Daily Readings

1 Amo al Señor porque ha escuchado mis súplicas,
2 porque me ha prestado atención.
¡Toda mi vida lo invocaré!
3 La muerte me enredó en sus lazos,
la angustia del sepulcro me alcanzó
y me hallé preso del miedo y del dolor.
4 Entonces invoqué el nombre del Señor
y le rogué que me salvara la vida.

5 El Señor es justo y compasivo;
nuestro Dios es todo ternura.
6 El Señor cuida de los sencillos.
Cuando yo estaba sin fuerzas, me salvó.
7 Ahora sí, puedo volver a sentirme tranquilo
porque el Señor ha sido bueno conmigo,
8 porque me ha librado de la muerte,
porque me ha librado de llorar y de caer.
9 Seré obediente al Señor
en el mundo de los que viven.

10 Yo tenía fe, a pesar de que decía
que era grande mi aflicción.
11 Desesperado, afirmé
que todo hombre es mentiroso.

12 ¿Cómo podré pagar al Señor
todo el bien que me ha hecho?
13 ¡Levantaré la copa de la salvación
e invocaré su nombre!
14 Cumpliré mis promesas al Señor
en presencia de todo su pueblo.

15 Mucho le cuesta al Señor
ver morir a los que lo aman.
16 ¡Oh Señor, yo soy tu siervo!
¡Yo soy el hijo de tu sierva!
Tú has roto los lazos que me ataban.
17 En gratitud, te ofreceré sacrificios,
e invocaré, Señor, tu nombre.
18 Cumpliré mis promesas al Señor
en presencia de todo su pueblo,
19 en los atrios del templo del Señor,
¡en medio de ti, Jerusalén!

¡Aleluya!

12 Jerusalén, alaba al Señor;
Sión, alaba a tu Dios.
13 Pues él reforzó los cerrojos de tus puertas
y bendijo a tus hijos dentro de la ciudad.
14 Él trae la paz a tu territorio
y te satisface con lo mejor del trigo.
15 Él envía su palabra a la tierra,
y su palabra corre a toda prisa.
16 Él produce la nieve como si fuera lana,
y esparce la escarcha como si fuera polvo.
17 Él envía el hielo en forma de granizo;
con el frío que envía, el agua se congela.
18 Pero envía su palabra, y la derrite;
hace soplar el viento, y el agua corre.
19 Él dio a conocer a Jacob, a Israel,
su palabra, sus leyes y decretos.
20 No hizo lo mismo con las otras naciones,
las cuales nunca conocieron sus decretos.

¡Aleluya!

¹   Sing, O barren one who did not bear;
          burst into song and shout,
          you who have not been in labor!
     For the children of the desolate woman will be more
          than the children of her that is married, says the LORD.
²   Enlarge the site of your tent,
          and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
     do not hold back; lengthen your cords
          and strengthen your stakes.
³   For you will spread out to the right and to the left,
          and your descendants will possess the nations
          and will settle the desolate towns.

⁴   Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed;
          do not be discouraged, for you will not suffer disgrace;
     for you will forget the shame of your youth,
          and the disgrace of your widowhood you will remember no more.
⁵   For your Maker is your husband,
          the LORD of hosts is his name;
     the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer,
          the God of the whole earth he is called.
⁶   For the LORD has called you
          like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit ,
     like the wife of a man’s youth when she is cast off,
          says your God.
⁷   For a brief moment I abandoned you,
          but with great compassion I will gather you.
⁸   In overflowing wrath for a moment
          I hid my face from you,
     but with everlasting love I will have compassion on you,
          says the LORD, your Redeemer.

⁹   This is like the days of Noah to me:
          Just as I swore that the waters of Noah
          would never again go over the earth,
     so I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
          and will not rebuke you.
¹⁰  For the mountains may depart
          and the hills be removed,
     but my steadfast love shall not depart from you,
          and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,
          says the LORD, who has compassion on you.

