The first reading is a reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

Thus says the Lord, if you remove from your midst oppression, false accusation and malicious speech,

if you bestow your bread on the hungry and satisfy the afflicted, then your light shall rise for you in the darkness,

and the gloom shall become for you like midday. Then the Lord will guide you always and give you plenty,

even on the parched land. He will renew your strength, and you shall be like a watered garden,

like a spring whose water never fails. The ancient ruins shall be rebuilt for your sake,

and the foundations from ages past you shall raise up. Repair of the breach, they shall call you,

restore of ruined homesteads.

If you hold back your foot on the Sabbath from following your own pursuits on my holy day,

if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's Holy Day honorable, if you honor it by not

following your ways, seeking your own interests or speaking with malice,

then you shall delight in the Lord, and I will make you ride on the heights of the earth.

I will flourish you with the heritage of Jacob, your father, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.

The word of the Lord, thanks be to God.

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am afflicted and poor. Keep my life,

for I am devoted to you. save your servant who trusts in you

you are my God teach me your way O Lord that I may walk in your truth have mercy on me O Lord for to you I call all the day

glad in the soul of your servant and to you O Lord I Lord, for to you, O Lord, I lift up my soul.

Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. For you, O God, are good and forgiving,

abounding in kindness to all who call upon you. Harken, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my

pleading. Teach me your way, O Lord, to my prayer and attend to the sound of my pleading. Teach me your way,

O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. My brothers and sisters, may our Lord be with you.

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