Saturday, December
01, 2018
First Sunday of
Advent
5:00 pm Novena to Our Lady
5:30 pm Sunset Mass
First Reading
JEREMIAH 33:14-16
14 "Look, the days
are coming, Yahweh declares, when I shall fulfil the promise of happiness I
made to the House of Israel and the House of Judah:
15 In those days and at
that time, I shall make an upright Branch grow for David, who will do what is
just and upright in the country.
16 In those days Judah
will triumph and Israel live in safety. And this is the name the city will be
called: Yahweh-is-our-Saving-Justice."
“The
Word of the Lord”
PSALMS 25:4-5, 8-9,
10, 14
4 DIRECT me in your
ways, Yahweh, and teach me your paths.
5 ENCOURAGE me to walk
in your truth and teach me since you are the God who saves me. FOR my hope is
in you all day long -- such is your generosity, Yahweh.
8 INTEGRITY and
generosity are marks of Yahweh for he brings sinners back to the path.
9 JUDICIOUSLY he guides
the humble, instructing the poor in his way.
10 KINDNESS unfailing
and constancy mark all Yahweh's paths, for those who keep his covenant and his
decrees.
14 ONLY those who fear
Yahweh have his secret and his covenant, for their understanding.
Second Reading
First Thessalonians
3:12--4:2
12 May the Lord increase
and enrich your love for each other and for all, so that it matches ours for
you.
13 And may he so confirm
your hearts in holiness that you may be blameless in the sight of our God and
Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones.
1 Finally, brothers, we
urge you and appeal to you in the Lord Jesus; we instructed you how to live in
the way that pleases God, and you are so living; but make more progress still.
2 You are well aware of
the instructions we gave you on the authority of the Lord Jesus.
“The
Word of the Lord”
Gospel Reading
LUKE 21:25-28, 34-36
25 'There will be signs
in the sun and moon and stars; on earth nations in agony, bewildered by the
turmoil of the ocean and its waves;
26 men fainting away
with terror and fear at what menaces the world, for the powers of heaven will
be shaken.
27 And then they will
see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.
28 When these things
begin to take place, stand erect, hold your heads high, because your liberation
is near at hand.'
34 'Watch yourselves, or
your hearts will be coarsened by debauchery and drunkenness and the cares of
life, and that day will come upon you unexpectedly,
35 like a trap. For it
will come down on all those living on the face of the earth.
36 Stay awake, praying
at all times for the strength to survive all that is going to happen, and to
hold your ground before the Son of man.'
“The
Gospel of the Lord”
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