Second Sunday of Advent

There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
    and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
    the spirit of wisdom and understanding.

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
    and the leopard shall lie down with the kid,
and the calf and the lion and the fatling together,
    and a little child shall lead them.

They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain
for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD
as the waters cover the sea.

Isaiah 11:1