Daily Reading for Saturday, August 20th, 2016

Reading 1, Ezekiel 43:1-7

¹ He took me to the gate, the one facing east.

² I saw the glory of the God of Israel approaching from the east. A sound came with him like the sound of the ocean, and the earth shone with his glory.

³ This vision was like the one I had seen when I had come for the destruction of the city, and like the one I had seen by the River Chebar. Then I fell to the ground.

⁴ The glory of Yahweh arrived at the Temple by the east gate.

⁵ The Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; I saw the glory of Yahweh fill the Temple.

⁶ And I heard someone speaking to me from the Temple while the man stood beside me.

⁷ He said, 'Son of man, this is the dais of my throne, the step on which I rest my feet. I shall live here among the Israelites for ever; and the House of Israel, they and their kings, will never again defile my holy name with their whorings and the corpses of their kings,

Responsorial Psalm, Psalms 85:9-10, 11-12, 13-14

⁹ His saving help is near for those who fear him, his glory will dwell in our land.

¹⁰ Faithful Love and Loyalty join together, Saving Justice and Peace embrace.

¹¹ Loyalty will spring up from the earth, and Justice will lean down from heaven.

¹² Yahweh will himself give prosperity, and our soil will yield its harvest.

¹³ Justice will walk before him, treading out a path.