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Readings for the Memorial of Saint Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church Reading I Is 40:1-11     Comfort, give comfort to my people,         says your God.     Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her         that her service is at an end,         her guilt is expiated;     Indeed, […]

Reading I Is 35:1-10     The desert and the parched land will exult;         the steppe will rejoice and bloom.     They will bloom with abundant flowers,         and rejoice with joyful song.     The glory of Lebanon will be given to them,         the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;     They

Reading I Bar 5:1-9 Jerusalem, take off your robe of mourning and misery;     put on the splendor of glory from God forever: wrapped in the cloak of justice from God,     bear on your head the mitre     that displays the glory of the eternal name. For God will show all the earth your

Reading I Is 30:19-21, 23-26 Thus says the Lord GOD,     the Holy One of Israel: O people of Zion, who dwell in Jerusalem,     no more will you weep; He will be gracious to you when you cry out,     as soon as he hears he will answer you. The Lord will give you

Readings for the Memorial of Saint Francis Xavier, priest Reading I Is 29:17-24 Thus says the Lord GOD: But a very little while,     and Lebanon shall be changed into an orchard,     and the orchard be regarded as a forest! On that day the deaf shall hear     the words of a book; And

Reading I Is 26:1-6 On that day they will sing this song in the land of Judah:     “A strong city have we;         he sets up walls and ramparts to protect us.     Open up the gates         to let in a nation that is just,         one that keeps faith.

Reading I Is 25:6-10a On this mountain the LORD of hosts     will provide for all peoples A feast of rich food and choice wines,     juicy, rich food and pure, choice wines. On this mountain he will destroy     the veil that veils all peoples, The web that is woven over all nations;   

Reading I Rom 10:9-18 Brothers and sisters: If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For one believes with the heart and so is justified, and one confesses with the mouth and so is saved. The Scripture

Reading I Is 2:1-5 This is what Isaiah, son of Amoz,     saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.     In days to come, The mountain of the LORD’s house     shall be established as the highest mountain     and raised above the hills. All nations shall stream toward it;     many peoples shall come and say:

Reading I Jer 33:14-16 The days are coming, says the LORD,      when I will fulfill the promise      I made to the house of Israel and Judah. In those days, in that time,      I will raise up for David a just shoot ;      he shall do what is right and just in