I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me

Reading 1 IS 54and1-10Raise a glad cry, you barren one who did not bear,Break forth in jubilant song, you who were not in labor,For more numerous are the children of the deserted wifethan the children of her who has a husband,says the LORD.Enlarge the space for your tent,spread out your tent cloths unsparinglylengthen your ropes and make firm your stakes.For you shall spread abroad to the right and to the leftyour descendants shall dispossess the nationsand shall people the desolate cities.Fear not, you shall not be put to shameyou need not blush, for you shall not be disgraced.The shame of your youth you shall forget,the reproach of your widowhood no longer remember.For he who has become your husband is your Makerhis name is the LORD of hostsYour redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,called God of all the earth.The LORD calls you back,like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit,A wife married in youth and then cast off,says your God.For a brief moment I abandoned you,but with great tenderness I will take you back.In an outburst of wrath, for a momentI hid my face from youBut with enduring love I take pity on you,says the LORD, your redeemer.This is for me like the days of Noah,when I swore that the waters of Noahshould never again deluge the earthSo I have sworn not to be angry with you,or to rebuke you.Though the mountains leave their placeand the hills be shaken,My love shall never leave younor my covenant of peace be shaken,says the LORD, who has mercy on you. Responsorial Psalm PS 30and2 AND 4, 5-6, 11-12A AND 13B R. (2a) I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.I will extol you, O LORD, for you drew me clearand did not let my enemies rejoice over me.O LORD, you brought me up from the nether worldyou preserved me from among those going down into the pit.R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me.Sing praise to the LORD, you his faithful ones,and give thanks to his holy name.For his anger lasts but a momenta lifetime, his good will.At nightfall, weeping enters in,but with the dawn, rejoicing.R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Hear, O LORD, and have pity on meO LORD, be my helper. You changed my mourning into dancingO LORD, my God, forever will I give you thanks.R. I will praise you, Lord, for you have rescued me. Alleluia LK 3and4, 6 R. Alleluia, alleluia.Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his pathsandAll flesh shall see the salvation of God.R. Alleluia, alleluia. Gospel LK 7:24-30 When the messengers of John the Baptist had left,Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. What did you go out to the desert to see B a reed swayed by the wind?Then what did you go out to see?Someone dressed in fine garments?Those who dress luxuriously and live sumptuouslyare found in royal palaces.Then what did you go out to see?A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.This is the one about whom Scripture saysandBehold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,he will prepare your way before you.I tell you,among those born of women, no one is greater than Johnyet the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he. (All the people who listened, including the tax collectors,who were baptized with the baptism of John,acknowledged the righteousness of Godbut the Pharisees and scholars of the law,who were not baptized by him,rejected the plan of God for themselves.)