Saturday, December 17,
2016
Fourth Sunday of
Advent – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
ISAIAH 7:10-14
10 Yahweh spoke to Ahaz
again and said:
11 Ask Yahweh your God
for a sign, either in the depths of Sheol or in the heights above.
12 But Ahaz said, 'I
will not ask. I will not put Yahweh to the test.'
13 He then said: Listen
now, House of David: are you not satisfied with trying human patience that you
should try my God's patience too?
14 The Lord will give
you a sign in any case: It is this: the young woman is with child and will give
birth to a son whom she will call Immanuel.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 24:1-2, 3-4,
5-6
1 [Psalm Of David] To
Yahweh belong the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live there;
2 it is he who laid its
foundations on the seas, on the flowing waters fixed it firm.
3 Who shall go up to
the mountain of Yahweh? Who shall take a stand in his holy place?
4 The clean of hands
and pure of heart, whose heart is not set on vanities, who does not swear an
oath in order to deceive.
5 Such a one will
receive blessing from Yahweh, saving justice from the God of his salvation.
6 Such is the people
that seeks him, that seeks your presence, God of Jacob.
Second Reading
ROMANS 1:1-7
1 From Paul, a servant
of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle,
2 set apart for the
service of the gospel that God promised long ago through his prophets in the
holy scriptures.
3 This is the gospel
concerning his Son who, in terms of human nature
4 was born a descendant
of David and who, in terms of the Spirit and of holiness, was designated Son of
God in power by resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ, our Lord,
5 through whom we have
received grace and our apostolic mission of winning the obedience of faith
among all the nations for the honour of his name.
6 You are among these,
and by his call you belong to Jesus Christ.
7 To you all, God's
beloved in Rome, called to be his holy people. Grace and peace from God our
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 1:18-24
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;
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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