God Honors

From blog.givecentral.org

Hear me, coastlands,
listen, distant peoples.

Before birth the LORD called me,
from my mother’s womb he gave me my name.

He made my mouth like a sharp-edged sword,
concealed me, shielded by his hand.

He made me a sharpened arrow,
in his quiver he hid me.

He said to me, You are my servant,
in you, Israel, I show my glory.

Though I thought I had toiled in vain,
for nothing and for naught spent my strength,
Yet my right is with the LORD,
my recompense is with my God.

For now the LORD has spoken
who formed me as his servant from the womb,
That Jacob may be brought back to him
and Israel gathered to him;
I am honored in the sight of the LORD,
and my God is now my strength!

It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant,
to raise up the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the survivors of Israel;
I will make you a light to the nations,
that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.

Isaiah 49:1-6

"Lord, may I listen to You as You speak to me.  Grant me boldness to follow what You want me to do."

Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist

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