Reading III Ex 14:15—15:1
The LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to me?
Tell the Israelites to go forward.
And you, lift up your staff and, with hand outstretched over the sea,
split the sea in two,
that the Israelites may pass through it on dry land.
But I will make the Egyptians so obstinate
that they will go in after them.
Then I will receive glory through Pharaoh and all his army,
his chariots and charioteers.
The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD,
when I receive glory through Pharaoh
and his chariots and charioteers."
The angel of God, who had been leading Israel's camp,
now moved and went around behind them.
The column of cloud also, leaving the front,
took up its place behind them,
so that it came between the camp of the Egyptians
and that of Israel.
But the cloud now became dark, and thus the night passed
without the rival camps coming any closer together
all night long.
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and the LORD swept the sea
with a strong east wind throughout the night
and so turned it into dry land.
When the water was thus divided,
the Israelites marched into the midst of the sea on dry land,
with the water like a wall to their right and to their left.
The Egyptians followed in pursuit;
all Pharaoh's horses and chariots and charioteers went after them
right into the midst of the sea.
In the night watch just before dawn
the LORD cast through the column of the fiery cloud
upon the Egyptian force a glance that threw it into a panic;
and he so clogged their chariot wheels
that they could hardly drive.
With that the Egyptians sounded the retreat before Israel,
because the LORD was fighting for them against the Egyptians.
Then the LORD told Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea,
that the water may flow back upon the Egyptians,
upon their chariots and their charioteers."
So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea,
and at dawn the sea flowed back to its normal depth.
The Egyptians were fleeing head on toward the sea,
when the LORD hurled them into its midst.
As the water flowed back,
it covered the chariots and the charioteers of Pharaoh's whole army
which had followed the Israelites into the sea.
Not a single one of them escaped.
But the Israelites had marched on dry land
through the midst of the sea,
with the water like a wall to their right and to their left.
Thus the LORD saved Israel on that day
from the power of the Egyptians.
When Israel saw the Egyptians lying dead on the seashore
and beheld the great power that the LORD
had shown against the Egyptians,
they feared the LORD and believed in him and in his servant Moses.
Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the LORD:
I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
Responsorial Psalm Ex 15:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 17-18
R. (1b) Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
I will sing to the LORD, for he is gloriously triumphant;
horse and chariot he has cast into the sea.
My strength and my courage is the LORD,
and he has been my savior.
He is my God, I praise him;
the God of my father, I extol him.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
The LORD is a warrior,
LORD is his name!
Pharaoh's chariots and army he hurled into the sea;
the elite of his officers were submerged in the Red Sea.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
The flood waters covered them,
they sank into the depths like a stone.
Your right hand, O LORD, magnificent in power,
your right hand, O LORD, has shattered the enemy.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
You brought in the people you redeemed
and planted them on the mountain of your inheritance
the place where you made your seat, O LORD,
the sanctuary, LORD, which your hands established.
The LORD shall reign forever and ever.
R. Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.
Cuarta Lectura Is 54, 5-14
“El que te creó, te tomará por esposa;
su nombre es ‘Señor de los ejércitos’.
Tu redentor es el Santo de Israel;
será llamado ‘Dios de toda la tierra’.
Como a una mujer abandonada y abatida
te vuelve a llamar el Señor.
¿Acaso repudia uno a la esposa de la juventud?,
dice tu Dios.
Por un instante te abandoné,
pero con inmensa misericordia te volveré a tomar.
En un arrebato de ira
te oculté un instante mi rostro,
pero con amor eterno me he apiadado de ti,
dice el Señor, tu redentor.
Me pasa ahora como en los días de Noé:
entonces juré que las aguas del diluvio
no volverían a cubrir la tierra;
ahora juro no enojarme ya contra ti
ni volver a amenazarte.
Podrán desaparecer los montes
y hundirse las colinas,
pero mi amor por ti no desaparecerá
y mi alianza de paz quedará firme para siempre.
Lo dice el Señor, el que se apiada de ti.
Tú, la afligida, la zarandeada por la tempestad,
la no consolada:
He aquí que yo mismo coloco tus piedras sobre piedras finas,
tus cimientos sobre zafiros;
te pondré almenas de rubí
y puertas de esmeralda
y murallas de piedras preciosas.
Todos tus hijos serán discípulos del Señor,
y será grande su prosperidad.
Serás consolidada en la justicia.
Destierra la angustia,
pues ya nada tienes que temer;
olvida tu miedo,
porque ya no se acercará a ti’’.
Salmo Responsorial Salmo 29, 2 y 4. 5-6. 11 y 12a y 13b.
R. (2a) Te alabaré, Señor, eternamente.
Te alabaré, Señor, pues no dejaste
que se rieran de mí mis enemigos.
Tú, Señor, me salvaste de la muerte
y a punto de morir, me reviviste.
R. Te alabaré, Señor, eternamente.
Alaben al Señor quienes lo aman,
den gracias a su nombre,
porque su ira dura un solo instante
y su bondad, toda la vida.
El llanto nos visita por la tarde;
por la mañana, el júbilo.
R. Te alabaré, Señor, eternamente.
Escúchame, Señor, y compadécete;
Señor, ven en mi ayuda.
Convertiste mi duelo en alegría,
te alabaré por eso eternamente.
R. Te alabaré, Señor, eternamente.