Daily Reading for Saturday, November 9th, 2013 Reading 1, Genesis 28:11-18 11 When he had reached a certain place, he stopped there for the night, since the sun had set. Taking one of the stones of that place, he made it his pillow and lay down where he was.12 He had a dream: there was a ladder, planted on the ground with its top reaching to heaven; and Gods angels were going up and down on it.13 And there was Yahweh, standing beside him and saying, I, Yahweh, am the God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac. The ground on which you are lying I shall give to you and your descendants.14 Your descendants will be as plentiful as the dust on the ground; you will spread out to west and east, to north and south, and all clans on earth will bless themselves by you and your descendants.15 Be sure, I am with you; I shall keep you safe wherever you go, and bring you back to this country, for I shall never desert you until I have done what I have promised you.16 Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, Truly, Yahweh is in this place and I did not know!17 He was afraid and said, How awe-inspiring this place is! This is nothing less than the abode of God, and this is the gate of heaven!18 Early next morning, Jacob took the stone he had used for his pillow, and set it up as a pillar, pouring oil over the top of it. Gospel, Luke 19:1-10 1 He entered Jericho and was going through the town2 and suddenly a man whose name was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man.3 He kept trying to see which Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd;4 so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way.5 When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him, Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I am to stay at your house today.6 And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully.7 They all complained when they saw what was happening. He has gone to stay at a sinners house, they said.8 But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.9 And Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham;10 for the Son of man has come to seek out and save what was lost.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Nov 2013 00:36:30 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015