Irreverently Reverend

  Ordinary Time “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness     and who seek the Lord: Look to the rock from which you were cut     and to the quarry from which you were hewn; 2  look to Abraham, your father,     and to Sarah, who gave you birth. When I called him he was only one man,     and I blessed him and made him many. 3  The Lord will surely comfort Zion     and will look with compassion on all her ruins ; he will make her deserts like Eden,     her wastelands like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her,     thanksgiving and the sound of singing . 4  “Listen to me, my people;     hear me, my nation: Instruction will go out from me;     my justice will become a light to ...

  Advent III 1 The Lord God’s spirit is upon me,     because the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me     to bring good news to the poor,     to bind up the brokenhearted,     to proclaim release for captives,         and liberation for prisoners, 2      to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor         and a day of vindication for our God,     to comfort all who mourn, 3      to provide for Zion’s mourners,     to give them a crown in place of ashes,     oil of joy in place of mourning,     a mantle of praise in place of discouragement. They will be called Oaks of Righteousness,     planted by the Lord to glorify himself. 4...