First reading Isaiah 2:1-5

The Lord gathers all nations together into the eternal peace of the Kingdom of God.

The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

It shall come to pass in the latter days

that the mountain of the house of the Lord

shall be established as the highest of the mountains,

and shall be lifted up above the hills;

and all the nations shall flow to it,

and many peoples shall come, and say:

‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the house of the God of Jacob,

that he may teach us his ways

and that we may walk in his paths.’

For out of Sion shall go forth the law,

and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

He shall judge between the nations,

and shall decide disputes for many peoples;

and they shall beat their swords into ploughshares,

and their spears into pruning-hooks;

nation shall not lift up sword against nation,

neither shall they learn war any more.

O house of Jacob,

come, let us walk

in the light of the Lord.

The word of the Lord

Responsorial Psalm Ps 122(121):1-2. 4-5. 6-7. 8-9. ℟ cf. 1

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

I rejoiced when they said to me,

‘Let us go to the house of the Lord.’

And now our feet are standing

within your gates, O Jerusalem. 

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

It is there that the tribes go up,

the tribes of the Lord,

as it is decreed for Israel,

to give thanks to the name of the Lord. 

There were set the thrones for judgement,

the thrones of the house of David. 

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

For the peace of Jerusalem pray,

‘May they prosper, those who love you.’

May peace abide in your walls,

and security be in your towers.

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

For the sake of my family and friends,

let me say, ‘Peace upon you.’

For the sake of the house of the Lord, our God,

I will seek good things for you. 

Let us go rejoicing to the house of the Lord.

Second reading Romans 13:11-14a

‘Salvation is nearer to us now.’

Brothers and sisters: You know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. Let us walk properly as in the daytime, not in orgies and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in quarrelling and jealousy. But put on the Lord Jesus Christ.

The word of the Lord

Gospel Acclamation Psalm 85(84):8

Alleluia, alleluia.

Show us, O Lord, your mercy,

and grant us your salvation.

Alleluia.