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Revd Geoff Boucher, The Rectory,
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First reading:
Isaiah 64:1-9
1
O
that
you
would
tear
open
the
heavens
and
come
down,
so
that
the
mountains
would
quake
at
your
presence—
2
as
when
fire
kindles
brushwood
and
the
fire
causes
water
to
boil—to
make
your
name
known
to
your
adversaries,
so
that
the
nations
might
tremble
at
your
presence!
3
When
you
did
awesome
deeds
that
we
did
not
expect,
you
came
down,
the
mountains
quaked
at
your
presence.
4
From
ages
past
no
one
has
heard,
no
ear
has
perceived,
no
eye
has
seen
any
God
besides
you,
who
works
for
those
who
wait
for
him.
5
You
meet
those
who
gladly
do
right,
those
who
remember
you
in
your
ways.
But
you
were
angry,
and
we
sinned;
because
you
hid
yourself
we
transgressed.
6
We
have
all
become
like
one
who
is
unclean,
and
all
our
righteous
deeds
are
like
a
filthy
cloth.
We
all
fade
like
a
leaf,
and
our
iniquities,
like
the
wind,
take
us
away.
7
There
is
no
one
who
calls
on
your
name,
or
attempts
to
take
hold
of
you;
for
you
have
hidden
your
face
from
us,
and
have
delivered
us
into
the
hand
of
our
iniquity.
8
Yet,
O
Lord,
you
are
our
Father;
we
are
the
clay,
and
you
are
our
potter;
we
are
all
the
work
of
your
hand.
9
Do
not
be
exceedingly
angry,
O
Lord,
and
do
not
remember
iniquity
for
ever.
Now
consider,
we are all your people.
Gospel:
Mark 13:24-37
The Coming of the Son of Man
24
‘But
in
those
days,
after
that
suffering,
the
sun
will
be
darkened,
and
the
moon
will
not
give
its
light,
25
and
the
stars
will
be
falling
from
heaven,
and
the
powers
in
the
heavens
will
be
shaken.
26
Then
they
will
see
“the
Son
of
Man
coming
in
clouds”
with
great
power
and
glory.
27
Then
he
will
send
out
the
angels,
and
gather
his
elect
from
the
four
winds,
from
the
ends
of
the earth to the ends of heaven.
The Lesson of the Fig Tree
28
‘From
the
fig
tree
learn
its
lesson:
as
soon
as
its
branch
becomes
tender
and
puts
forth
its
leaves,
you
know
that
summer
is
near.
29
So
also,
when
you
see
these
things
taking
place,
you
know
that
he
is
near,
at
the
very
gates.
30
Truly
I
tell
you,
this
generation
will
not
pass
away
until
all
these
things
have
taken
place.
31
Heaven
and
earth
will
pass
away,
but
my
words will not pass away.
The Necessity for Watchfulness
32
‘But
about
that
day
or
hour
no
one
knows,
neither
the
angels
in
heaven,
nor
the
Son,
but
only
the
Father.
33
Beware,
keep
alert;
for
you
do
not
know
when
the
time
will
come.
34
It
is
like
a
man
going
on
a
journey,
when
he
leaves
home
and
puts
his
slaves
in
charge,
each
with
his
work,
and
commands
the
doorkeeper
to
be
on
the
watch.
35
Therefore,
keep
awake—for
you
do
not
know
when
the
master
of
the
house
will
come,
in
the
evening,
or
at
midnight,
or
at
cockcrow,
or
at
dawn,
36
or
else
he
may
find
you
asleep
when
he
comes
suddenly.
37
And
what
I
say to you I say to all: Keep awake.’