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READINGS

Isaiah 24: 1- 5

1 See, the LORD is going to lay waste the earth 
       and devastate it; 
       he will ruin its face 
       and scatter its inhabitants 
 2 it will be the same 
       for priest as for people, 
       for master as for servant, 
       for mistress as for maid, 
       for seller as for buyer, 
       for borrower as for lender, 
       for debtor as for creditor. 
 3 The earth will be completely laid waste 
       and totally plundered. 
       The LORD has spoken this word. 
 4 The earth dries up and withers, 
       the world languishes and withers, 
       the exalted of the earth languish. 
 5 The earth is defiled by its people; 
       they have disobeyed the laws, 
       violated the statutes 
       and broken the everlasting covenant. 

Psalm 146
5  Blessed is he whose help is the God of    
     Jacob, whose hope is in the LORD his God, 
6  the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and
     everything in them 
     the LORD, who remains faithful forever. 
7  He upholds the cause of the oppressed 
     and gives food to the hungry. 
    The LORD sets prisoners free, 
8  the LORD gives sight to the blind, 
     the LORD lifts up those who are bowed 
     down, 
     the LORD loves the righteous. 
9  The LORD watches over the alien 
     and sustains the fatherless and the widow, 
     but he frustrates the ways of the wicked. 
10 The LORD reigns forever, 
     your God, O Zion, for all generations.