A reading from
the Book of the Prophet Micah7:14-15, 18-20
Shepherd your people with your staff,/ the flock of your inheritance,/ That dwells apart in a woodland,/ in the midst of Carmel./ Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead,/ as in the days of old;/ As in the days when you came from the land of Egypt,/ show us wonderful signs.
Who is there like you, the God who removes guilt/ and pardons sin for the remnant of his inheritance;/ Who does not persist in anger forever,/ but delights rather in clemency,/ And will again have compassion on us,/ treading underfoot our guilt?/ You will cast into the depths of the sea all our sins;/ You will show faithfulness to Jacob,/ and grace to Abraham,/ As you have sworn to our fathers/ from days of old.
The word of the Lord.
