidence in God gives us the strength to
share our story and point others to God.
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Father Timothy
Alleman
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