Call to worship Servicde of Healing

Comfort, O comfort my people,

says your God.

Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,

and cry to them

that they have served their term,

that their penalty is paid,

that they have received from the Lord’s hand

double for all their sins. R

A voice cries out:

“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord,

make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

Every valley shall be lifted up,

and ever mountain and hill be made low;

the uneven ground shall become level,

and the rough places a plain.

Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,

and all the people shall see it together,

for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

Get you up to a high mountain,

O Zion, herald of good tiding;

lift up your voice with strength,

O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings,

lift it up, do not fear;

say to the cities of Judah,

“Here is your God!” R