OLD TESTAMENT

Isaiah 60:1

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“Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the LORD’s glory has risen on you!

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Verse 1. O Jerusalem, is not in Hebrew or Saint Jerome but in the Septuagint Some few things may refer to the terrestrial Jerusalem, though the prophet speaks chiefly of the celestial and of the Church.—Lord, very great. Christ came to save us. Calmet.—God prevents by his grace, but man must co-operate to be justified. Worthington.

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