Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 19th December, 2023 The Advent Octave days before ChristmasDay 3 : 19th December. ************************************ FIRST READING A reading from the book of Judges 13:2-7. 24-25The birth of Samson was announced by an angel. There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren, she…
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 18th December, 2023 The Advent Octave before ChristmasDay 2 : Monday -18th December. FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Jeremiah 23: 5–8 I will raise a virtuous Branch for David. ‘See, the days are coming – it is the Lord who speaks –when I will raise a virtuous Branch for David,who will reign as…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 17th December, 2023 Third Sunday of Advent Gaudete (Rejoice) Sunday – the Lord is nearer than ever ************* As we journey in Advent and look forward to Christmas, we celebrate our joy at the coming of the Lord. Joy, prayer and thanksgiving should characterise Christian worship. Because the man of integrity has come with…
Liturgical Readings for : Saturday, 16th December, 2023 Saturday of the Second week of Advent Old & New Testament prophets, Elijah and John the Baptist, bear witness to Jesus as the Christ. FIRST READING A reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus (Sirach) 48:1-4. 9-11Elijah will come again. The prophet Elijah arose like a fire, his word flaring…
Liturgical Readings for : Friday, 15th December, 2023 Friday of the Second Week of Advent Even after all of John the Baptist’s preaching, not everybody in Jesus time responded to Him . FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 48:17-19 If only you had been alert to my commandments. Thus says the Lord,…
Liturgical Readings for : Thursday, 14th December, 2023 Thursday of the Second Week of AdventMemorial of St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 41:13-21I, the Holy One of Israel, am your redeemer. For I, the Lord, your God, I am holding you by the right hand;I tell you, ‘Do not…
Liturgical Readings for : Wednesday, 13th December, 2023 Wednesday of the Second Week of Advent**************Memorial of St Lucy, virgin and martyr, We should never feel weary, loosing trust in the Lord. He has promised rest for the weary and overburdened FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 40:25-31The Lord almighty gives strength…
Liturgical Readings for : Tuesday, 12th December, 2023 Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent Optional memorials of Our Lady of Guadalupe andSt Finnian of ClonardIsaiah the prophet utters encouraging words to the formally enslaved Jewish nations that they were liberated. God was about to lead his people away and Isaiah and John’s call for a suitable road for God to travel on. FIRST READING …
Liturgical Readings for : Monday, 11th December, 2023 Monday of the Second Week of AdventOptional Memorial of St Damasus I, pope Jesus and his works are at the core of Isaiah’s poetic vision of God’s saving love. FIRST READING A reading from the prophet Isaiah 35:1-10God himself is coming to save you. Let the wilderness and…
Liturgical Readings for : Sunday, 10th December, 2023 Second Sunday of Advent, Year B St John the Baptist calls to us to straighten out our lives, to lower the mountains of pride so that God’s grace can lead us to do what he wants with us. There is no place for our selfishness and pride in the Lord’s’s new…
