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These three readings proclaim God's word; let us prepare to listen and receive the Eucharist. You can listen to the audio by clicking the play button below: Isaiah 42:1–4, 6–7 “A bruised reed he will not break…” Isaiah 42 opens with a breath-taking declaration: “Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights.”  Before the servant does anything, before he speaks, heals, liberates, or teaches, God names him as beloved. The mission begins not with action,

These three readings proclaim God’s word; let us prepare to listen and receive the Eucharist. Isaiah 60:1–6 “Arise, shine out, for your light has come…” There are moments in Scripture when God does not simply speak to  His people. He summons them. Isaiah 60 is one of those moments. It begins not with comfort, nor with explanation, but with a command that is almost a jolt to the soul: “Arise, shine out, Jerusalem, for your light has come.” It is spoken to a people who have kno

These three readings proclaim God’s Word; let us prepare to listen and receive the Eucharist. Isaiah 6:1–8 In the year King Uzziah died, Isaiah tells us, he saw the Lord. That opening line is not a timestamp; it is a wound. Uzziah’s death marked the end of a long, stable reign. The nation was anxious. The future was uncertain. Leadership had faltered. The people were spiritually adrift. Isaiah’s vision begins in a moment of national grief and personal disorientation. And it i