Saturday, December 03,
2016
Second Sunday of
Advent – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
YESAYA 11:1-10
1 A shoot will spring
from the stock of Jesse, a new shoot will grow from his roots.
2 On him will rest the
spirit of Yahweh, the spirit of wisdom and insight, the spirit of counsel and
power, the spirit of knowledge and fear of Yahweh:
3 his inspiration will
lie in fearing Yahweh. His judgement will not be by appearances. his verdict
not given on hearsay.
4 He will judge the
weak with integrity and give fair sentence for the humblest in the land. He
will strike the country with the rod of his mouth and with the breath of his
lips bring death to the wicked.
5 Uprightness will be
the belt around his waist, and constancy the belt about his hips.
6 The wolf will live
with the lamb, the panther lie down with the kid, calf, lion and fat-stock
beast together, with a little boy to lead them.
7 The cow and the bear
will graze, their young will lie down together. The lion will eat hay like the
ox.
8 The infant will play
over the den of the adder; the baby will put his hand into the viper's lair.
9 No hurt, no harm will
be done on all my holy mountain, for the country will be full of knowledge of
Yahweh as the waters cover the sea.
10 That day, the root of
Jesse, standing as a signal for the peoples, will be sought out by the nations
and its home will be glorious.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 72:1-2, 7-8,
12-13, 17
1 [Of Solomon] God,
endow the king with your own fair judgement, the son of the king with your own
saving justice,
2 that he may rule your
people with justice, and your poor with fair judgement.
7 In his days
uprightness shall flourish, and peace in plenty till the moon is no more.
8 His empire shall
stretch from sea to sea, from the river to the limits of the earth.
12 For he rescues the
needy who calls to him, and the poor who has no one to help.
13 He has pity on the
weak and the needy, and saves the needy from death.
17 May his name be
blessed for ever, and endure in the sight of the sun. In him shall be blessed
every race in the world, and all nations call him blessed.
Second Reading
ROMANS 15:4-9
4 And all these things
which were written so long ago were written so that we, learning perseverance
and the encouragement which the scriptures give, should have hope.
5 Now the God of
perseverance and encouragement give you all the same purpose, following the
example of Christ Jesus,
6 so that you may
together give glory to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ with one
heart.
7 Accept one another,
then, for the sake of God's glory, as Christ accepted you.
8 I tell you that
Christ's work was to serve the circumcised, fulfilling the truthfulness of God
by carrying out the promises made to the fathers,
9 and his work was also
for the gentiles, so that they should give glory to God for his faithful love;
as scripture says: For this I shall praise you among the nations and sing
praise to your name.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 3:1-12
1 In due course John
the Baptist appeared; he proclaimed this message in the desert of Judaea,
2 'Repent, for the
kingdom of Heaven is close at hand.'
3 This was the man
spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said: A voice of one that cries in the
desert, 'Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'
4 This man John wore a
garment made of camel-hair with a leather loin-cloth round his waist, and his
food was locusts and wild honey.
5 Then Jerusalem and
all Judaea and the whole Jordan district made their way to him,
6 and as they were
baptised by him in the river Jordan they confessed their sins.
7 But when he saw a
number of Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism he said to them, 'Brood of
vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming retribution?
8 Produce fruit in
keeping with repentance,
9 and do not presume to
tell yourselves, "We have Abraham as our father," because, I tell
you, God can raise children for Abraham from these stones.
10 Even now the axe is
being laid to the root of the trees, so that any tree failing to produce good
fruit will be cut down and thrown on the fire.
11 I baptise you in
water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I,
and I am not fit to carry his sandals; he will baptise you with the Holy Spirit
and fire.
12 His winnowing-fan is in
his hand; he will clear his threshing-floor and gather his wheat into his barn;
but the chaff he will burn in a fire that will never go out.'
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