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Reading I Sg 2:8-14     Hark! my lover–here he comes         springing across the mountains,         leaping across the hills.     My lover is like a gazelle         or a young stag.     Here he stands behind our wall,         gazing through the windows,         peering through the lattices.    […]

Reading I Is 7:10-14 The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the Lord, your God;     let it be deep as the nether world, or high as the sky! But Ahaz answered,     “I will not ask! I will not tempt the LORD!”  Then Isaiah said:     Listen, O house of David! 

Reading I Mi 5:1-4a     Thus says the LORD:     You, Bethlehem-Ephrathah         too small to be among the clans of Judah,     from you shall come forth for me         one who is to be ruler in Israel;     whose origin is from of old,         from ancient times.     Therefore

Reading I Jer 23:5-8     Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD,         when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David;     As king he shall reign and govern wisely,         he shall do what is just and right in the land.     In his days Judah shall be

Reading I Gn 49:2, 8-10 Jacob called his sons and said to them:     “Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob,         listen to Israel, your father.     “You, Judah, shall your brothers praise         –your hand on the neck of your enemies;         the sons of your father shall bow down to

Reading I Is 54:1-10     Raise a glad cry, you barren one who did not bear,         Break forth in jubilant song, you who were not in labor,     For more numerous are the children of the deserted wife         than the children of her who has a husband,         says the

Reading I Is 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25 I am the LORD, there is no other;     I form the light, and create the darkness, I make well-being and create woe;     I, the LORD, do all these things. Let justice descend, O heavens, like dew from above,     like gentle rain let the skies drop it

Readings for the Memorial of Saint John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church Reading I Zep 3:1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORD: Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted,     to the tyrannical city! She hears no voice,     accepts no correction; In the LORD she has not trusted,     to her

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Lucy, virgin and martyr Reading I Nm 24:2-7, 15-17a When Balaam raised his eyes and saw Israel encamped, tribe by tribe,     the spirit of God came upon him,     and he gave voice to his oracle:     The utterance of Balaam, son of Beor,         the utterance

Reading I Zep 3:14-18a     Shout for joy, O daughter Zion!         Sing joyfully, O Israel!     Be glad and exult with all your heart,         O daughter Jerusalem!     The LORD has removed the judgment against you         he has turned away your enemies;     the King of Israel, the LORD,