RELIGION AND ART

  First Reading Isaiah 61:1-3,6,8-9    The Lord has anointed me Readings 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, a day of vengeance   for our God, to comfort all those who mourn and to give them for ashes a garland; for mourning robe the oil of gladness, for despondency, praise. But you, you will be named ‘priests of the Lord’, they will call you ‘ministers of our God.’ I reward them faithfully and make an everlasting covenant with them. Their race will be famous throughout the nations, their descendants throughout the peoples. All who see them will admit that they are a race whom the Lord has blessed Second Reading Apoc.1:5-8  Jesus Christ has made us a line of kings and priests Lectures Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the Fi

FRIDAY WEEK FIVE OF LENT YEAR C: I SAID, YOU ARE GODS? First Reading Jeremiah 20 10-13  He has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men Readings Jeremiah said:   I hear so many disparaging me, ‘“Terror from every side!” Denounce him! Let us denounce him!’ All those who used to be my friends watched for my downfall, ‘Perhaps he will be seduced into error.   Then we will master him and take our revenge!’ But the Lord is at my side, a mighty hero; my   opponents will stumble, mastered, confounded by their failure; everlasting, unforgettable disgrace will be theirs. But you, O Lord of Hosts, you who probe with justice, who scrutinize the loins and heart, let me see the vengeance you will take on them, for I have committed my cause to you. Sing to the Lord, praise the Lord, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hands of evil men. Responsorial Psalm:   In my anguish I called to the Lord, and he heard my voice   Gospel John 10:31-42  They wanted to stone