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Baruch 5:1-9

Jerusalem Clothed in Glory

December 5, 2027

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Edward Lear
Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, Edward Lear, 1859Google Art Project
Lear, better known for nonsense verse, was a working topographical painter who travelled the Levant. The city is drawn from the east with the accuracy of a surveyor.Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on for ever the beauty of the glory from God. For God will lead Israel with joy, in the light of his glory, with the mercy and righteousness that come from him.Edward LearBest remembered for nonsense verse, but by trade a topographical painter and ornithological draughtsman who travelled constantly.Google Art ProjectRecorded through an online image archive; the holding institution is not named with the image.Google Art Project
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 3:1-6Lk 3:1-6
Second ReadingPhil. 1:4-6, 8-11Phil 1:4-6, 8-11
First ReadingBar. 5:1-9Bar 5:1-9
Responsorial PsalmPs. 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6 (3)Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6 (3)

Overview & Insights

"Take off the garment of your sorrow and affliction, O Jerusalem, and put on forever the beauty of the glory from God." (Baruch 5:1)

Baruch calls exiled Jerusalem to remove her mourning clothes and put on God's glory, promising that her scattered children will be gathered home along a leveled highway prepared by God. The passage supplies the imagery Luke's Gospel echoes for John's preaching.

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Commentary

The Second Sunday of Advent, Year C Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre

Dr. Brant Pitre reads Baruch's new-exodus prophecy of gathered exiles alongside Luke's Gospel.

The Book of BaruchThe Book of Bar Agape Bible Study

Catholic background on Baruch's place in the deuterocanonical Old Testament and its themes of exile and return.

Background & Word Study

Baruch, Chapter 5 (Douay-Rheims with Haydock notes)Bar, Chapter 5 (Douay-Rheims with Haydock notes) New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

Full text of Baruch 5 with Father Haydock's verse by verse Catholic annotations.

BaruchBar New Advent · Catholic Encyclopedia

The standard Catholic introduction to the book: how it was written, in what language, and how it came to stand where it does.

Baruch 5 (NABRE, with footnotes)Bar 5 (NABRE, with footnotes) USCCB

The text as the Church reads it, with the notes that set the passage in its own moment.

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