1st Reading – Isaiah 11:1-10

On that day,

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A rod will go forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower will ascend from his root.

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And the Spirit of the Lord will rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom and
understanding, the spirit of counsel and fortitude, the spirit of knowledge and
piety.

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And he will be filled with the spirit of the fear of the Lord. He will not judge
according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the
ears.

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Instead, he will judge the poor with justice, and he will reprove the meek of the
earth with fairness. And he will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and he
will slay the impious with the spirit of his lips.

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And justice will be the belt around his waist. And faith will be the warrior’s belt
at his side.

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The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the
calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive
them.

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The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together.
And the lion will eat straw like the ox.

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And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who
has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake.

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They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth
has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.

In that day, the root of Jesse, who stands as a sign among the people, the
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same the Gentiles shall beseech, and his sepulcher will be glorious.

Responsorial Psalm – Psalms 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13,

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R. (see 7) Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.

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O God, with your judgment endow the king,
and with your justice, the king’s son;
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He shall govern your people with justice
and your afflicted ones with judgment.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.

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Justice shall flower in his days,
and profound peace, till the moon be no more.
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May he rule from sea to sea,
and from the River to the ends of the earth.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.

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He shall rescue the poor when he cries out,
and the afflicted when he has no one to help him.
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He shall have pity for the lowly and the poor;
the lives of the poor he shall save.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.

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May his name be blessed forever;
as long as the sun his name shall remain.
In him shall all the tribes of the earth be blessed;
all the nations shall proclaim his happiness.
R. Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever.

Alleluia
R. Alleluia, alleluia.
Behold, our Lord shall come with power;
he will enlighten the eyes of his servants.
R. Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel – Luke 10:21-24

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Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, “I give you praise, Father, Lord of
heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and
the learned you have revealed them to the childlike. Yes, Father, such has been
your gracious will.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows who the
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Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son and anyone to
whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

Turning to the disciples in private he said, “Blessed are the eyes that see what
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you see.

For I say to you, many prophets and kings desired to see what you see, but did
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not see it, and to hear what you hear, but did not hear it.”