First reading
2 Samuel 7:1-5,8-12,14,16 ©

Your House and your sovereignty will always stand secure before me.
Once David had settled into his house and the Lord had given him rest from all the enemies surrounding him, the king said to the prophet Nathan, ‘Look, I am living in a house of cedar while the ark of God dwells in a tent.’ Nathan said to the king, ‘Go and do all that is in your mind, for the Lord is with you.’
But that very night the word of the Lord came to Nathan: [Read more…]

First reading
Isaiah 61:1-2,10-11 ©

He has sent me to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord.
The spirit of the Lord has been given to me,
for the Lord has anointed me.
He has sent me to bring good news to the poor,
to bind up hearts that are broken;
to proclaim liberty to captives,
freedom to those in prison;
to proclaim a year of favour from the Lord. [Read more…]