Signs and wonders “as high as the sky” are spoken of in this Sunday’s reading from the prophet Isaiah. Major U.S. stock indexes are also in sky-high territory this week as the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 19,900 for the first time Tuesday.

“Once capital becomes an idol and guides people’s decisions, once greed for money presides over the entire socioeconomic system, it ruins society, it condemns and enslaves men and women, it destroys human fraternity, it sets people against one another and, as we clearly see, it even puts at risk our common home.”

The Dow Jones Industrial Average first closed over 100 in 1906. It first closed over 1,000 in 1972. It first closed over 10,000 in 1999.