The first reading is a reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah. The Lord God has given me a well-trained

tongue that I may know how to speak to the weary, a word that will rouse them. Morning after

morning, he opens my ear that I may hear, and I have not rebelled I have not turned back

I gave my back to those who beat me my cheeks to those who plucked my beard my face I did not

shield from buffets and spitting the Lord God is my help therefore am not disgraced. I have set my face like Flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right. If anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. See the Lord God is my help.

Who will prove me wrong? The word of the Lord, thanks be to God.

Lord, in your great love, answer me. Lord, in your great love, answer me. For your sake, I bear insult and shame covers my face.

I have become an outlet to my brothers, an outcast to my brothers, a stranger to my mother's sons,

because zeal for your house consumes me and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me. Lord, in your great love, answer me.

Insult has broken my heart and I am weak. I looked for sympathy, but there was none. For consolers,

but not one could I find. Rather, they put gall in food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Lord, in your great love, answer me.

I will praise the name of God in song.

I will glorify him with Thanksgiving.

See you, lowly ones, and be glad.

You who seek God, may the heart revive.

For the Lord hears the poor and his own are in bonds. And those who are

in bonds, he spurns not. Lord, in your great love, answer me. My brothers and sisters, may our Lord be

with you and with your spirit, a reading from the Holy Gospel according to St. Matthew,

glory to you, O Lord. One of the twelve who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief

priests and said, What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you? They paid him 30 pieces

of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over to you. They paid him thirty pieces of silver. And from that time on, he looked

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