Saturday, December 19,
2015
Fourth Sunday of
Advent – Year C
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
Micah 5:1-4
1 But you (Bethlehem)
Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, from you will come for me a future
ruler of Israel whose origins go back to the distant past, to the days of old.
2 Hence Yahweh will
abandon them only until she who is in labour gives birth, and then those who
survive of his race will be reunited to the Israelites.
3 He will take his
stand and he will shepherd them with the power of Yahweh, with the majesty of
the name of his God, and they will be secure, for his greatness will extend
henceforth to the most distant parts of the country.
4 He himself will be
peace! Should the Assyrian invade our country, should he set foot in our land,
we shall raise seven shepherds against him, eight leaders of men;
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 80:2-3, 15-16,
18-19
2 over Ephraim, Benjamin
and Manasseh; rouse your valour and come to our help.
3 God, bring us back,
let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
15 protect what your own
hand has planted.
16 They have thrown it
on the fire like dung, the frown of your rebuke will destroy them.
18 Never again will we
turn away from you, give us life and we will call upon your name.
19 God Sabaoth, bring us
back, let your face shine on us and we shall be safe.
Second Reading
Hebrews 10:5-10
5 and that is why he
said, on coming into the world: You wanted no sacrifice or cereal offering, but
you gave me a body.
6 You took no pleasure
in burnt offering or sacrifice for sin;
7 then I said, 'Here I
am, I am coming,' in the scroll of the book it is written of me, to do your
will, God.
8 He says first You did
not want what the Law lays down as the things to be offered, that is: the
sacrifices, the cereal offerings, the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for
sin, and you took no pleasure in them;
9 and then he says:
Here I am! I am coming to do your will. He is abolishing the first sort to
establish the second.
10 And this will was for
us to be made holy by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ made once and
for all.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
Luke 1:39-45
39 Mary set out at that
time and went as quickly as she could into the hill country to a town in Judah.
40 She went into
Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth.
41 Now it happened that
as soon as Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the child leapt in her womb and
Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.
42
She gave a loud cry and said, 'Of all women you are the most blessed, and
blessed is the fruit of your womb.
43 Why should I be
honoured with a visit from the mother of my Lord?
44 Look, the moment your
greeting reached my ears, the child in my womb leapt for joy.
45 Yes, blessed is she
who believed that the promise made her by the Lord would be fulfilled.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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