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Read:  Malachi 3:1–5 Bible in a Year: Malachi 1–4; Revelation 22

Monday, December 31, 2018 | Octoechos Thirty-Third Monday after  Pentecost Bright Vestments On the same date: Leavetaking of  Nativity Epistle       1 Peter 2:21–3:9 Gospel        Mark 12:13–17  ( 33rd Monday, Greek ) or  Luke 19:37–44  ( 28th Monday, Slavic )   Byzantine Lectionary (Gregorian) .  Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2015. Print. Mon, Dec 31, 2018 (Dec 18, 2018) | Octoechos Thirty-Second Monday after  Pentecost Dark Vestments Epistle       James 2:14–26 Gospel        Mark 9:42–10:1  (31st Monday)   Byzantine Lectionary (Julian) .  Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016. Print. Monday, December 31, 2018 | Octoechos Thirty-Second Monday after  Pentecost Bright Vestments On the same date: Leavetaking of  Nativity Epistle        James 2:14–26 Gospel        Mark 12:13–17   (33rd Monday, Greek)  or  Luke 17:20–25   (27th Monday, Slavic)   Byzantine Lectionary (Revised Julian) .  Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2015. Print.

Monday, December 31, 2018 | Christmas Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas Years 1 & 2 | Roman Missal | Lectionary On the same date: Saint Sylvester I, Pope First Reading 1 John 2:18–21 Response Psalm 96:11a Psalm Psalm 96:1–2 , 11–13 Gospel Acclamation John 1:14a , 12a Gospel John 1:1–18   Catholic Daily Readings . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Monday, December 31, 2018 | Feast New Year’s Eve Years ABC Old Testament ( Isaiah 30:8–14 ) 15–17 Psalm Psalm 90:1–12 Epistle Romans 8:31b–39 Gospel Luke 12:35–40   Lutheran Service Book Three Year Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Concordia Publishing House, 2009. Print. Monday, December 31, 2018 | Christmas December  31 Year 1 On the same date: Eve of Holy Name Psalms ( Morning ) Psalm 46 , 48 Old Testament Isaiah 26:1–9 New Testament 2 Corinthians 5:16–6:2 Gospel John 8:12–19   The

December 31: From Beginning to End Lamentations 4:1–5:22 ; Romans 16:1–27 ; Proverbs 31:10–31 Endings are always difficult. But when they’re new beginnings, they’re revitalizing. At the end of Paul’s letter to the Romans , we not only see Paul the apostle, but Paul the empathetic and concerned pastor. Paul knows that if dissension or temptation rules over the Roman church, they will fail in their ministry, so he warns them ( Rom 16:17–19 ) and offers them a word of hope: “And in a short time the God of peace will crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you” ( Rom 16:20 ). Here, Paul is echoing God’s words to Adam, Eve, and the serpent after the fall, when, instead of carrying out God’s request to bring order to creation (as He had done in the beginning), humanity turned from Him , defacing His image ( Gen 1:1–2 , 27–28 ; 3:14–20 ). But while Gen 3:15 merely depicts Satan biting the heel of humanity and being struck on the head in return ( Ge

Read:  Revelation 21:1–7  | Bible in a Year:  Zechariah 13–14; Revelation 21

December 30 Lesson 5  ( KJV ) Love  God  and Serve Others Devotional Reading:   James 2:14–26 Background  Scripture :   Matthew 25:31–46 Matthew 25:31–46 31 When the  Son of man  shall come in  his  glory, and all the holy angels with  him , then shall  he  sit upon the throne of  his  glory: 32 And before  him  shall be gathered all nations: and  he  shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And  he  shall set the sheep on  his  right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the  King  say unto them on his right hand,  Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35  For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer  him , saying,  Lord , when saw we  th

Sunday , December 30, 2018 | Christmas First Sunday after Christmas Year C Old Testament 1 Samuel 2:18–20 , 26 Psalm Psalm 111 New Testament Hebrews 2:10–18 Gospel Luke 2:41–52   Christian Worship Three Year Lectionary (with Supplemental Lectionary) . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Sunday , December 30, 2018 | Christmas First Sunday after Christmas Day Year C Old Testament 1 Samuel 2:18–20 , 26 Psalm Psalm 148 (UMH 861) New Testament Colossians 3:12–17 Gospel Luke 2:41–52  Vanderbilt Divinity Library. United Methodist Revised Common Lectionary . Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2009. Print. Sunday , December 30, 2018 | Christmas Holy Family Sunday within the Octave of Christmas Year C | Roman Missal | Lectionary First Reading Sirach 3:2–6 , 12–14 or 1 Samuel 1:20–22 , 24–28 Response & Psalm, Option I Response Psalm 128:1 Psalm Psal