Thus says the Lord:/ Lo, I am about to create new heavens/ and a new earth;/ The things of the past shall not be remembered/ or come to mind./ Instead, there shall always be rejoicing and happiness/ in what I create;/ For I create Jerusalem to be a joy/ and its people to be a delight;/ I will rejoice in Jerusalem/ and exult in my people./ No longer shall the sound of weeping be heard there,/ or the sound of crying;/ No longer shall there be in it/ an infant who lives but a few days,/ or an old man who does not round out his full lifetime;/ He dies a mere youth who reaches but a hundred years,/ and he who fails of a hundred shall be thought accursed./ They shall live in the houses they build,/ and eat the fruit of the vineyards they plant.
The Lord said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.
As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth.
Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
Brothers and sisters: You were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord.
The Lord said to Samuel: “Fill your horn with oil, and be on your way.
What can I do with you, Ephraim?/ What can I do with you, Judah?/ Your piety is like a morning cloud,/ like the dew that early passes away./ For this reason I smote them through the prophets,/ I slew them by the words of my mouth;/ For it is love that I desire, not sacrifice,/ and knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.
