This Sunday's Readings: March 23rd, 2025 - 3rd Sunday in Lent
The 1st Reading: A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
ISAIAH 55:1-9
The 2nd Reading: Psalm 63 (1-8)
O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Amen
The Gospel: The Holy Gospel of Jesus the Christ according to Luke (13:1-9):
At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam - fell on them - do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did." Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?' He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
LUKE 13:1-9
The 1st Reading: A Reading from the Prophet Isaiah
Ho, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and you that have no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; listen, so that you may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant, my steadfast, sure love for David. See, I made him a witness to the peoples, a leader and commander for the peoples. See, you shall call nations that you do not know, and nations that do not know you shall run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has glorified you. Seek the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake their way, and the unrighteous their thoughts; let them return to the Lord, that he may have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
ISAIAH 55:1-9
The 2nd Reading: Psalm 63 (1-8)
O God, you are my God; I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you,
as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.
Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
So I will bless you as long as I live;
I will lift up my hands and call on your name.
My soul is satisfied as with a rich feast,
and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, when I think of you on my bed
and meditate on you in the watches of the night,
for you have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy.
My soul clings to you; your right hand upholds me. Amen
The Gospel: The Holy Gospel of Jesus the Christ according to Luke (13:1-9):
At that very time there were some present who told Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. He asked them, "Do you think that because these Galileans suffered in this way they were worse sinners than all other Galileans? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam - fell on them - do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others living in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as they did." Then he told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. So he said to the gardener, 'See here! For three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and still I find none. Cut it down! Why should it be wasting the soil?' He replied, 'Sir, let it alone for one more year, until I dig around it and put manure on it. If it bears fruit next year, well and good; but if not, you can cut it down.'"
LUKE 13:1-9
Read Your Bible: March 2025
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01 Exodus 34:27-35
02 2 Kings 2:1-12a 03 Psalm 97 04 Psalms 98-99 05 Psalm 51 06 2 Cor. 5:16-6:10 07 Luke 4:1-13 08 Deut. 26:1-15 09 Psalm 91 10 Zechariah 1:1-17 11 Zechariah 1:18-2:13 12 Zechariah 3 |
13 Genesis 15:1-16
14 Luke 13:22-35 15 Psalm 27 16 Philippians 3:12-4:1 17 Exodus 3:1-15 18 Isaiah 55 19 Luke 2:41-52 20 Psalm 63 21 Psalm 103 22 Luke 13:1-9 23 1 Cor. 10:1-13 24 Isaiah 7:1-16 |
25 Isaiah 7:17-8:8
26 Luke 1:26-38 27 Luke 15:11-32 28 Joshua 5:9-15 29 2 Cor. 5:11-21 30 Psalm 32 31 Psalm 34 April 2025 01 Zechariah 4 02 Zechariah 5 03 Zechariah 6 04 Isaiah 43:14-28 |
Next Sunday’s Readings: JOSHUA 5:9-12; PSALM 32; 2 CORINTHIANS 5:16-21; LUKE 15:1-3, 11B-32
