OLD TESTAMENT: Psalm 77: 11-20                      Leo

I will remember the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will remember your miracles of long ago.¹² I will consider all your works and meditate on all your mighty deeds.” ¹³ Your ways, God, are holy. What god is as great as our God? ¹⁴ You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples.¹⁵ With your mighty arm you redeemed your people, the descendants of Jacob and Joseph.¹⁶ The waters saw you, God, the waters saw you and writhed; the very depths were convulsed.¹⁷ The clouds poured down water, the heavens resounded with thunder; your arrows flashed back and forth.18 Your thunder was heard in the whirlwind, your lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.¹⁹ Your path led through the sea, your way through the mighty waters, though your footprints were not seen.²⁰ You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

NEW TESTAMENT: Galatians 5:13-25                    John

¹³ You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love. ¹⁴ For the entire law is fulfilled in keeping this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” ¹⁵ If you bite and devour each other, watch out or you will be destroyed by each other.

¹⁶ So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. ¹⁷ For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so that you are not to do whatever you want. ¹⁸ But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

¹⁹ The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; ²⁰ idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions ²¹ and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³ gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴ Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. ²⁵ Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit.