FIRST
READING: Isaiah
11: 1 - 10
1
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch
shall
grow
out of his roots.
2
And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom
and
understanding,
the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and the
fear
of the LORD.
3
And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD. He shall not judge
by what
his
eyes see, or decide by what his ears hear;
4
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with
equity for the
meek
of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and
with
the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
5
Righteousness shall be the girdle of his waist, and faithfulness the
girdle of his
loins.
6
The wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down
with the
kid,
and the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little
child shall lead
them.
7
The cow and the bear shall feed; their young shall lie down together;
and the
lion
shall eat straw like the ox.
8
The sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned
child
shall
put his hand on the adder's den.
9
They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth
shall be
full
of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
10
In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as an ensign to the
peoples; him
shall
the nations seek, and his dwellings shall be glorious.
PSALM:
Psalms 72:
1 - 2, 7 - 8, 12 - 13, 17
1
Give the king thy justice, O God, and thy righteousness to the royal
son!
2
May he judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with
justice!
7
In his days may righteousness flourish, and peace abound, till the
moon be
no
more!
8
May he have dominion from sea to sea, and from the River to the ends
of the
earth!
12
For he delivers the needy when he calls, the poor and him who has no
helper.
13
He has pity on the weak and the needy, and saves the lives of the
needy.
17
May his name endure for ever, his fame continue as long as the sun!
May
men
bless themselves by him, all nations call him blessed!
GOSPEL:
Luke 10:
21 - 24
21
In that same hour he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I
thank thee,
Father,
Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the
wise
and understanding and revealed them to babes; yea, Father, for such
was
thy
gracious will.
22
All things have been delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows
who
the
Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and any
one
to
whom the Son chooses to reveal him."
23
Then turning to the disciples he said privately, "Blessed are
the eyes which
see
what you see!
24
For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you
see, and
did
not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it."
