The First Reading is from Isaiah chapter 6 verses 1 to 8
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a
throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the
temple. 2 Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had
six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two
they covered their feet, and with two they flew. 3 And one
called to another and said:
‘Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts;
the whole earth is full of his glory.’
4 The pivots on the thresholds shook at the voices of those
who called, and the house filled with smoke. 5 And I said:
‘Woe is me! I am lost, for I am a man of unclean lips, and I
live among a people of unclean lips; yet my eyes have seen
the King, the Lord of hosts!’
6 Then one of the seraphs flew to me, holding a live coal
that had been taken from the altar with a pair of tongs.
7 The seraph touched my mouth with it and said: ‘Now that
this has touched your lips, your guilt has departed and your
sin is blotted out.’ 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord
saying, ‘Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?’ And I
said, ‘Here am I; send me!’
Hear the Word of the Lord
Thanks be to God
The Gospel reading is from John chapter 3 verses 1 to 17
Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of
the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him,
‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from
God; for no one can do these signs that you do apart from
the presence of God.’ 3 Jesus answered him, ‘Very truly, I tell
you, no one can see the kingdom of God without being
born from above.’ 4 Nicodemus said to him, ‘How can
anyone be born after having grown old? Can one enter a
second time into the mother’s womb and be born?’ 5 Jesus
answered, ‘Very truly, I tell you, no one can enter the
kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit.
6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the
Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be astonished that I said to you,
“You must be born from above.” 8 The wind blows where it
chooses, and you hear the sound of it, but you do not know
where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone
who is born of the Spirit.’ 9 Nicodemus said to him, ‘How
can these things be?’ 10 Jesus answered him, ‘Are you a
teacher of Israel, and yet you do not understand these
things?
11 ‘Very truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know and
testify to what we have seen; yet you do not receive our
testimony. 12 If I have told you about earthly things and you
do not believe, how can you believe if I tell you about
heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven
except the one who descended from heaven, the Son of
Man. 14 And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the
wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, 15 that
whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
16 ‘For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so
that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may
have eternal life. 17 ‘Indeed, God did not send the Son into
the world to condemn the world, but in order that the
world might be saved through him.
For the Gospel of the Lord
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ
