Saint Pius X, Pope

1The hand of the Lord was set upon me, and he led me away in the Spirit of the Lord, and he released me in the midst of a plain which was full of bones. 2And he led me around, through them, on every side. Now they were very many upon the face of the plain, and they were exceedingly dry. 3And he said to me, “Son of man, do you think that these bones will live?” And I said, “O Lord God, you know.” 4And he said to me, “Prophesy about these bones. And you shall say to them: Dry bones, listen to the word of the Lord! 5Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will send spirit into you, and you shall live. 6And I will set sinews upon you, and I will cause flesh to grow over you, and I will extend skin over you. And I will give you spirit, and you shall live. And you shall know that I am the Lord.” 7And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. But a noise occurred, as I was prophesying, and behold: a commotion. And the bones joined together, each one at its joint. 8And I saw, and behold: sinews and flesh rose up over them; and skin was extended over them. But they had no spirit within them. 9And he said to me: “Prophesy to the spirit! Prophesy, O son of man, and you shall say to the spirit: Thus says the Lord God: Approach, O spirit, from the four winds, and blow across these ones who were slain, and revive them.” 10And I prophesied, just as he had instructed me. And spirit entered into them, and they lived. And they stood upon their feet, an exceedingly great army. 11And he said to me: “Son of man: All these bones are the house of Israel. They say: ‘Our bones are dried out, and our hope has perished, and we have been cut off.’ 12Because of this, prophesy, and you shall say to them: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your tombs, and I will lead you away from your sepulchers, O my people. And I will lead you into the land of Israel. 13And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I will have opened your sepulchers, and when I will have led you away from your tombs, O my people. 14And I will place my Spirit within you, and you shall live. And I will cause you to rest upon your own soil. And you shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken and acted, says the Lord God.”

2Let those who have been redeemed by the Lord say so: those whom he redeemed from the hand of the enemy and gathered from the regions,

3from the rising of the sun and its setting, from the north and from the sea.

4They wandered into solitude in a waterless place. They did not find the way of the city to be their dwelling place.

5They were hungry, and they were thirsty. Their soul fainted within them.

6And they cried out to the Lord in tribulation, and he rescued them in their necessity.

7And he led them in the right way, so that they might go forth to a city of habitation.

8Let his mercies confess to the Lord, and let his miracles confess to the sons of men.

9For he has satisfied the empty soul, and he has satisfied the hungry soul with good things:

34But the Pharisees, hearing that he had caused the Sadducees to be silent, came together as one. 35And one of them, a doctor of the law, questioned him, to test him: 36“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37Jesus said to him: “ ‘You shall love the Lord your God from all your heart, and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ 38This is the greatest and first commandment. 39But the second is similar to it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ 40On these two commandments the entire law depends, and also the prophets.”