Daily Readings
February 4, 2023
*Two different lectionary systems are provided above: the two-year Daily Lectionary (cycles 1 and 2) and the three-year Revised Common Lectionary (cycles A, B, and C).
Morning
Salmos 63; 149
First Reading
Isaiah 56:1-8
Second Reading
Galatians 5:25-6:10
Gospel Reading
Mark 9:14-29
Evening
Salmos 125; 90
Morning Reading 1
Salmos 63
(1) Salmo de David, cuando estaba en el desierto de Judá.
1 (2) ¡Dios mío, tú eres mi Dios!
Con ansias te busco, pues tengo sed de ti;
mi ser entero te desea,
cual tierra árida, sedienta, sin agua.
2 (3) ¡Quiero verte en tu santuario,
y contemplar tu poder y tu gloria,
3 (4) pues tu amor vale más que la vida!
Con mis labios te alabaré;
4 (5) toda mi vida te bendeciré,
y a ti levantaré mis manos en oración.
5 (6) Quedaré muy satisfecho,
como el que disfruta de un banquete delicioso,
y mis labios te alabarán con alegría.
6 (7) Por las noches, ya acostado,
te recuerdo y pienso en ti;
7 (8) pues tú eres quien me ayuda.
¡Soy feliz bajo tus alas!
8 (9) Mi vida entera está unida a ti;
tu mano derecha no me suelta.
9 (10) Los que tratan de matarme
caerán al fondo del sepulcro;
10 (11) ¡morirán a filo de espada
y serán devorados por los lobos!
11 (12) Pero el rey se alegrará en Dios;
cantarán alabanzas todos los que juran por él,
pero a los que mienten se les tapará la boca.
Morning Reading 2
Salmos 149
1 ¡Aleluya!
Canten al Señor un canto nuevo;
alábenlo en la comunidad de los fieles.
2 Alégrense los israelitas, el pueblo de Sión,
porque Dios es su Creador y Rey.
3 Alaben su nombre con danzas,
cántenle himnos al son de arpas y panderos.
4 Porque el Señor se complace en su pueblo;
da a los humildes el honor de la victoria.
5 Alégrense los fieles con el triunfo,
y aun dormidos canten de alegría.
6 Haya alabanzas a Dios en sus labios,
y en su mano una espada de dos filos
7 para vengarse de los paganos,
para castigar a las naciones,
8 para encadenar a los reyes y gente poderosa
con pesadas cadenas de hierro,
9 para cumplir en ellos la sentencia escrita.
¡Esto será una honra para todos sus fieles!
¡Aleluya!
First Reading
Isaiah 56:1-8
1 Thus says the LORD:
Maintain justice, and do what is right,
for soon my salvation will come,
and my deliverance be revealed.
2 Happy is the mortal who does this,
the one who holds it fast,
who keeps the sabbath, not profaning it,
and refrains from doing any evil
3 Do not let the foreigner joined to the LORD say,
“The LORD will surely separate me from his people”;
and do not let the eunuch say,
“I am just a dry tree.”
4 For thus says the LORD:
To the eunuchs who keep my sabbaths,
who choose the things that please me
and hold fast my covenant,
5 I will give, in my house and within my walls,
a monument and a name
better than sons and daughters;
I will give them an everlasting name
that shall not be cut off.
6 And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD,
to minister to him, to love the name of the LORD,
and to be his servants,
all who keep the sabbath, and do not profane it,
and hold fast my covenant —
7 these I will bring to my holy mountain,
and make them joyful in my house of prayer;
their burnt offerings and their sacrifices
will be accepted on my altar;
for my house shall be called a house of prayer
for all peoples.
8 Thus says the Lord GOD,
who gathers the outcasts of Israel,
I will gather others to them
besides those already gathered.
Second Reading
Galatians 5:25-6:10
5:25If we live by the Spirit, let us also be guided by the Spirit. 26Let us not become conceited, competing against one another, envying one another.
6:1My friends, if anyone is detected in a transgression, you who have received the Spirit should restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness. Take care that you yourselves are not tempted. 2Bear one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 3For if those who are nothing think they are something, they deceive themselves. 4All must test their own work; then that work, rather than their neighbor's work, will become a cause for pride. 5For all must carry their own loads.
