Tuesday, December 31, 2019 7th Day Octave of Christmas 1st Reading: 1 Jn 2:18-21 Gospel: John 1:1-18 In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God and the Word was God; he was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him and without him nothing came to be. Whatever […]
Monday, December 30, 2019 6th Day in the Octave of Christmas 1st Reading: 1 Jn 2:12–17 Gospel: Lk 2:36–40 THERE was a prophetess named Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. After leaving her father’s home, she had been seven years with her husband, and since then she had been continually about the […]
Sunday, December 29, 2019 Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph 1st Reading: Sir 3:2-6,12-14 2nd Reading: Col 3:12-21 Gospel: Matthew 2:13-15.19-23 When they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream. “Get up,” he said, “take the child and his mother and escape to Egypt. Stay there until I […]
Saturday, December 28, 2019 Holy Innocents, Martyrs 1st Reading: 1 Jn 1:5—2:2 Gospel: Matthew 2:13-18•AFTER the wise men had left, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph and said, “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you for Herod will […]
Friday, December 27, 2019 John, Apostle and Evangelist 1st Reading: 1 Jn 1:1-4 Gospel: John 20:1,2-8 ON the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala ran to Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved. And she said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb and we don’t know where […]
Monday, December 23, 2019 4th Week of Advent 1st Reading: Mal 3:1-4, 23-24 Gospel: Luke 1:5 7-66 WHEN the time came for Elizabeth, she gave birth to a son. Her neighbors and relatives heard that the merciful Lord had done a wonderful thing for her and they rejoiced with her. When on the eighth […]
Sunday, December 22, 2019 4th Sunday of Advent 1st Reading: Is 7:10–14 2nd Reading: Rom 1:1–7 Gospel: Mt 1:18–24 This is how Jesus Christ was born. Mary his mother had been given to Joseph in marriage but before they lived together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. Then Joseph, her husband, […]
Saturday, December 21, 2019 3rd Week of Advent 1st Reading: Zep 3:14–18a Gospel: Lk 1:39–45 Mary then set out for a town in the Hills of Judah. She entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth. When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leapt in her womb. Elizabeth was filled with holy spirit, and giving […]
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 3rd Week of Advent 1st Reading: Gen 49:2,8-10 Gospel: Matthew 1:1-17 This is the account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David, son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah was the father of […]
Sunday, 15 December 2019 3rd Sunday of Advent 1st Reading: Is 35:1–6a, 10 2nd Reading: Jas 5:7-10 Gospel: Mt 11:2–11 When John the Baptist heard in prison about the activities of Christ, he sent a message by his disciples, asking him: “Are you the one who is to come or should we expect someone else?” […]
December 14, 2019 Saturday, 2nd Week of Advent St. John of the Cross 1st Reading: Sir 48:1-4, 9-11 Gospel: Mt 17:9a, 10-13 As they were coming down the mountainside, the disciples then asked Jesus, “Why do the teachers of the Law say that Elijah must come first?” And Jesus answered, “So it is: first comes […]