Saturday, December 10,
2016
Third Sunday of
Advent – Year A
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
ISAIAH 35:1-6, 10
1 Let the desert and
the dry lands be glad, let the wasteland rejoice and bloom; like the asphodel,
2 let it burst into
flower, let it rejoice and sing for joy. The glory of Lebanon is bestowed on
it, the splendour of Carmel and Sharon; then they will see the glory of Yahweh,
the splendour of our God.
3 Strengthen all weary
hands, steady all trembling knees
4 and say to the
faint-hearted, 'Be strong! Do not be afraid. Here is your God, vengeance is
coming, divine retribution; he is coming to save you.'
5 Then the eyes of the
blind will be opened, the ears of the deaf unsealed,
6 then the lame will
leap like a deer and the tongue of the dumb sing for joy; for water will gush
in the desert and streams in the wastelands,
10 For those whom Yahweh
has ransomed will return, they will come to Zion shouting for joy, their heads
crowned with joy unending; rejoicing and gladness will escort them and sorrow
and sighing will take flight.
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 146:6-7, 8-9,
9-10
6 who made heaven and
earth, the sea and all that is in them. He keeps faith for ever,
7 gives justice to the
oppressed, gives food to the hungry; Yahweh sets prisoners free.
8 Yahweh gives sight to
the blind, lifts up those who are bowed down.
9 Yahweh protects the
stranger, he sustains the orphan and the widow. Yahweh loves the upright,but he
frustrates the wicked.
10 Yahweh reigns for
ever, your God, Zion, from age to age.
Second Reading
JAMES 5:7-10
7 Now be patient,
brothers, until the Lord's coming. Think of a farmer: how patiently he waits
for the precious fruit of the ground until it has had the autumn rains and the
spring rains!
8 You too must be
patient; do not lose heart, because the Lord's coming will be soon.
9 Do not make
complaints against one another, brothers, so as not to be brought to judgement
yourselves; the Judge is already to be seen waiting at the gates.
10 For your example,
brothers, in patiently putting up with persecution, take the prophets who spoke
in the Lord's name;
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
MATTHEW 11:2-11
2 Now John had heard in
prison what Christ was doing and he sent his disciples to ask him,
3 'Are you the one who
is to come, or are we to expect someone else?'
4 Jesus answered, 'Go
back and tell John what you hear and see;
5 the blind see again,
and the lame walk, those suffering from virulent skin-diseases are cleansed,
and the deaf hear, the dead are raised to life and the good news is proclaimed
to the poor;
6 and blessed is anyone
who does not find me a cause of falling.'
7 As the men were
leaving, Jesus began to talk to the people about John, 'What did you go out
into the desert to see? A reed swaying in the breeze? No?
8 Then what did you go
out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothes are
to be found in palaces.
9 Then what did you go
out for? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet:
10 he is the one of whom
scripture says: Look, I am going to send my messenger in front of you to
prepare your way before you.
11 'In truth I tell you,
of all the children born to women, there has never been anyone greater than
John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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