FIRST READING
Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9
The LORD anointed me and sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, and to give them oil of gladness.
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,
because the LORD has anointed me;
He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly,
to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives
and release to the prisoners,
To announce a year of favor from the LORD
and a day of vindication by our God,
to comfort all who mourn;
To place on those who mourn in Zion
a diadem instead of ashes,
To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning,
a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit.
You yourselves shall be named priests of the LORD,
ministers of our God shall you be called.
I will give them their recompense faithfully,
a lasting covenant I will make with them.
Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations,
and their offspring among the peoples;
All who see them shall acknowledge them
as a race the LORD has blessed
To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:
The word of the Lord.
All reply:
Thanks be to God.
The psalmist or cantor sings or says the Psalm, with the people making the response.
Psalm 89:21-22, 25, 27
R. (2) For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
“I have found David, my servant;
with my holy oil I have anointed him.
That my hand may always be with him;
and that my arm may make him strong.”
R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
“My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him;
and through my name shall his horn be exalted.
He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,
my God, the Rock, my savior!’“
R. For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord.
After this, if there is to be a Second Reading, a reader reads it from the ambo, as above.
SECOND READING
Rev 1:5-8
Christ has made us into a Kingdom, priests for his God and Father.
A reading from the Book of Revelation
Jesus Christ is the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth.
To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his Blood,
who has made us into a Kingdom, priests for his God and Father,
to him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen.
Behold, he is coming amid the clouds,
and every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him.
All the peoples of the earth will lament him.
Yes. Amen.
“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God,
“the one who is and who was
and who is to come, the almighty.”
To indicate the end of the reading, the reader acclaims:
The word of the Lord.
All reply:
Thanks be to God.
There follows the chant laid down by the rubrics, as the liturgical time requires.
Is 61:1 (cited in Luke 4:18)
The Spirit of the LORD is upon me;
for he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor.
A reading from the holy Gospel according to Luke
The people acclaim:
Glory to you, O Lord.
Then the Deacon, or the Priest, incenses the book, if incense is used, and proclaims the Gospel.
Luke 22:14-23
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because of which he has anointed me.
Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up,
and went according to his custom
into the synagogue on the sabbath day.
He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah.
He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was written:
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
because he has anointed me
to bring glad tidings to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim liberty to captives
and recovery of sight to the blind,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to proclaim a year acceptable to the Lord.
Rolling up the scroll, he handed it back to the attendant and sat down,
and the eyes of all in the synagogue looked intently at him.
He said to them,
“Today this Scripture passage is fulfilled in your hearing.
At the end of the Gospel, the Deacon, or the Priest, acclaims:
The Gospel of the Lord.
All reply:
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Then he takes the book to the Bishop, who kisses it, saying quietly:
Through the words of the Gospel
may our sins be wiped away.
He may then bless the people with the book.
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