Lectionary Theme: Medical Mission Sunday - Compassion: Loving and suffering together
February 01 2026
Holy Communion Service in Malayalam
1. Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2. He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
3. a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4. He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
5. Thus says God, the Lord, who created the heavens and stretched them out, who spread out the earth and what comes from it, who gives breath to the people upon it and spirit to those who walk in it:
6. I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations,
7. to open the eyes that are blind, to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon, from the prison those who sit in darkness.
8. I am the Lord, that is my name; my glory I give to no other, nor my praise to idols.
9. See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them. A Hymn of Praise
1. One day Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, at three o’clock in the afternoon.
2. And a man lame from birth was being carried in. People would lay him daily at the gate of the temple called the Beautiful Gate so that he could ask for alms from those entering the temple.
3. When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them for alms.
4. Peter looked intently at him, as did John, and said, “Look at us.”
5. And he fixed his attention on them, expecting to receive something from them.
6. But Peter said, “I have no silver or gold, but what I have I give you; in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and walk.”
7. And he took him by the right hand and raised him up; and immediately his feet and ankles were made strong.
8. Jumping up, he stood and began to walk, and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God.
9. All the people saw him walking and praising God,
10. and they recognized him as the one who used to sit and ask for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him. Peter Speaks in Solomon’s Portico
11. While he clung to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the portico called Solomon’s Portico, utterly astonished.
12. When Peter saw it, he addressed the people, “You Israelites, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we had made him walk?
13. The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our ancestors has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate, though he had decided to release him.
14. But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked to have a murderer given to you,
15. and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
16. And by faith in his name, his name itself has made this man strong, whom you see and know; and the faith that is through Jesus has given him this perfect health in the presence of all of you.
13. Are any among you suffering? They should pray. Are any cheerful? They should sing songs of praise.
14. Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.
15. The prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise them up; and anyone who has committed sins will be forgiven.
16. Therefore confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of the righteous is powerful and effective.
17. Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed fervently that it might not rain, and for three years and six months it did not rain on the earth.
18. Then he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain and the earth yielded its harvest.
35. Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom, and curing every disease and every sickness.
36. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
37. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few;
38. therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”