From the Word

The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
      “Prepare the way of the LORD;
      Make straight in the desert
      A highway for our God.
      Every valley shall be exalted
      And every mountain and hill brought low;
      The crooked places shall be made straight
      And the rough places smooth;

The glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
      And all flesh shall see it together;
      For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

The voice said, “Cry out!”
      And he said, “What shall I cry?”

 

“All flesh is grass,
      And all its loveliness is like the flower of the field.
       The grass withers, the flower fades,
      Because the breath of the LORD blows upon it;
      Surely the people are grass.

The grass withers, the flower fades,
      But the word of our God stands forever.”

O Zion,
      You who bring good tidings,
      Get up into the high mountain;
      O Jerusalem,
      You who bring good tidings,
      Lift up your voice with strength,
      Lift it up, be not afraid;
      Say to the cities of Judah, “Behold your God!”

~ Isaiah 40:3-9~