First Reading Micah 6:1–8 Hear what the LORD says: Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. Hear, you

First Reading Isaiah 9:1–4 (5-7 added in italics for context) But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former

First Reading Isaiah 49:1–7 Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the

The Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, Year A First Reading Isaiah 42:1–9 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my

First Reading Jeremiah 31:7–14 For thus says the LORD: “Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim,

First Reading Isaiah 61:10-62:3 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the