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Last updated: 02/12/2025
The Lay Leader for Sunday,
February 16th, is
John.
OLD TESTAMENT Jeremiah 17:5-10
5. Thus says the Lord: Cursed are those who trust in
mere mortals and make mere flesh their strength, whose hearts turn away from the
Lord. 6. They shall be like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see when relief
comes. They shall live in the parched places of the wilderness, in an
uninhabited salt land. 7. Blessed are
those who trust in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. 8. They shall be like a
tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear
when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is
not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.
9. The heart is devious above all else; it is
perverse—who can understand it? 10. I the Lord test the mind and search the
heart, to give to all according to their ways, according to the fruit of their
doings. (NRSV)
GOSPEL Luke
6:17-26
17. He then came down with them and stopped at a piece
of level ground where there was a large gathering of his disciples, with a great
crowd of people from all parts of Judaea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of
Tyre and Sidon 18. who had come to hear him and to be cured of their diseases.
People tormented by unclean spirits were also cured, 19. and everyone in the
crowd was trying to touch him because power came out of him that cured them all.
20. Then fixing his eyes on his disciples he said: How
blessed are you who are poor: the kingdom of God is yours. 21. Blessed are you
who are hungry now: you shall have your fill. Blessed are you who are weeping
now: you shall laugh. 22. `Blessed are you when people hate you, drive you out,
abuse you, denounce your name as criminal, on account of the Son of man.
23. Rejoice when that day comes and dance for joy, look!, your reward
will be great in heaven. This was the way their ancestors treated the prophets.
24. But alas for you who are rich: you are having your
consolation now. 25. Alas for you who have plenty to eat now: you shall go
hungry. Alas for you who are laughing now: you shall mourn and weep. 26. `Alas
for you when everyone speaks well of you! This was the way their ancestors
treated the false prophets.