1. In the year in which king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, sublime and exalted, and the things that were under him filled the temple.
2a. The Seraphims were standing above the throne.
3. And they were crying out to one another, and saying: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts! All the earth is filled with his glory!”
4. And the lintels above the hinges were shaken at the voice of the one crying out. And the house was filled with smoke.
5. And I said: “Woe to me! For I have remained silent. For I am a man of unclean lips, and I live in the midst of a people having unclean lips, and I have seen with my eyes the King, the Lord of hosts!”
6. And one of the Seraphims flew to me, and in his hand was a burning coal, which he had taken with tongs from the altar.
7. And he touched my mouth, and he said, “Behold, this has touched your lips, and so your iniquities will be taken away, and your sin will be cleansed.”
8. And I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send?” and, “Who will go for us?” And I said: “Here I am. Send me.”
1. Of David himself. O Lord, I will confess to you with my whole heart, for you have heard the words of my mouth. I will sing psalms to you in the sight of the Angels.
2. I will adore before your holy temple, and I will confess your name: it is above your mercy and your truth. For you have magnified your holy name above all.
3. On whatever day that I will call upon you: hear me. You will multiply virtue in my soul.
4. May all the kings of the earth confess to you, O Lord. For they have heard all the words of your mouth.
5. And let them sing in accordance with the ways of the Lord. For great is the glory of the Lord.
7. If I wander into the midst of tribulation, you will revive me. For you extended your hand against the wrath of my enemies. And your right hand has accomplished my salvation.
8. The Lord will provide retribution on my behalf. O Lord, your mercy is forever. Do not disdain the works of your hands.
1. Brothers and Sisters: And so I make known to you, brothers, the Gospel that I preached to you, which you also received, and on which you stand.
2. By the Gospel, too, you are being saved, if you hold to the understanding that I preached to you, lest you believe in vain.
3. For I handed on to you, first of all, what I also received: that Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures;
4. and that he was buried; and that he rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures;
5. and that he was seen by Cephas, and after that by the eleven.
6. Next he was seen by more than five hundred brothers at one time, many of whom remain, even to the present time, although some have fallen asleep.
7. Next, he was seen by James, then by all the Apostles.
8. And last of all, he was seen also by me, as if I were someone born at the wrong time.
9. For I am the least of the Apostles. I am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.
10. But, by the grace of God, I am what I am. And his grace in me has not been empty, since I have labored more abundantly than all of them. Yet it is not I, but the grace of God within me.
11. For whether it is I or they: so we preach, and so you have believed.
1. Now it happened that, when the crowds pressed toward him, so that they might hear the word of God, he was standing beside the lake of Genesaret.
2. And he saw two boats standing beside the lake. But the fishermen had climbed down, and they were washing their nets.
3. And so, climbing into one of the boats, which belonged to Simon, he asked him to draw back a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the crowds from the boat.
4. Then, when he had ceased speaking, he said to Simon, “Lead us into deep water, and release your nets for a catch.”
5. And in response, Simon said to him: “Teacher, working throughout the night, we caught nothing. But on your word, I will release the net.”
6. And when they had done this, they enclosed such a copious multitude of fish that their net was rupturing.
7. And they signaled to their associates, who were in the other boat, so that they would come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were nearly submerged.
8. But when Simon Peter had seen this, he fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying, “Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man.”
9. For astonishment had enveloped him, and all who were with him, at the catch of fish that they had taken.
10. Now the same was true of James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were associates of Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: “Do not be afraid. From now on, you will be catching men.”
11. And having led their boats to land, leaving behind everything, they followed him.
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