OLD TESTAMENT (Second Reading)

A Reading from the Book of Prophet Ezekiel

Therefore, prophesy and say to them: 

     thus says the Lord GOD: 

     Look! I am going to open your graves; 

     I will make you come up out of your graves, 

     my people, and bring you back to the land of Israel. You shall know that I am the LORD, 

     when I open your graves 

     and make you come up out of them, my people! 

I will put my spirit in you that you may come to life, 

     and I will settle you in your land. 

Then you shall know that I am the LORD. 

I have spoken; I will do it.

The Word of the Lord