MASS READINGS, THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021, General Week 12
FIRST READING
"I make you the light of the nations"
A Reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah (49, 1-6)
Hear me, distant islands! Distant peoples, be attentive! I was still in the womb when the Lord called me; I was still in my mother's womb when he spoke my name. He made my mouth a sharp sword, he protected me with the shadow of his hand; he made me a sharp arrow, he hid me in his quiver. He said to me: “You are my servant, Israel, in you I will manifest my splendor. "And I said:" I got tired for nothing, it was for nothing, it was in vain that I used my strength. And yet my right was with the Lord, my reward with my God. Now the Lord is speaking, he who fashioned me from my mother's womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him, to gather Israel to him. Yes, I have value in the eyes of the Lord, it is my God who is my strength. And he said: "It is too little that you are my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, to bring back the survivors of Israel: I make you the light of the nations, so that my salvation may reach the ends of the earth. . "
- Word of the Lord.
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