Daily Bible Readings
Last Sunday of the Church Year
Chief Hymn: The Lutheran Hymnal #67Liturgical Color: Green
Introit
FOR I - || know the thoughts that I think toward | you, | says | the | Lord, *
Thoughts of peace and | not | of | e- - | vil,
|| Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will | lis- | ten | to |
you. *
And I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from | all | the | pla- - | ces. (Jeremiah 29:11a, 12, 14b)
|| Lord, You have been favora- | ble | to | Your | land; *
You have brought back the captivi- | ty | of | Ja- - | cob.
|| Show us | Your | mer- | cy, | Lord, *
And grant us | Your | sal- | va- - | tion.
|| Surely His salvation is near to | those | who | fear | Him, *
That glory may | dwell | in | our - | land.
|| Truth shall spring | out | of | the | earth, *
And righteousness shall look | down | from | heav- - | en. (Ps. 85:1, 7, 9, 11)
GLORIA PATRI (From Hymnal)
|| For I know the thoughts that I think toward | you, | says | the | Lord, *
Thoughts of peace and | not | of | e- - | vil,
|| Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will | lis- | ten | to |
you. *
And I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from | all | the | pla- - | ces. (Jeremiah 29:11a, 12, 14b)
Psalm Readings
Collect
Absolve, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy people from their offenses, that from the bonds of our sins which by reason of our frailty we have brought upon us we may be delivered by Thy bountiful goodness; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, ever one God, world without end. Amen.
Old Testament Reading (TLH): Is. 65:17-19
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First Reading: 1 Thess. 5:1-11
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Gradual
|| The King’s daughter shall be | brought | to | the | King; *
The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall | be | brought| to - | You.
|| With gladness and rejoicing | they | shall | be | brought; *
They shall enter | the | King’s | pa- - | lace. (Psalm 45:14a, 15)
Verse
|| Al- | — | le- | lu - | ia! *
| Al- | — | le- | lu- - | ia!
|| I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of | heav- | en | from | God, *
Prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. | Al- | le- | lu- - | ia! (Rev. 21:2)
Second Reading: Matt. 25:1-13
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Devotion from the Lutheran Herald
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.