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Wednesday, December
24, 2014
CHRISTMAS VIGIL
8:30 pm Carolling
9:00 pm Christmas Eve Mass in Multilingual
Thursday, December
25, 2014
CHRISTMAS DAY
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First Reading
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ISAIAH 62:1-5
1 About Zion I will not
be silent, about Jerusalem I shall not rest until saving justice dawns for her
like a bright light and her salvation like a blazing torch.
2 The nations will then
see your saving justice, and all kings your glory, and you will be called a new
name which Yahweh's mouth will reveal.
3 You will be a crown
of splendour in Yahweh's hand, a princely diadem in the hand of your God.
4 No more will you be
known as 'Forsaken' or your country be known as 'Desolation'; instead, you will
be called 'My Delight is in her' and your country 'The Wedded'; for Yahweh will
take delight in you and your country will have its wedding.
5 Like a young man
marrying a virgin, your rebuilder will wed you, and as the bridegroom rejoices
in his bride, so will your God rejoice in you.
“The Word of the Lord”
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4 I have made your dynasty firm for ever, built your
throne stable age after age.'Pause
5 The heavens praise your wonders, Yahweh, your
constancy in the gathering of your faithful.
16 In your name they rejoice all day long, by your saving
justice they are raised up.
17 You are the flower of their strength, by your favour
our strength is triumphant;
27 So I shall make him my first-born, the highest of
earthly kings.
29 I have established his dynasty for ever, his throne to
be as lasting as the heavens.
Second Reading
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ACTS OF APOSTLES 13:16-17, 22-25
16 Paul stood up, raised his hand for silence and began
to speak: 'Men of Israel, and fearers of God, listen!
17 The God of our nation Israel chose our ancestors and
made our people great when they were living in Egypt, a land not their own;
then by divine power he led them out
22 he deposed him and raised up David to be king, whom he
attested in these words, "I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my
own heart, who will perform my entire will."
23 To keep his promise, God has raised up for Israel one
of David's descendants, Jesus, as Saviour,
24 whose coming was heralded by John when he proclaimed a
baptism of repentance for the whole people of Israel.
25 Before John ended his course he said, "I am not
the one you imagine me to be; there is someone coming after me whose sandal I
am not fit to undo."
“The Word of the Lord”
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MATTHEW 1:1-25
1 Roll of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, son of David,
son of Abraham:
2 Abraham fathered Isaac, Isaac fathered Jacob, Jacob
fathered Judah and his brothers,
3 Judah fathered Perez and Zerah, whose mother was
Tamar, Perez fathered Hezron, Hezron fathered Ram,
4 Ram fathered Amminadab, Amminadab fathered Nahshon,
Nahshon fathered Salmon,
5 Salmon fathered Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz
fathered Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed fathered Jesse;
6 and Jesse fathered King David. David fathered Solomon,
whose mother had been Uriah's wife,
7 Solomon fathered Rehoboam, Rehoboam fathered Abijah,
Abijah fathered Asa,
8 Asa fathered Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat fathered Joram,
Joram fathered Uzziah,
9 Uzziah fathered Jotham, Jotham fathered Ahaz, Ahaz
fathered Hezekiah,
10 Hezekiah fathered Manasseh, Manasseh fathered Amon,
Amon fathered Josiah;
11 and Josiah fathered Jechoniah and his brothers. Then
the deportation to Babylon took place.
12 After the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah fathered
Shealtiel, Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,
13 Zerubbabel fathered Abiud, Abiud fathered Eliakim,
Eliakim fathered Azor,
14 Azor fathered Zadok, Zadok fathered Achim, Achim
fathered Eliud,
15 Eliud fathered Eleazar, Eleazar fathered Matthan,
Matthan fathered Jacob;
16 and Jacob fathered Joseph the husband of Mary; of her
was born Jesus who is called Christ.
17 The sum of generations is therefore: fourteen from
Abraham to David; fourteen from David to the Babylonian deportation; and
fourteen from the Babylonian deportation to Christ.
18 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother
Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was
found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
19 Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting
to spare her disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
20 He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the
angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do
not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is
in her by the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son and you must name him
Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
22 Now all this took place to fulfil what the Lord had
spoken through the prophet:
23 Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to
a son whom they will call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.
24 When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord
had told him to do: he took his wife to his home;
25 he had not had intercourse with her when she gave
birth to a son; and he named him Jesus.
“The Gospel of the Lord”
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