Until the Moon Is No More--Jan. 6, 2011

Out of the ruins of our lives we break forth into singing;
you have comforted, you have redeemed your people.

You have given us your servant, one you have chosen,
your beloved, with whom your soul is well pleased.

We await the day of the New Jerusalem—its gates
always open (for there will be no night there).

Bring in that day, for righteousness will flourish,
peace will abound until the moon is no more.

Lectionary Readings
Ps. 72; 147:12-20; 100; 67
Isa. 52:7-10
Rev. 21:22-27
Matt. 12:14-21

Selected Verses
Ps. 72:7
In his days may righteousness flourish
      and peace abound, until the moon is no more.

Isa. 52:9
Break forth together into singing,
      you ruins of Jerusalem;
for the LORD has comforted his people,
      he has redeemed Jerusalem.

Rev. 21:25
[The gates of the New Jerusalem] will never be shut by day—and there will be no night there.

Matt. 12:17-18a
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
“Here is my servant, whom I have chosen,
      my beloved, with whom my soul is well pleased. …”