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First Reading: Isaiah 43:16-21

See, I am doing something new and I give my people drink.

  

Thus says the Lord, who opens a way in the sea and a path in the mighty waters, who leads out chariots and horsemen, a powerful army, till they lie prostrate together, never to rise, snuffed out and quenched like a wick. Remember not the events of the past, the things of long ago consider not; see, I am doing something new! Now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? In the desert I make a way, in the wasteland, rivers. Wild beasts honor me, jackals and ostriches, for I put water in the desert and rivers in the wasteland for my chosen people to drink, the people whom I formed for myself, that they might announce my praise.

 

Questions for Reflection

 

1.      Why is it difficult to forgive someone who has wronged you in the past?

 

2.      How does this passage from Isaiah encourage you about your present situation?

 

3.      How do you find purpose and direction from God for what you should do in the future? 

  

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