Daily Readings

1   ¡Cuán hermoso es tu santuario,
          Señor todopoderoso!
2   ¡Con qué ansia y fervor
          deseo estar en los atrios de tu templo!
     ¡Con todo el corazón
          canto alegre al Dios de la vida!

3   Aun el gorrión y la golondrina
          hallan lugar en tus altares
          donde hacerles nido a sus polluelos,
     oh Señor todopoderoso,
          Rey mío y Dios mío.
4   ¡Felices los que viven en tu templo
          y te alaban sin cesar! Selah

5   ¡Felices los que en ti encuentran ayuda,
          los que desean peregrinar hasta tu monte!
6   Cuando pasen por el valle de las Lágrimas
          lo convertirán en manantial,
          y aun la lluvia lo llenará de bendiciones;
7   Irán sus fuerzas en aumento,
          y en Sión verán al Dios supremo.

8   Señor, Dios todopoderoso,
          Dios de Jacob,
          ¡escucha mi oración! Selah
9   Mira, oh Dios, con buenos ojos
          a aquel que es nuestro escudo,
          a quien tú has escogido como rey.

10   ¡Más vale estar un día en tus atrios,
          que mil fuera de ellos!
     Prefiero ser portero del templo de mi Dios,
          que vivir en lugares de maldad.
11   Porque Dios el Señor nos alumbra y nos protege;
          el Señor ama y honra a los que viven sin tacha,
          y nada bueno les niega.

12   Señor todopoderoso,
          ¡felices los que en ti confían!

1 ¡Aleluya!

¡Alaben a Dios en su santuario!
¡Alábenlo en su majestuosa bóveda celeste!
2 ¡Alábenlo por sus hechos poderosos!
¡Alábenlo por su grandeza infinita!
3 ¡Alábenlo con toques de trompeta!
¡Alábenlo con arpa y salterio!
4 ¡Alábenlo danzando al son de panderos!
¡Alábenlo con flautas e instrumentos de cuerda!
5 ¡Alábenlo con platillos sonoros!
¡Alábenlo con platillos vibrantes!
6 ¡Que todo lo que respira alabe al Señor!

¡Aleluya!

¹The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought:
²   Judah mourns
          and her gates languish;
     they lie in gloom on the ground,
          and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.
³    Her nobles send their servants for water;
          they come to the cisterns,
     they find no water,
          they return with their vessels empty.
     They are ashamed and dismayed
          and cover their heads,
⁴   because the ground is cracked.
          Because there has been no rain on the land
     the farmers are dismayed;
          they cover their heads.
⁵   Even the doe in the field forsakes her newborn fawn
          because there is no grass.
⁶   The wild asses stand on the bare heights,
          they pant for air like jackals;
     their eyes fail
          because there is no herbage.

⁷   Although our iniquities testify against us,
          act, O LORD, for your name’s sake;
     our apostasies indeed are many,
          and we have sinned against you.
⁸   O hope of Israel,
          its savior in time of trouble,
     why should you be like a stranger in the land,
          like a traveller turning aside for the night?
⁹   Why should you be like someone confused,
          like a mighty warrior who cannot give help?
     Yet you, O LORD, are in the midst of us,
          and we are called by your name;
          do not forsake us!

¹⁰  Thus says the LORD concerning this people:
     Truly they have loved to wander,
          they have not restrained their feet;
     therefore the LORD does not accept them,
          now he will remember their iniquity
          and punish their sins.

¹¹The LORD said to me: Do not pray for the welfare of this people. ¹²Although they fast, I do not hear their cry, and although they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I do not accept them; but by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence I consume them.

¹³Then I said: “Ah, Lord GOD! Here are the prophets saying to them, ‘You shall not see the sword, nor shall you have famine, but I will give you true peace in this place.’ ¹⁴And the LORD said to me: The prophets are prophesying lies in my name; I did not send them, nor did I command them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a lying vision, worthless divination, and the deceit of their own minds. ¹⁵Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who prophesy in my name though I did not send them, and who say, “Sword and famine shall not come on this land”: By sword and famine those prophets shall be consumed. ¹⁶And the people to whom they prophesy shall be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword. There shall be no one to bury them — themselves, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickednessupon them.

¹⁷  You shall say to them this word:
     Let my eyes run down with tears night and day,
          and let them not cease,
     for the virgin daughter — my people — is struck down with a crushing blow,
          with a very grievous wound.
¹⁸  If I go out into the field,
          look — those killed by the sword!
     And if I enter the city,
          look — those sick with famine!
     For both prophet and priest ply their trade throughout the land,
          and have no knowledge.

¹⁹  Have you completely rejected Judah?
          Does your heart loathe Zion?
     Why have you struck us down
          so that there is no healing for us?
     We look for peace, but find no good;
          for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.
²⁰  We acknowledge our wickedness, O LORD,
          the iniquity of our ancestors,
          for we have sinned against you.
²¹  Do not spurn us, for your name’s sake;
          do not dishonor your glorious throne;
          remember and do not break your covenant with us.
²²  Can any idols of the nations bring rain?
          Or can the heavens give showers?
     Is it not you, O LORD our God?
          We set our hope on you,
          for it is you who do all this.

