Holy Communion Service in Malayalam
Worship Service
Lectionary Theme: Worship: In God’s Presence, for God’s Purpose Fourth Sunday after the Feast of Pentecost
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Isaiah 6:1-8 First Lesson
1. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple.
2. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew.
3. And one called to another and said: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.”
4. The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those who called, and the house filled with smoke.
5. And I said: “Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6. Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
7. The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your sin is blotted out.”
8. Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” And I said, “Here am I; send me!”
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Acts 2:42-47 Second Lesson
42. They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Life among the Believers
43. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles.
44. All who believed were together and had all things in common;
45. they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
46. Day by day, as they spent much time together in the temple, they broke bread at home and ate their food with glad and generous hearts,
47. praising God and having the goodwill of all the people. And day by day the Lord added to their number those who were being saved.
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Philippians 2:12-18 Epistle
12. Therefore, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed me, not only in my presence, but much more now in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling;
13. for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
14. Do all things without murmuring and arguing,
15. so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine like stars in the world.
16. It is by your holding fast to the word of life that I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.
17. But even if I am being poured out as a libation over the sacrifice and the offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you—
18. and in the same way you also must be glad and rejoice with me. Timothy and Epaphroditus
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Mark 12:28-34 Gospel
28. One of the scribes came near and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, he asked him, “Which commandment is the first of all?”
29. Jesus answered, “The first is, ‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one;
30. you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.’
31. The second is this, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
32. Then the scribe said to him, “You are right, Teacher; you have truly said that ‘he is one, and besides him there is no other’;
33. and ‘to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the strength,’ and ‘to love one’s neighbor as oneself,’—this is much more important than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.”
34. When Jesus saw that he answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” After that no one dared to ask him any question. The Question about David’s Son