Readings

Reading 1 Jeremiah 23:5-8 Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up a righteous shoot to David; As king he shall reign and govern wisely, he shall do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah shall be saved, Israel shall dwell in security. This is the name they give him: “The LORD our justice.” Therefore, the days will come, says the LORD, when they shall no longer say, “As the LORD lives, who brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt”; but rather, "As the LORD lives, who brought the descendants of the house of Israel up from the land of the north”– and from all the lands to which I banished them; they shall again live on their own land. Responsorial Psalm Psalm 72:1-2, 12-13, 18-19 R. (see 7) Justice shall flourish in his time, and fullness of peace for ever. O God, with your judgment endow the king, and with your justice, the king’s son; He shall govern

Reading I Zephaniah 3:1-2, 9-13 Thus says the LORD: Woe to the city, rebellious and polluted,     to the tyrannical city! She hears no voice,     accepts no correction; In the LORD she has not trusted,     to her God she has not drawn near. For then I will change and purify     the lips of the peoples, That they all may call upon the name of the LORD,     to serve him with one accord; From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia     and as far as the recesses of the North,     they shall bring me offerings.     On that day You need not be ashamed      of all your deeds,     your rebellious actions against me; For then will I remove from your midst     the proud braggarts, And you shall no longer exalt yourself     on my holy mountain. But I will leave as a remnant in your midst    &n