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Numbers 24:2-7, 15-17a

 He looked up and saw Israel camping,

Holy Day of Obligation 

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Genesis 3:9-15, 20

 Yahweh God called the man saying to him,

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Zephaniah 3:14-18a

Cry out with joy, O daughter of Zion; rejoice,

 St. Ambrose, bishop & doctor

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Isaiah 40:1-11

 Be comforted,

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Sirach 48:1-4, 9-11

 Then came the prophet Elijah like a fire,

St. Nicholas, bishop 

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Isaiah 35:1-10*

 Let the wilderness and the arid land rejoice,

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Isaiah 48:17-19

 Thus says Yahweh,

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Baruch 5:1-9

 Jerusalem, put off your garment of mourning

St. Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin 

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Isaiah 41:13-20

 For I, Yahweh, your God,

St. John of Damascus, priest

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Isaiah 30:19-21, 23-26

 O people of Zion,