“Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts.”

Hebrews 3,15

Introit: Psalm 119,89-92.103-105.116: 

O Lord, your instructions endure; they stand secure in heaven.
You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations.
You established the earth and it stood firm.
Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants.
If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow…

Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey!
Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions.

Your wordis a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path.

Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live.
Do not disappoint me.

Old Testament lesson: Isaiah 55,8-12a

Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, says the Lord, for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans.
The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat.
In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend.

Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands.

Epistle: Hebrews 4,12-13

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

Holy Gospel Luke 8,4-8

While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesusfrom one town after another, he spoke to themin a parable: “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it.Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and chokedit. Butother seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain.” As he said this, he called out, “The one who has ears to hear had better listen!”

And here the German order for today: https://kwaweber.org/2026/02/05/2-sonntag-vor-den-fasten-sexagesimae-2/