²¹Tell me, you who desire to be subject to the law, will you not listen to the law? ²²For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and the other by a free woman. ²³One, the child of the slave, was born according to the flesh; the other, the child of the free woman, was born through the promise. ²⁴Now this is an allegory: these women are two covenants. One woman, in fact, is Hagar, from Mount Sinai, bearing children for slavery. ²⁵Now Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. ²⁶But the other woman corresponds to the Jerusalem above; she is free, and she is our mother. ²⁷For it is written,
     “Rejoice, you childless one, you who bear no children,
          burst into song and shout, you who endure no birth pangs;
     for the children of the desolate woman are more numerous
          than the children of the one who is married.”
²⁸Now you, my friends, are children of the promise, like Isaac. ²⁹But just as at that time the child who was born according to the flesh persecuted the child who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also. ³⁰But what does the scripture say? “Drive out the slave and her child; for the child of the slave will not share the inheritance with the child of the free woman.” ³¹So then, friends, we are children, not of the slave but of the free woman. ^5:1For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

¹¹The Pharisees came and began to argue with him, asking him for a sign from heaven, to test him. ¹²And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said, “Why does this generation ask for a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.” ¹³And he left them, and getting into the boat again, he went across to the other side.

¹⁴Now the disciples had forgotten to bring any bread; and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. ¹⁵And he cautioned them, saying, “Watch out — beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod.” ¹⁶They said to one another, “It is because we have no bread.” ¹⁷And becoming aware of it, Jesus said to them, “Why are you talking about having no bread? Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? ¹⁸Do you have eyes, and fail to see? Do you have ears, and fail to hear? And do you not remember? ¹⁹When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?” They said to him, “Twelve.” ²⁰“And the seven for the four thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces did you collect?” And they said to him, “Seven.” ²¹Then he said to them, “Do you not yet understand?”

1   Como ciervo sediento en busca de un río,
          así, Dios mío, te busco a ti.
2   Tengo sed de Dios,
          del Dios de la vida.
     ¿Cuándo volveré a presentarme
          ante Dios?
3   Día y noche, mis lágrimas son mi alimento
          mientras a todas horas me preguntan:
     "¿Dónde está tu Dios?"

4   Estas cosas recuerdo
          al dar rienda suelta a mi dolor:
     cómo marchaba con la multitud
          conduciéndola al templo de Dios,
     entre gritos de alegría y gratitud,
          una multitud en fiesta.
5   ¿Por qué voy a desanimarme, oh alma mía,
          y por qué estar turbada dentro de mí?
     Espera en Dios, pues aún he de alabarlo,
          mi salvación y mi Dios.

6   Mi alma está abatida dentro de mí;
          por eso me acuerdo de ti
     desde la tierra del Jordán y del Hermón,
          desde el monte Misar.
7   Un abismo llama a otro
          al estruendo de tus cascadas;
     todas tus ondas y tus olas
          han pasado sobre mí.
8   De día el Señor mandará su misericordia,
          y de noche su canto estará conmigo,
          una oración al Dios de mi vida.

9   Diré a Dios, mi roca:
          "¿Por qué me has olvidado?
     ¿Por qué he de andar lamentándome
          oprimido por el enemigo?"
10  Como quien tiene herida mortal en los huesos,
          mis adversarios me afrentan,
     mientras me dicen constantemente:
          "¿Dónde está tu Dios?"

11  ¿Por qué voy a desanimarme, oh alma mía,
          y por qué estar turbada dentro de mí?
     Espera en Dios, pues aún he de alabarlo,
          mi salvación y mi Dios.

1 Feliz el hombre a quien sus culpas y pecados
le han sido perdonados por completo.
2 Feliz el hombre que no es mal intencionado
y a quien el Señor no acusa de falta alguna.

3 Mientras no confesé mi pecado,
mi cuerpo iba decayendo
por mi gemir de todo el día,
4 pues de día y de noche
tu mano pesaba sobre mí.
Como flor marchita por el calor del verano,
así me sentía decaer.

5 Pero te confesé sin reservas
mi pecado y mi maldad;
decidí confesarte mis pecados,
y tú, Señor, los perdonaste.

6 Por eso, en momentos de angustia
los fieles te invocarán,
y aunque las aguas caudalosas se desborden,
no llegarán hasta ellos.
7 Tú eres mi refugio:
me proteges del peligro,
me rodeas de gritos de liberación.

8 El Señor dice:
«Mis ojos están puestos en ti.
Yo te daré instrucciones,
te daré consejos,
te enseñaré el camino que debes seguir.
9 No seas como el mulo o el caballo,
que no pueden entender
y hay que detener su brío
con el freno y con la rienda,
pues de otra manera no se acercan a ti.»

10 Los malvados tendrán muchos dolores,
pero el amor del Señor envuelve
a los que en él confían.
11 Alégrense en el Señor,
hombres buenos y honrados;
¡alégrense y griten de alegría!