6Those who are taught the word must share in all good things with their teacher.
7Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. 8If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. 9So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. 10So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us work for the good of all, and especially for those of the family of faith.
Gospel Reading
Mark 9:14-29
14When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. 15When the whole crowd saw him, they were immediately overcome with awe, and they ran forward to greet him. 16He asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?” 17Someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought you my son; he has a spirit that makes him unable to speak; 18and whenever it seizes him, it dashes him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid; and I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so.” 19He answered them, “You faithless generation, how much longer must I be among you? How much longer must I put up with you? Bring him to me.” 20And they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, immediately it convulsed the boy, and he fell on the ground and rolled about, foaming at the mouth. 21Jesus asked the father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. 22It has often cast him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you are able to do anything, have pity on us and help us.” 23Jesus said to him, “If you are able! — All things can be done for the one who believes.” 24Immediately the father of the child cried out, “I believe; help my unbelief!” 25When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, “You spirit that keeps this boy from speaking and hearing, I command you, come out of him, and never enter him again!” 26After crying out and convulsing him terribly, it came out, and the boy was like a corpse, so that most of them said, “He is dead.” 27But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he was able to stand. 28When he had entered the house, his disciples asked him privately, “Why could we not cast it out?” 29He said to them, “This kind can come out only through prayer.”
Evening Reading 1
Salmos 125
(1a) Cántico de las subidas.
1 (1b) Los que confían en el Señor son inconmovibles;
igual que el monte Sión, permanecen para siempre.
2 Así como los montes rodean a Jerusalén,
el Señor rodea a su pueblo ahora y siempre.
3 El mal gobierno no siempre dominará
en la tierra que Dios ha dado a su pueblo,
no sea que su pueblo comience
a practicar la maldad.
4 Señor, haz bien a los hombres buenos,
a los hombres de corazón sincero;
5 pero a los que van por mal camino
hazlos correr la suerte de los malhechores.
¡Que haya paz en Israel!
Evening Reading 2
Salmos 90
(1a) Oración de Moisés, el hombre de Dios.
1 (1b) Señor, tú has sido nuestro refugio
por todas las edades.
2 Desde antes que se formaran los montes
y que existieran la tierra y el mundo,
desde los tiempos antiguos
y hasta los tiempos postreros,
tú eres Dios.
3 Haces que el hombre vuelva al polvo
cuando dices: «Vuelvan al polvo, seres humanos.»
4 En verdad, mil años, para ti,
son como el día de ayer, que pasó.
¡Son como unas cuantas horas de la noche!
5 Arrastras a los hombres con violencia,
cual si fueran sólo un sueño;
6 son como la hierba, que brota y florece a la mañana,
pero a la tarde se marchita y muere.
7 En verdad, tu furor nos consume,
¡nos deja confundidos!
8 Nuestros pecados y maldades
quedan expuestos ante ti.
9 En verdad, toda nuestra vida
termina a causa de tu enojo;
nuestros años se van como un suspiro.
10 Setenta son los años que vivimos;
los más fuertes llegan hasta ochenta;
pero el orgullo de vivir tanto
sólo trae molestias y trabajo.
¡Los años pronto pasan, lo mismo que nosotros!
11 ¿Quién conoce la violencia de tu enojo?
¿Quién conoce tu furor?
12 Enséñanos a contar bien nuestros días,
para que nuestra mente alcance sabiduría.
13 ¡Señor, vuélvete a nosotros!
¿Cuánto más tardarás?
¡Ten compasión de estos siervos tuyos!
14 Llénanos de tu amor al comenzar el día,
y alegres cantaremos toda nuestra vida.
15 Danos tantos años de alegría
como los años de aflicción que hemos tenido.
16 ¡Haz que tus siervos y sus descendientes
puedan ver tus obras y tu gloria!
17 Que la bondad del Señor, nuestro Dios,
esté sobre nosotros.
¡Afirma, Señor, nuestro trabajo!
¡Afirma, sí, nuestro trabajo!
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