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Readings for Lent and Easter

Short readings from throughout the Bible that focus on the meaning and events of Easter.
Duration: 47 days
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)
Version
Isaiah 61:1-3

The Good News of Deliverance

61 The spirit of the Lord God is upon me,
    because the Lord has anointed me;
he has sent me to bring good news to the oppressed,
    to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim liberty to the captives,
    and release to the prisoners;
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor,
    and the day of vengeance of our God;
    to comfort all who mourn;
to provide for 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.
They will be called oaks of righteousness,
    the planting of the Lord, to display his glory.

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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