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Holy Monday

April 1st, 2007

Holy Week - Monday

Reading I Is 42:1-7

A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah

He will not cry out, nor make his voice heard in the street

(First oracle of the Servant of the Lord)

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.

 

 

Gospel Jn 12, 1-11

Verse before the Gospel

Hail to you, our King; you alone are compassionate with our faults.

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to John

Let her keep this for the day of my burial.

Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom
Jesus had raised from the dead. They gave a dinner for him there, and
Martha served, while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him.
Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oil made from genuine aromatic nard
and anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair; the house
was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the Iscariot, one of
his disciples, and the one who would betray him, said, “Why was this oil
not sold for three hundred days’ wages and given to the poor?” He said
this not because he cared about the poor but because he was a thief and
held the money bag and used to steal the contributions. So Jesus said,
“Leave her alone. Let her keep this for the day of my burial. You always
have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.” The large crowd
of the Jews found out that he was there and came, not only because of him,
but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead. And the chief
priests plotted to kill Lazarus too, because many of the Jews were turning
away and believing in Jesus because of him.

The gospel of the Lord.

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