Stay awake . . .

stand ready

because the Son

of Man is coming

at an hour you do

not expect.

Repent, for the kingdom

of heaven is close at hand.

I baptise you in water for

repentance, but the one

who follows me . . . will

baptise you with the Holy

Spirit and fire.

The blind see again, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear,and the dead are

raised to life and the Good News

is proclaimed to the poor; and happy is the man who does not lose faith in me.

The virgin will conceive

and give birth to a son

and they will call him

Emmanuel,

a name which means

‘God-is-with-us’