Tuesday of the third week of Advent

Woe to the provoking, and redeemed city, the dove. ²She hath not hearkened to the voice, neither hath she received discipline: she hath not trusted in the Lord, she drew not near to her God. ⁹Because then I will restore to the people a chosen lip, that all may call upon the name of the Lord, and may serve him with one shoulder. ¹⁰From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, shall my suppliants the children of my dispersed people bring me an offering. ¹¹In that day thou shalt not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee thy proud boasters, and thou shalt no more be lifted up because of my holy mountain. ¹²And I will leave in the midst of thee a poor and needy people: and they shall hope in the name of the Lord. ¹³The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies, nor shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed, and shall lie down, and there shall be none to make them afraid.

²I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall be always in my mouth. ³In the Lord shall my soul be praised: let the meek hear and rejoice. ⁶Come ye to him and be enlightened: and your faces shall not be confounded. ⁷This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him: and saved him out of all his troubles. ¹⁷But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. ¹⁸The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles. ¹⁹The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit. ²³The Lord will redeem the souls of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall offend.

℟ This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him.

But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and coming to the first, he said: Son, go work today in my vineyard. ²⁹And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved with repentance, he went. ³⁰And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said: I go, Sir; and he went not. ³¹Which of the two did the father’s will? They say to him: The first. Jesus saith to them: Amen I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots shall go into the kingdom of God before you. ³²For John came to you in the way of justice, and you did not believe him. But the publicans and the harlots believed him: but you, seeing it, did not even afterwards repent, that you might believe him.