Saturday, December
23, 2017
Fourth Sunday of
Advent – Year B
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
Second Samuel 7:1-5,
8-11, 16
1 Once the king had
settled into his palace and Yahweh had granted him rest from all the enemies
surrounding him,
2 the king said to the
prophet Nathan, 'Look, I am living in a cedar-wood palace, while the ark of God
is under awnings.'
3 Nathan said to the
king, 'Go and do whatever you have in mind, for Yahweh is with you.'
4 But that very night,
the word of Yahweh came to Nathan:
5 'Go and tell my
servant David, "Yahweh says this: Are you to build me a temple for me to
live in?
8 This is what you must
say to my servant David, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: I took you from the
pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader of my people Israel;
9 I have been with you
wherever you went; I have got rid of all your enemies for you. I am going to
make your fame as great as the fame of the greatest on earth.
10 I am going to provide
a place for my people Israel; I shall plant them there, and there they will
live and never be disturbed again; nor will they be oppressed by the wicked any
more, as they were in former times
11 ever since the time
when I instituted judges to govern my people Israel; and I shall grant you rest
from all your enemies. Yahweh furthermore tells you that he will make you a
dynasty.
16 Your dynasty and your
sovereignty will ever stand firm before me and your throne be for ever
secure." '
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 89:2-3, 4-5, 27, 29
2 for you have said:
love is built to last for ever, you have fixed your constancy firm in the
heavens.
3 'I have made a
covenant with my Chosen One, sworn an oath to my servant David:
4 I have made your
dynasty firm for ever, built your throne stable age after age.
5 The heavens praise
your wonders, Yahweh, your constancy in the gathering of your faithful.
27 So I shall make him
my first-born, the highest of earthly kings.
29 I have established
his dynasty for ever, his throne to be as lasting as the heavens.
Second Reading
Romans 16:25-27
25 And now to him who
can make you strong in accordance with the gospel that I preach and the
proclamation of Jesus Christ, in accordance with that mystery which for endless
ages was kept secret
26 but now (as the
prophets wrote) is revealed, as the eternal God commanded, to be made known to
all the nations, so that they obey in faith:
27 to him, the only wise
God, give glory through Jesus Christ for ever and ever. Amen.
Gospel Reading
LUKE 1:26-38
26 In the sixth month
the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,
27 to a virgin betrothed
to a man named Joseph, of the House of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.
28 He went in and said
to her, 'Rejoice, you who enjoy God's favour! The Lord is with you.'
29 She was deeply
disturbed by these words and asked herself what this greeting could mean,
30 but the angel said to
her, 'Mary, do not be afraid; you have won God's favour.
31 Look! You are to
conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you must name him Jesus.
32 He will be great and
will be called Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of
his ancestor David;
33 he will rule over the
House of Jacob for ever and his reign will have no end.'
34 Mary said to the
angel, 'But how can this come about, since I have no knowledge of man?'
35 The angel answered,
'The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will cover
you with its shadow. And so the child will be holy and will be called Son of
God.
36 And I tell you this
too: your cousin Elizabeth also, in her old age, has conceived a son, and she
whom people called barren is now in her sixth month,
37 for nothing is
impossible to God.'
38 Mary said, 'You see
before you the Lord's servant, let it happen to me as you have said.' And the
angel left her.
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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