¹¹  O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted,
          I am about to set your stones in antimony,
          and lay your foundations with sapphires.
¹²  I will make your pinnacles of rubies,
          your gates of jewels,
          and all your wall of precious stones.
¹³  All your children shall be taught by the LORD,
          and great shall be the prosperity of your children.
¹⁴  In righteousness you shall be established;
          you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear;
          and from terror, for it shall not come near you.
¹⁵  If anyone stirs up strife,
          it is not from me;
     whoever stirs up strife with you
          shall fall because of you.
¹⁶  See it is I who have created the smith
          who blows the fire of coals,
          and produces a weapon fit for its purpose;
     I have also created the ravager to destroy.
¹⁷       No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper,
          and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment.
     This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD
          and their vindication from me, says the LORD.

¹For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery.

²Listen! I, Paul, am telling you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you. ³Once again I testify to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obliged to obey the entire law. ⁴You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace. ⁵For through the Spirit, by faith, we eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness. ⁶For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that counts is faith working through love.

⁷You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth? ⁸Such persuasion does not come from the one who calls you. ⁹A little yeast leavens the whole batch of dough. ¹⁰I am confident about you in the Lord that you will not think otherwise. But whoever it is that is confusing you will pay the penalty. ¹¹But my friends, why am I still being persecuted if I am still preaching circumcision? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. ¹²I wish those who unsettle you would castrate themselves!

¹³For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another. ¹⁴For the whole law is summed up in a single commandment, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵If, however, you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another.

^8:27Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” ²⁸And they answered him, “John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.” ²⁹He asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Messiah.” ³⁰And he sternly ordered them not to tell anyone about him.

³¹Then he began to teach them that the Son of Man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. ³²He said all this quite openly. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. ³³But turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things.”

³⁴He called the crowd with his disciples, and said to them, “If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. ³⁵For those who want to save their life will lose it, and those who lose their life for my sake, and for the sake of the gospel, will save it. ³⁶For what will it profit them to gain the whole world and forfeit their life? ³⁷Indeed, what can they give in return for their life? ³⁸Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of Man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

^9:1And he said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see that the kingdom of God has come with power.”

(1a) De David.
(1b) Señor, hazme justicia,
pues mi vida no tiene tacha.
En ti, Señor, confío firmemente;
2 examíname, ¡ponme a prueba!,
¡pon a prueba mis pensamientos
y mis sentimientos más profundos!
3 Yo tengo presente tu amor
y te he sido fiel;
4 jamás conviví con los mentirosos
ni me junté con los hipócritas.
5 Odio las reuniones de los malvados;
¡jamás conviví con los perversos!

6 Lavadas ya mis manos y limpias de pecado,
quiero, Señor, acercarme a tu altar,
7 y entonar cantos de alabanza,
y proclamar tus maravillas.

8 Yo amo, Señor, el templo donde vives,
el lugar donde reside tu gloria.
9 No me quites la vida junto con los pecadores;
no me hagas correr la suerte de los asesinos,
10 de esos que tienen las manos
llenas de maldad y soborno.

11 Pero mi vida es intachable;
¡sálvame, ten compasión de mí!
12 Mis pies están en terreno firme;
¡bendeciré al Señor en presencia de su pueblo!

(1a) Cántico de las subidas.
(1b) Desde el fondo del abismo
clamo a ti, Señor:
2 ¡Escucha, Señor, mi voz!,
¡atiendan tus oídos mi grito suplicante!

3 Señor, Señor,
si tuvieras en cuenta la maldad,
¿quién podría mantenerse en pie?
4 Pero en ti encontramos perdón,
para que te honremos.

5 Con toda mi alma espero al Señor,
y confío en su palabra.
6 Yo espero al Señor
más que los centinelas a la mañana.
Así como los centinelas esperan a la mañana,
7 espera tú, Israel, al Señor,
pues en él hay amor y completa libertad.
8 ¡Él librará a Israel de toda su maldad!