First reading: Isaiah 43:18-19,21-22,24-25

 
Thus says the Lord:
 
No need to recall the past,
  no need to think about what was done before.
See, I am doing a new deed,
  even now it comes to light; can you not see it?
Yes, I am making a road in the wilderness,
  paths in the wilds.
The people I have formed for myself
  will sing my praises.
 
Jacob, you have not invoked me,
  you have not troubled yourself, Israel, on my behalf.
Instead you have burdened me with your sins,
  troubled me with your iniquities.
I it is, I it is, who must blot out everything
  and not remember your sins.