A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Isaiah42:1-7
Here is my servant whom I uphold,/ my chosen one with whom I am pleased,/ Upon whom I have put my Spirit;/ he shall bring forth justice to the nations,/ Not crying out, not shouting,/ not making his voice heard in the street./ A bruised reed he shall not break,/ and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,/ Until he establishes justice on the earth;/ the coastlands will wait for his teaching.
Thus says God, the Lord,/ who created the heavens and stretched them out,/ who spreads out the earth with its crops,/ Who gives breath to its people/ and spirit to those who walk on it:/ I, the Lord, have called you for the victory of justice,/ I have grasped you by the hand;/ I formed you, and set you/ as a covenant of the people,/ a light for the nations,/ To open the eyes of the blind,/ to bring out prisoners from confinement,/ and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness.
The word of the Lord.
