March 30th, 2006, Monday of Holy Week.

A reading from the book of the prophet Isaiah.

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 The Responsorial Psalm.

The response is,

The Lord is my light and my salvation.

The Lord is my light and my salvation.

Whom should I fear?

The Lord is my life's refuge.

Of whom should I be afraid?

The Lord is my light and my salvation.

When evildoers come at me to devour my flesh,

my foes and my enemies themselves stumble and fall. The Lord is my light and my salvation.

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