A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi (Malachi 3:19-20)

Lo, the day is coming, blazing like an oven, when all the proud and all evildoers will be stubble,

and the day that is coming will set them on fire,

leaving them neither root nor branch, says the Lord of hosts.

But for you who fear my name, there will arise

the sun of Justice with its healing rays