First Reading
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7
Read this as the first big movement of the day. Notice what God is doing, who is speaking, and what part of the story or teaching should stay with you.
1Look my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delights in him: I have given my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
2He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad.
3The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth.
4He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait for his law.
6I the Lord have called you in righteousness, and taken you by the hand, and preserved you. And I have given you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
7That you might open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.