Reading 1 Isaiah 49:8-15 Thus says the LORD: In a time of favor I answer you, on the day of salvation I help you; and I have kept you and given you as a covenant to the people, To restore the land and allot the desolate heritages, Saying to the prisoners: Come out! To those…

Reading 1 Ezekiel 47:1-9, 12 The angel brought me, Ezekiel, back to the entrance of the temple of the LORD, and I saw water flowing out from beneath the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the façade of the temple was toward the east; the water flowed down from the right side of…

Reading I Isaiah 65:17-21 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…