Thursday, December 31, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:1-18) And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father's only Son, full of grace and truth.
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke Saint Luke 2:36-40) The Child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon Him.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 2:22-35) "My own eyes have seen the salvation which you prepared in the sight of every people"
Monday, December 28, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 2:13-18) “Rise, take the child and his mother, flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you. Herod is going to search for the child to destroy him.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 12:22-40) "For my eyes have seen your salvation, which you prepared in sight of all the peoples"
Saturday, December 26, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 10:17-22) "You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved.”
Friday, December 25, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:1-18) Et Verbum caro factum est, et habitavit in nobis... And the Word was made flesh and made His dwelling among us.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:67-79) "In the tender compassion of our God the dawn from on high shall break upon us"
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:57-66) "John is his name."
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:46-56) “My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; my spirit rejoices in God my saviour."
Monday, December 21, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:39-45) "Blessed are you who believed that what was spoken to you by the Lord would be fulfilled."
Sunday, December 20, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Saint Luke 1:26-38) In the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David, and the virgin's name was Mary.
Friday, December 18, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 1:18-24) When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home.
Thursday, December 17, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 1:1-17) The Book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 7:19-23) "And blessed is the one who takes no offense at me."
Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 21:28-32) "Amen, I say to you, tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you."
Monday, December 14, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 21,23-27) He himself said to them, "Neither shall I tell you by what authority I do these things."
Sunday, December 13, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St John 1:6-8,19-28) “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘make straight the way of the Lord.’”
Saturday, December 12, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1:26-38) "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Friday, December 11, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,16-19) "But wisdom is vindicated by her works."
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,11-15) "From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent are taking it by force."
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Matthew 11,28-30) "Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest."
Tuesday, December 08, 2020
Vatican News @VaticanNews #Gospel of the Day (St Luke 1,26-38) "Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you."
Monday, December 07, 2020
READING OF THE DAY A reading from the Book of Isaiah IS 35:1-10
READING OF THE DAY
A reading from the Book of Isaiah
IS 35:1-10
The desert and the parched land will exult;
the steppe will rejoice and bloom.
They will bloom with abundant flowers,
and rejoice with joyful song.
The glory of Lebanon will be given to them,
the splendor of Carmel and Sharon;
They will see the glory of the LORD,
the splendor of our God.
Strengthen the hands that are feeble,
make firm the knees that are weak,
Say to those whose hearts are frightened:
Be strong, fear not!
Here is your God,
he comes with vindication;
With divine recompense
he comes to save you.
Then will the eyes of the blind be opened,
the ears of the deaf be cleared;
Then will the lame leap like a stag,
then the tongue of the mute will sing.
Streams will burst forth in the desert,
and rivers in the steppe.
The burning sands will become pools,
and the thirsty ground, springs of water;
The abode where jackals lurk
will be a marsh for the reed and papyrus.
A highway will be there,
called the holy way;
No one unclean may pass over it,
nor fools go astray on it.
No lion will be there,
nor beast of prey go up to be met upon it.
It is for those with a journey to make,
and on it the redeemed will walk.
Those whom the LORD has ransomed will return
and enter Zion singing,
crowned with everlasting joy;
They will meet with joy and gladness,
sorrow and mourning will flee.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Luke
LK 5:17-26
One day as Jesus was teaching,
Pharisees and teachers of the law,
who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem,
were sitting there,
and the power of the Lord was with him for healing.
And some men brought on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed;
they were trying to bring him in and set him in his presence.
But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd,
they went up on the roof
and lowered him on the stretcher through the tiles
into the middle in front of Jesus.
When Jesus saw their faith, he said,
“As for you, your sins are forgiven.”
Then the scribes and Pharisees began to ask themselves,
“Who is this who speaks blasphemies?
Who but God alone can forgive sins?”
Jesus knew their thoughts and said to them in reply,
“What are you thinking in your hearts?
Which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’
or to say, ‘Rise and walk’?
But that you may know
that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”–
he said to the one who was paralyzed,
“I say to you, rise, pick up your stretcher, and go home.”
