Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you;
therefore he will rise up to show mercy to you.
For the LORD is a God of justice;
blessed are all those who wait for him.
Truly, O people in Zion, inhabitants of Jerusalem, you shall
Happy are they who observe his decrees*
Who never do any wrong,*
You laid down your commandments,*
O that my ways were made so direct*
Then I should not be put to shame,*
I will thank you with an unfeigned heart,*
I will keep your statutes;*
'And you know the way to the place where I am going.'
Thomas said to him, 'Lord, we do not know where you are
going. How can we know the way?'
Jesus said to him, 'I am the way, and the truth, and the
life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you
know me, you will know my Father also. From now on you do
know him and have seen him.'
Philip said to him, 'Lord, show us the Father, and we will
be satisfied.'
Jesus said to him, 'Have I been with you all this time,
Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me
has seen the Father. How can you say, "Show us the Father"?
Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is
in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own;
but the Father who dwells in me does his works. Believe me
that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; but if you
do not, then believe me because of the works themselves.
'Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will
also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater
works than these, because I am going to the Father. I will
do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be
glorified in the Son. If in my name you ask me for anything,
I will do it.'
[NRSV]
weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound
of your cry; when he hears it, he will answer you. Though
the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water
of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide himself any
more, but your eyes shall see your Teacher. And when you
turn to the right or when you turn to the left, your ears
shall hear a word behind you, saying, 'This is the way; walk
in it.'
[NRSV]
Psalm 119:1-8
Happy are they whose way is blameless,*
who walk in the law of the LORD!
and seek him with all their hearts!
but always walk in his ways.
that we should fully keep them.
that I might keep your statutes!
when I regard all your commandments.
when I have learned your righteous judgments.
do not utterly forsake me.
[BCP79]
New Testament: Ephesians 1:3-10
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who
has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in
the heavenly places, just as he chose us in Christ before
the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before
him in love. He destined us for adoption as his children
through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of his
will, to the praise of his glorious grace that he freely
bestowed on us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption
through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses,
according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us.
With all wisdom and insight he has made known to us the
mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he
set forth in Christ, as a plan for the fullness of time, to
gather up all things in him, things in heaven and things on
earth.
[NRSV]
Gospel: John 14:1-14
Jesus said, 'Do not let your hearts be troubled. Believe in
God, believe also in me. In my Father's house there are many
dwelling places. If it were not so, would I have told you
that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and
prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you
to myself, so that where I am, there you may be also.