17 THURSDAY, APRIL 2025
Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday)
Liturgical colour: White
Today’s Rosary: The Mysteries of Light
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Isaiah61:I-3abcd.6a.8b-9
The Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor, to give them the oil of gladness.
The Spirit ofthe Lord God is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD’S favour, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion – to give them a garland instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the mantle of praise instead of a faint spirit. But you shall be called the priests of the LORD, men shall speak of you as the ministers of our
God. I will faithfully give them their recompense, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. Their descendents shall be known among the nations, and their offspring in the midst of the peoples; all who see them shall acknowledge them, that they are a people whom the LORD has blessed.
V/ The word of the Lord.
R/ Thanks be to God.
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