He stood up immediately before them,
picked up what he had been lying on,
and went home, glorifying God.
Then astonishment seized them all and they glorified God,
and, struck with awe, they said,
“We have seen incredible things today.”
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
It is a simple thing, that Jesus teaches us when He goes to the essentials. Health is essential: of the body and of the soul. We take good care of the health of our body, but also of the soul. And we go to that Doctor who can heal us, who can forgive our sins. Jesus came for this and gave His life for this. (Santa Marta 17 January 2020)
Sunday, December 06, 2020
READING OF THE DAY First reading from the Book of Isaiah IS 40:1-5, 9-11
READING OF THE DAY
First reading from the Book of Isaiah
IS 40:1-5, 9-11
Comfort, give comfort to my people,
says your God.
Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her
that her service is at an end,
her guilt is expiated;
indeed, she has received from the hand of the LORD
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
In the desert prepare the way of the LORD!
Make straight in the wasteland a highway for our God!
Every valley shall be filled in,
every mountain and hill shall be made low;
the rugged land shall be made a plain,
the rough country, a broad valley.
Then the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
and all people shall see it together;
for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Go up on to a high mountain,
Zion, herald of glad tidings;
cry out at the top of your voice,
Jerusalem, herald of good news!
Fear not to cry out
and say to the cities of Judah:
Here is your God!
Here comes with power
the Lord GOD,
who rules by his strong arm;
here is his reward with him,
his recompense before him.
Like a shepherd he feeds his flock;
in his arms he gathers the lambs,
carrying them in his bosom,
and leading the ewes with care.
Second reading from the Second Letter of Peter
2 PT 3:8-1
Do not ignore this one fact, beloved,
that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years
and a thousand years like one day.
The Lord does not delay his promise, as some regard “delay,”
but he is patient with you,
not wishing that any should perish
but that all should come to repentance.
But the day of the Lord will come like a thief,
and then the heavens will pass away with a mighty roar
and the elements will be dissolved by fire,
and the earth and everything done on it will be found out.
Since everything is to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of persons ought you to be,
conducting yourselves in holiness and devotion,
waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God,
because of which the heavens will be dissolved in flames
and the elements melted by fire.
But according to his promise
we await new heavens and a new earth
in which righteousness dwells.
Therefore, beloved, since you await these things,
be eager to be found without spot or blemish before him, at peace.
GOSPEL OF THE DAY
From the Gospel according to Mark
MK 1:1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you;
he will prepare your way.
A voice of one crying out in the desert:
“Prepare the way of the Lord,
make straight his paths.”
John the Baptist appeared in the desert
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
People of the whole Judean countryside
and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem
were going out to him
and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River
as they acknowledged their sins.
John was clothed in camel’s hair,
with a leather belt around his waist.
He fed on locusts and wild honey.
And this is what he proclaimed:
“One mightier than I is coming after me.
I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals.
I have baptized you with water;
he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
WORDS OF THE HOLY FATHER
John the Baptist’s testimony invites us to start out again and again on our journey of faith: to start afresh from Jesus Christ, the Lamb full of mercy that the Father gave for us. Let us be surprised once again by God’s choice to be on our side, to show solidarity with us sinners, and to save the world from evil by taking it on fully. (Angelus, 19 January 2020)
Saturday, December 05, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,35-38.10,1.6-8) "Ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest." Then Jesus summoned his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits.
Friday, December 04, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 9,27-31) "Let it be done for you according to your faith." And their eyes were opened.
Thursday, December 03, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 7,21.24-27) "Everyone who listens to these words of mine and acts on them will be like a wise man who built his house on rock. The rain fell, the floods came, and the winds blew and buffeted the house. But it did not collapse."
Wednesday, December 02, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Matthew 15,29-37) Jesus took the seven loaves and the fish, gave thanks, broke the loaves, and gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds.
Tuesday, December 01, 2020
Gospel of the Day (Luke 10,21-24) "I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and the learned you have revealed them to the childlike."
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