Readings

First Reading Malachi 3:1-4 (JB) A reading from the prophet Malachi The Lord whom you seek will come to his temple. The Lord God says this: Look, I am going to send my messenger to prepare a way before me. And the Lord you are seeking will suddenly enter his temple; and the angel of…

First Reading Nehemiah 8:2-6, 8-10 (JB) A reading from the book of Nehemiah They read from the book of Law and they understood what was read. Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly, consisting of men, women, and children old enough to understand. This was the first day of the seventh month. On…

First Reading Isaiah 62:1-5 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah As the bridegroom rejoices in his bride, so will your God rejoice in you. About Zion I will not be silent, about Jerusalem I will not grow weary, until her integrity shines out like the dawn and her salvation flames like a torch. The…

First Reading Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 (Year C) (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah The glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it. ‘Console my people, console them,’ says your God. ‘Speak to the heart of Jerusalem and call to her that her time of service is ended, that her…

First Reading Isaiah 60:1-6 (JB) A reading from the prophet Isaiah The glory of the Lord shines upon you. Arise, shine out Jerusalem, for your light has come, the glory of the Lord is rising on you, though night still covers the earth and darkness the peoples. Above you the Lord now rises and above…

First Reading 1 Samuel 1:20-22, 24-28 (Year C) (JB) A reading from the first book of Samuel For the whole of his life, Samuel shall be lent to the Lord. Hannah conceived and gave birth to a son, and called him Samuel ‘since’ she said ‘I asked the Lord for him.’ When a year had…

First Reading Micah 5:1- 4 (JB) A reading from the prophet Micah Out of you will be born the one who is to rule over Israel. The Lord says this: You, Bethlehem Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, out of you will be born for me the one who is to rule over…

First Reading Zephaniah 3:14-18 (JB) A reading from the prophet Zephaniah With gladness the Lord will rejoice over you. Shout for joy, daughter of Zion, Israel, shout aloud! Rejoice, exult with all your heart, daughter of Jerusalem! The Lord has repealed your sentence; he has driven your enemies away. The Lord, the king of Israel,…

First Reading Baruch 5:1-9 (JB) A reading from the prophet Baruch Jerusalem – God will show you splendour. Jerusalem, take off your dress of sorrow and distress, put on the beauty of the glory of God for ever, wrap the cloak of the integrity of God around you, put the diadem of the glory of…

First Reading Jeremiah 33:14-16 (JB) A reading from the prophet Jeremiah I will cause a good seed to spring forth from David. See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks – when I am going to fulfil the promise I made to the House of Israel and the House of Judah:…