April 4th : Night Vigil
Seventh reading
I shall pour clean water over you and I shall give you a new heart
A reading from the book of the Prophet Ezekiel 36:16-17,18-28
The word of the Lord came to me: “Son of Man, when the house of Israel lived in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds. So I poured out my wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed in the land, for the idols with which they had defiled it. I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries. In accordance with their ways and their deeds I judged them. But when they came to the nations, wherever they came, they profaned my holy name, in that people said of them, ‘These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go out of his land.’ But I had concern for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they came. Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries and bring you into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.”
The Word of the Lord.
Psalm
Psalm 42:3, 5bcd; 43:3, 4 (R. 42:2)
Response : Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
My soul is thirsting for God, the living God; when can I enter and appear before the face of God?
R.: Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
For I would go to the place of your wondrous tent, all the way to the house of God, amid cries of gladness and thanksgiving, the throng keeping joyful festival.
R.: Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
O send forth your light and your truth; they will guide me on. They will bring me to your holy mountain, to the place where you dwell.
R.: Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
And I will come to the altar of God, to God, my joy and gladness. To you will I give thanks on the harp, O God, my God.
R.: Like the deer that yearns for running streams, so my soul is yearning for you, my God.
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