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  Madonna and Child Francisco de Zurbarán [ Web Gallery of Art ] For thus says the  Lord : “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river  and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;  and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,  and bounced upon her knees.  As one whom his mother comforts,  so I will comfort you;  you shall be comforted in Jerusalem  (Isaiah 66:12-13, First Reading) . Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel   Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 [or 10:1-9] ( English Standard Version Anglicised: India)    After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.   And he said to them,  “The harvest is plentiful, but...

Madonna and Child ,  Francisco de Zurbarán   [ Web Gallery of Art ] For thus says the Lord: I will extend prosperity to her like a river,     and the wealth of the nations like an overflowing stream; and you shall nurse and be carried on her arm,     and dandled on her knees. As a mother comforts her child,     so I will comfort you;     you shall be comforted in Jerusalem ( Isaiah 66:12-13 ). From today’s First Reading. Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, India [optional], Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa) Gospel   Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 [or Luke 10: 1-9] ( New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition, Canada)     After this the Lord appointed seventy others and sent them on ahead of him in pairs to every town and place wher...