Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Pentecost
READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK
- First reading and Psalm
- 1 Samuel 1:4-20
- 1 Samuel 2:1-10
- Alternate First reading and Psalm
- Daniel 12:1-3
- Psalm 16
- Second reading
- Hebrews 10:11-14, (15-18), 19-25
- Gospel
- Mark 13:1-8
The gospel from Mark:
As Jesus came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left here upon another; all will be thrown down.”
When he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, “Tell us, when will this be, and what will be the sign that all these things are about to be accomplished?”
Then Jesus began to say to them, “Beware that no one leads you astray. Many will come in my name and say, ‘I am he!’ and they will lead many astray. When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed; this must take place, but the end is still to come. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines. This is but the beginning of the birthpangs.
Alpha and Omega
Eugenio Hansen 2010
Drawing
The letters are written in a style called “uncial”,
a script commonly used from
the 4th to the 8th centuries AD
by Latin and Greek scribes
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