October 18th : First Reading I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations before him.A Reading from the Book of Isaiah 45:1,4-6

October 18th :   First Reading 

I have taken Cyrus by his right hand to subdue nations before him.

A Reading from the Book of Isaiah 45:1,4-6 

Thus says the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus,

whom he has taken by his right hand

to subdue nations before him

and strip the loins of kings,

to force gateways before him

that their gates be closed no more:

‘It is for the sake of my servant Jacob,

of Israel my chosen one,

that I have called you by your name,

conferring a title though you do not know me.

I am the Lord, unrivalled;

there is no other God besides me.

Though you do not know me, I arm you

that men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun

that, apart from me, all is nothing.’

The Word of the Lord.