Isaiah 45: 01–13
Israel Set Free by God’s Power to Work Through People and Nations
1This is what the Lord says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have taken hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armour, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut:
2I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut though bars of iron:
3I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the Lord, the God of Israel, who summons you by name.
4For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by thy name and bestow on you a title of honour, though you do not acknowledge me.
5I am the Lord, and there is none other; apart from me there is no God, I will strengthen you, though you have not acknowledge me,
6so that from the rising of the sun to the place of its setting people may know that there is none besides me. I am the Lord, and there is no other.
7I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
8“You heavens above, rain down my righteousness; let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide, let salvation spring up, let righteousness flourish with it; I, the Lord, have created it.
9Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker, those who are nothing but potsherds among the potsherds on the ground. Does the clay say to the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘The potter has no hands’?
10Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What gave you brought to birth?’
11“This is what the Lord, says – the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Concerning things to come, do you question me about my children, or give me orders abut the work of my hands?
12It is I who made the earth and created mankind on it. My own hands stretched out the heavens; I marshalled their starry hosts.
13 I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness: I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild my city and set my exiles free, but not for a price or reward, says the Lord Almighty.”
Latin · Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
11 October 2026