Tuesday of the First Week of Advent

Official Translation

Reading 1 – Isaiah 11.1-10

There shall come forth a shoot out of the stump of Jesse,
and a branch shall sprout from his roots.
And the spirit of the LORD will rest upon him:
the spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the spirit of counsel and fortitude,
the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD,
and his delight shall be the fear of the Lord.

He shall not judge by eyesight,
nor correct using what his ears hear,
but he will judge the poor with righteousness,
and correct with equity for the meek of the earth,
and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and with the breath of his lips he will slay the wicked.
He will gird his waist with righteousness,
and gird his loins with faithfulness.

The wolf shall dwell with the lamb,
and the leopard shall lie down with the kid.
The calf and the young lion and the fattened calf together,
and a little child shall lead them.
And the cow and bear shall graze,
their young ones shall lie down together,
and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
The nursing child shall play above the hole of the asp,
and the weaned child shall put his hand on the viper’s den.

They shall neither hurt nor destroy on all my holy mountain.
For the earth shall be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
In that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a sign to the people.
The nations will seek him, and his rest shall be glorious.

Responsorial – Psalm 72.1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17 Resp. 7

R. In his day, justice shall flourish, and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.

Give the king your judgment, O God,
and your righteousness to the king's son.
He shall judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with judgment.

R. In his day, justice shall flourish, and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.

In his day, justice shall flourish,
and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.
He shall have dominion from sea to sea,
and from the river to the ends of the earth.

R. In his day, justice shall flourish, and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.

He shall deliver the needy when they cry;
the poor, who have no helper.
He shall spare the poor and needy,
and shall save the souls of the needy.

R. In his day, justice shall flourish, and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.

His name will endure forever.
His name will continue as long as the sun.
The people will be blessed in him.
All nations will call him blessed.

R. In his day, justice shall flourish, and the fullness of peace as long as the moon endures.

Gospel – Luke 10.21-24

Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said,
“I confess you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding
and revealed them to little children.
Yes, Father, for so it became benevolent in your sight.

All things have been handed to me by my Father,
and no one knows who the Son is if not the Father,
or who the Father is if not the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him."

Then turning to the disciples, he spoke just to them:
"Blessed are the eyes that see what you see!
For I tell you that many prophets and kings
desired to see what you see, and did not see it,
and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.”