<p><b>First Reading    </b>Daniel 7.13-14</p><p> </p><p>I had a dream and visions as I lay in bed. As I watched in the night visions, I saw one like a son of man coming with the clouds of heaven. And he came to the One who is Ancient of Days and was presented before him.<br><br>To him was given dominion and glory and kingship, that all peoples, nations and languages should serve him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that shall not pass away, and his kingship is one that shall never be destroyed.</p><p> </p><p><b>Psalm</b>    93</p><p> </p><p><span style="background-color: #000000;">R.</span> The Lord is king; he is robed in majesty.</p><p> </p><p>The Lord is king, he is robed in majesty; the Lord is robed, he is girded with strength. <span style="background-color: #000000;">R.</span><br><br>He has established the world; it shall never be moved; your throne is established from of old; you are from everlasting. <span style="background-color: #000000;">R.</span><br><br>Your decrees are very sure; holiness befits your house, O Lord, forevermore. <span style="background-color: #000000;">R.</span></p><p> </p><p><b>Second Reading    </b>Revelation 1.5-8</p><p> </p><p>Jesus Christ is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, and made us to be a kingdom, priests serving his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.<br><br>Look! He is coming with the clouds; every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and on his account all the tribes of the earth will lament. So it is to be. Amen.<br><br>“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.</p><p> </p><p><b>Gospel    </b>John 18.33b-37</p><p> </p><p>Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the King of the Jews?”<br><br>Jesus answered, “Do you ask this on your own, or did others tell you about me?”<br><br>Pilate replied, “I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests have handed you over to me. What have you done?”<br><br>Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my followers would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”<br><br>Pilate asked him, “So you are a king?”<br><br>Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.”</p>
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