The Holy Gospel According to Luke 1: 67-69
1:67 | And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit. And he prophesied, saying: |
1:68 | “Blessed is the Lord God of Israel. For he has visited and has wrought the redemption of his people. |
1:69 | And he has raised up a horn of salvation for us, in the house of David his servant, |
1:70 | just as he spoke by the mouth of his holy Prophets, who are from ages past: |
1:71 | salvation from our enemies, and from the hand of all those who hate us, |
1:72 | to accomplish mercy with our fathers, and to call to mind his holy testament, |
1:73 | the oath, which he swore to Abraham, our father, that he would grant to us, |
1:74 | so that, having been freed from the hand of our enemies, we may serve him without fear, |
1:75 | in holiness and in justice before him, throughout all our days. |
1:76 | And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the face of the Lord: to prepare his ways, |
1:77 | to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins, |
1:78 | through the heart of the mercy of our God, by which, descending from on high, he has visited us, |
1:79 | to illuminate those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to direct our feet in the way of peace.” |