First Reading
Isaiah 11:1-10
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.
1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
2And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him: the spirit of wisdom, and of understanding, the spirit of guidance, and of courage, the spirit of knowledge, and of godliness.
3And he shall be satisfied with the spirit of the reverence for the Lord. He shall not judge according to the sight of the eyes, nor reprove according to the hearing of the ears.
4But he shall judge the poor with righteousness, and shall reprove with equity for the gentle of the earth: land he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the evil.
5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins: and faith the girdle of his reins.
6The wolf shall dwell with the lamb: and the leopard shall lie down with the kid: the calf and the lion, and the sheep shall abide together, and a little child shall lead them.
7The calf and the bear shall feed: their young ones shall rest together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
8And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp: and the weaned child shall thrust his hand into the den of the basilisk.
9They shall not hurt, nor shall they kill in all my holy mountain, for the earth is satisfied with the knowledge of the Lord, as the covering waters of the sea.
10In that day the root of Jesse, who stands for an ensign of the people, him the Gentiles shall beseech, and his tomb shall be glorious.