Nehemiah 2:1-8 // Psalms 137:1-6 // Luke 9:57-62
Nehemiah 2:1-8
Psalms 137:1-6
Luke 9:57-62
Nehemiah 2:1-8
(1) Now it happened that, in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of king Artaxerxes, wine was before him; and I lifted up the wine, and I gave it to the king. And I was like someone languishing before his face (2) And the king said to me: “Why is your expression sad, though you do not appear to be sick? This is not without cause, but some evil, I know not what, is in your heart.” And I was struck with an exceedingly great fear (3) And I said to the king: “O king, live forever. Why should my expression not be mournful, since the city of the house of the sepulchers of my father is desolate, and its gates have been burned with fire? (4) And the king said to me: “What would you request?” And I prayed to the God of heaven (5) And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, and if your servant is pleasing before your face: that you would send me into Judea, to the city of the sepulcher of my father. And I will rebuild it. (6) And the king said to me, with the queen who was sitting beside him: “Until what time will your journey be, and when will you return?” And it was pleasing before the countenance of the king, and so he sent me. And I established a time for him (7) And I said to the king: “If it seems good to the king, may he give me letters to the governors of the region beyond the river, so that they may lead me through, until I arrive in Judea (8) and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king’s forest, so that he may give me timber, in order that I may be able to cover the gates of the tower of the house, and the walls of the city, and the house that I will enter.” And the king granted to me in accord with the good hand of my God, who is with me
Psalms 137:1-6
(1) Of David himself. O Lord, I will confess to you with my whole heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. I will sing psalms to you in the sight of the Angels (2) I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all (3) On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. You will multiply virtue in my soul (4) May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. For they have heard all the words of your mouth (5) And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord (6) For the Lord is exalted, and he looks with favor on the humble. But the lofty he knows from a distance
Luke 9:57-62
(57) And it happened that, as they were walking along the way, someone said to him, “I will follow you, wherever you will go. (58) Jesus said to him: “Foxes have dens, and the birds of the air have nests. But the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head. (59) Then he said to another, “Follow me.” But he said, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father. (60) And Jesus said to him: “Let the dead bury their dead. But you go and announce the kingdom of God. (61) And another said: “I will follow you, Lord. But permit me first to explain this to those of my house. (62) Jesus said to him, “No one who puts his hand to the plow, and then looks back, is fit for the kingdom of God.
Isaiah 66:10-14
(10) Rejoice with Jerusalem, and exult in her, all you who love her! Rejoice greatly with her, all you who mourn over her (11) So may you nurse and be filled, from the breasts of her consolations. So may you receive milk and overflow with delights, from every portion of her glory (12) For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will turn a river of peace toward her, with an inundating torrent: the glory of the Gentiles, from which you will nurse. You will be carried at the breasts, and they will caress you upon the knees (13) In the manner of one whom a mother caresses, so will I console you. And you will be consoled in Jerusalem (14) You will see, and your heart will be glad, and your bones will flourish like a plant, and the hand of the Lord will be known to his servants, and he will be angry with his enemies
Psalms 131:1-3
(1) A Canticle in steps. O Lord, remember David and all his meekness (2) how he swore to the Lord, how he made a vow to the God of Jacob (3) I shall not enter into the tabernacle of my house, nor climb into the bed where I lie down
Matthew 18:1-4
(1) In that hour, the disciples drew near to Jesus, saying, “Whom do you consider to be greater in the kingdom of heaven? (2) And Jesus, calling to himself a little child, placed him in their midst (3) And he said: “Amen I say to you, unless you change and become like little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven (4) Therefore, whoever will have humbled himself like this little child, such a one is greater in the kingdom of heaven
