This Week’s Readings

Isaiah 35:1-6, 10

The prophet Isaiah foretells of the coming of God and his kingdom of healing and liberation.          

   

James 5:7-10                                                          

The apostle James writing to the persecuted church tells his readers not to lose heart. The Lord is coming so be ready and waiting.

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Matthew 11:2-11

The gospel tells the moving story of John the Baptist’s final days before his martyrdom. Jesus asks his cousin to remember what he has witnessed: lepers cleansed, deaf ears opened, the blind seeing, the lame walking and Good news proclaimed to the poor.