First ReadingMicah 6:1-4, 6-8
From the Book of Micah
1Listen now to what the Lord says:
“Arise, plead your case before the mountains,and let the hills hear what you have to say.2Hear, you mountains, the Lord’s indictment,and you enduring foundations of the earth;for the Lord has a case against his people,and he will contend with Israel.3My people, what have I done to you?How have I burdened you?Answer me!4For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt,and redeemed you out of the house of bondage.I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. verse 5 is not read6How shall I come before the Lord,and bow myself before the exalted God?Shall I come before him with burnt offerings,with calves a year old?7Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams?With tens of thousands of rivers of oil?Shall I give my firstborn for my disobedience?The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?8He has shown you, O man, what is good.What does the Lord require of you, but to act justly,to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?