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First Reading for Saint Anthony of Padua

Isaiah 61:1-3d

Summary: The Lord's spirit is upon me to bring good news, heal, free captives, and comfort mourners, replacing their sorrow with joy.

Anointed to Proclaim Good News

The spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly, to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to the prisoners, to announce a year of favor from the LORD and a day of vindication by our God, to comfort all who mourn.

To place on those who mourn in Zion a diadem instead of ashes, to give them oil of gladness in place of mourning, a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit.

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