- Prayer and Worship - Beliefs and Teachings - Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving - About USCCB The Sending of Isaiah. 1In the
year King Uzziah died,* I saw the Lord seated on a high and
lofty throne,a with the train of his garment filling the temple.
2Seraphim* were stationed above; each of them had six wings:
with two they covered their faces, with two they covered their
feet, and with two they hovered.b 3One cried out to the other:
“Holy, holy, holy* is the LORD of hosts! All the earth is filled
with his glory!” 5Then I said, “Woe is me, I am doomed!* For I
am a man of unclean lips, living among a people of unclean
lips,d and my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” 6Then
one of the seraphim flew to me, holding an ember which he had
taken with tongs from the altar. 8Then I heard the voice of the
Lord saying, “Whom shall I send? Who will go for us?” “Here I
am,” I said; “send me!” 9* And he replied: Go and say to this
people: Listen carefully, but do not understand! Look intently,
but do not perceiv