Thursday, December 05, 2013. 

Today's Liturgical Reading by Daily Flash, Goa.  

First Reading : Isaiah 26:1-6; Second Reading : Psalm 117[118]:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27; Gospel : Matthew 7:21, 24-27. [Please share today's Gospel.]

First Reading : Isaiah 26:1-6; 

Song of Trust in God’s Protection

26 In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah:

“We have a strong city;

He sets up walls and ramparts for security.

2 

“Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter,

The one that remains faithful.

3 

“The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace,

Because he trusts in You.

4 

“Trust in the Lord forever,

For in God the Lord, we have an everlasting Rock.

5 

“For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city;

He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust.

6 

“The foot will trample it,

The feet of the afflicted, the steps of the helpless.”

Psalm 118:1, 8-9, 19-21, 25-27

Thanksgiving for the Lord’s Saving Goodness.

1 Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good;

For His loving kindness is everlasting.

8 

It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in man.

9 

It is better to take refuge in the Lord

Than to trust in princes.

Open to me the gates of righteousness;

I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the Lord.

20 

This is the gate of the Lord;

The righteous will enter through it.

21 

I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me,

And You have become my salvation.

25 

O Lord, do save, we beseech You;

O Lord, we beseech You, do send prosperity!

26 

Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord;

We have blessed you from the house of the Lord.

27 

The Lord is God, and He has given us light;

Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar.

Second Reading : Also Read Psalm 117 


Gospel : Matthew 7:21, 24-27.

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter."

The Two Foundations

24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. 26 Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. 27 The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell—and great was its fall.”

Focus: "and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock." (Matthew 7:25)

Fruit: Let me decide to do one thing today that is according to Jesus' commandments and will surely please Him.