Saturday, November 26,
2016
First Sunday of
Advent – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
ISAIAH 2:1-5
1 The vision of Isaiah
son of Amoz, concerning Judah and Jerusalem.
2 It will happen in the
final days that the mountain of Yahweh's house will rise higher than the
mountains and tower above the heights. Then all the nations will stream to it,
3 many peoples will
come to it and say, 'Come, let us go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house
of the God of Jacob that he may teach us his ways so that we may walk in his
paths.' For the Law will issue from Zion and the word of Yahweh from Jerusalem.
4 Then he will judge
between the nations and arbitrate between many peoples. They will hammer their
swords into ploughshares and their spears into sickles. Nation will not lift
sword against nation, no longer will they learn how to make war.
5 House of Jacob, come,
let us walk in Yahweh's light.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 122:1-2, 3-4,
4-5, 6-7, 8-9
1 [Song of Ascents Of
David] I rejoiced that they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of Yahweh.'
2 At last our feet are
standing at your gates, Jerusalem!
3 Jerusalem, built as a
city, in one united whole,
4 there the tribes go
up, the tribes of Yahweh, a sign for Israel to give thanks to the name of
Yahweh.
5 For there are set the
thrones of judgement, the thrones of the house of David.
6 Pray for the peace of
Jerusalem, prosperity for your homes!
7 Peace within your
walls, prosperity in your palaces!
8 For love of my
brothers and my friends I will say, 'Peace upon you!'
9 For love of the house
of Yahweh our God I will pray for your well-being.
Second Reading
ROMANS 13:11-14
1 Besides, you know the
time has come; the moment is here for you to stop sleeping and wake up, because
by now our salvation is nearer than when we first began to believe.
12 The night is nearly
over, daylight is on the way; so let us throw off everything that belongs to
the darkness and equip ourselves for the light.
13 Let us live decently,
as in the light of day; with no orgies or drunkenness, no promiscuity or
licentiousness, and no wrangling or jealousy.
14 Let your armour be
the Lord Jesus Christ, and stop worrying about how your disordered natural
inclinations may be fulfilled.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 24:37-44
37 'As it was in Noah's
day, so will it be when the Son of man comes.
38 For in those days
before the Flood people were eating, drinking, taking wives, taking husbands,
right up to the day Noah went into the ark,
39 and they suspected
nothing till the Flood came and swept them all away. This is what it will be
like when the Son of man comes.
40 Then of two men in
the fields, one is taken, one left;
41 of two women grinding
at the mill, one is taken, one left.
42 'So stay awake,
because you do not know the day when your master is coming.
43 You may be quite sure
of this, that if the householder had known at what time of the night the
burglar would come, he would have stayed awake and would not have allowed
anyone to break through the wall of his house.
44 Therefore, you too
must stand ready because the Son of man is coming at an hour you do not expect.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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