Official Translation
Reading 1 – Isaiah 42.1-4, 6-7
“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold;
my chosen, in whom my soul delights:
I have put my Spirit on him.
He will bring justice to the nations.
He will not shout, nor raise his voice,
nor cause it to be heard in the street.
He will not break a bruised reed.
He will not quench a smoldering wick.
Until he has set justice in the earth,
the islands will wait for his law.”
“I, the Lord, have called you in righteousness,
and will hold your hand.
I formed you and will make you
a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations;
to open the blind eyes,
to bring the prisoners out of the dungeon,
and those who sit in darkness out of the prison.
Or Isaiah 40.1-5, 9-11
“Take comfort, take comfort, O my people,” says your God.
Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and proclaim unto her:
her warfare is accomplished;
her iniquity is pardoned;
she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord!
Make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low;
and the uneven land shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
O you who give good tidings to Zion: get up on a high mountain.
O you who give good tidings to Jerusalem: lift up your voice with strength; lift it up; be not afraid;
say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Behold, the Lord God will come in power, and with his arm he will rule.
Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom,
and will gently lead the ewes with their young.
Responsorial – Psalm 29.1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 Resp. 11b
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
Give to the Lord, you sons of God,
give to the Lord glory and strength.
Give to the Lord the glory due his name.
Worship the Lord in holy array.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The Lord’s voice is on the waters.
The God of glory thunders, the Lord on many waters.
The voice of the Lord is mighty.
The voice of the Lord is majestic.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
The God of glory thunders
In his temple everything says, “Glory!”
The Lord sat enthroned at the Flood.
Yes, the Lord sits as King forever.
R. The Lord will bless his people with peace.
Or Psalm 104.1b-2, 3-4, 24-25, 27-28, 29-30 Resp. 1
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Lord, my God, you are very great.
You are clothed with honor and majesty;
covered with light as with a garment.
You stretch out the heavens like a curtain.
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
You lay the beams of your palace on the waters.
You make the clouds your chariot.
You walk on the wings of the wind.
You make winds your messengers;
your servants are flames of fire.
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
O Lord, how many are your works!
In wisdom have you made them all.
The earth is full of your riches.
There is the sea, great and wide,
in which are innumerable living things,
creatures, great and small.
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
You give to them; they gather.
You open your hand; they are satisfied with good.
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
You take away their breath: they die, and return to the dust.
You send out your Spirit and they are created.
You renew the face of the earth.
R. Bless the Lord, O my soul.
Reading 2 – Acts 10.34-38
Peter opened his mouth in the house of Cornelius and said,
“Truly I perceive that God does not show favoritism;
but in every nation, the one who fears him and works righteousness is acceptable to him.
The word which he sent to the children of Israel,
preaching good news of peace by Jesus Christ, the Lord of all.
You know the things that have happened throughout all of Judea beginning from Galilee,
after the baptism which John preached:
Jesus from Nazareth, him who God anointed with the Holy Spirit and with power,
who went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
Or Titus 2.11-14; 3.4-7
Beloved:
The grace of God has appeared,
bringing salvation to all humans,
instructing us for the purpose that,
denying ungodliness and worldly lusts,
we shall live soberly, righteously, and godly in this age;
looking for the blessed hope,
the appearance of the glory of
our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,
who gave himself for us,
that he might redeem us from all iniquity,
and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous to do good.
When the kindness of God our Savior and his love for humans appeared,
not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves,
but according to his mercy, he saved us through the washing of rebirth
and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior;
that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Gospel – Luke 3.15-16, 21-22
As the people were in expectation, and all in their hearts wondered about John,
whether perhaps he was the Christ.
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water,
but he comes who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen.
He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire.”
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying.
The sky was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form like a dove on him,
and a voice came out of the sky, saying,
“You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased.”
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Tuesday of the Second Week of Advent
Official Translation
Reading 1 - Isaiah 40.1-11
“Take comfort, take comfort, O my people,” says your God.
Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and proclaim unto her:
her warfare is accomplished;
her iniquity is pardoned;
she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord!
Make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low;
and the uneven land shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
A voice says, “Cry!”
I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
The grass withers; the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”
O you who give good tidings to Zion: get up on a high mountain.
O you who give good tidings to Jerusalem: lift up your voice with strength; lift it up; be not afraid;
say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Behold, the Lord God will come in power, and with his arm he will rule.
Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom,
and will gently lead the ewes with their young.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.1-2, 3+10ac, 11-12, 13 Resp. Isaiah 40:10ab
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord! Bless his name!
Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
He will judge the people with equity.
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
R. The Lord God comes with power.
They will rejoice before the Lord; for he comes,
for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Gospel – Matthew 18.12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
“What do you think?
If a human has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray,
do they not leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
If they find it, amen I tell you,
they rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
Reading 1 - Isaiah 40.1-11
“Take comfort, take comfort, O my people,” says your God.
Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and proclaim unto her:
her warfare is accomplished;
her iniquity is pardoned;
she has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord!
Make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low;
and the uneven land shall be made level, and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
A voice says, “Cry!”
I said, “What shall I cry?”
“All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows on it.
Surely the people are like grass.
The grass withers; the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”
O you who give good tidings to Zion: get up on a high mountain.
O you who give good tidings to Jerusalem: lift up your voice with strength; lift it up; be not afraid;
say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Behold, the Lord God will come in power, and with his arm he will rule.
Behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom,
and will gently lead the ewes with their young.
Responsorial – Psalm 96.1-2, 3+10ac, 11-12, 13 Resp. Isaiah 40:10ab
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Sing to the Lord, all the earth.
Sing to the Lord! Bless his name!
Proclaim his salvation from day to day!
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Declare his glory among the nations,
his marvelous works among all the peoples.
Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns.”
He will judge the people with equity.
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice.
Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
Let the field and all that is in it exult!
Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
R. The Lord God comes with power.
They will rejoice before the Lord; for he comes,
for he comes to rule the earth.
He will rule the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with his truth.
R. The Lord God comes with power.
Gospel – Matthew 18.12-14
Jesus said to his disciples:
“What do you think?
If a human has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray,
do they not leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?
If they find it, amen I tell you,
they rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.
Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.”
Second Sunday of Advent (B)
Official Translation
Reading 1 – Isaiah 40.1-5, 9-11
“Take comfort, take comfort, O my people,”
says your God.
Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and proclaim unto her:
her warfare is accomplished;
her iniquity is pardoned;
she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord!
Make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low;
and the uneven land shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
O you who give good tidings to Zion:
get up on a high mountain.
O you who give good tidings to Jerusalem:
lift up your voice with strength;
lift it up; be not afraid;
say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Behold, the Lord God will come in power,
and with his arm he will rule.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd:
he will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom,
and will gently lead those with their young.
Responsorial – Psalm 85.9-10-11-12, 13-14 Resp. 8
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
for he will speak peace unto his people,
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
Mercy and truth are met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth springs out of the earth,
and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
The Lord will give what is good,
and our land shall yield its increase.
Righteousness shall go before him,
and shall prepare a way for his footsteps to walk.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
Reading 2 – 2 Peter 3.8-14
Do not forget this one thing, beloved,
that one day for the Lord is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years is like one day.
The Lord is not remiss concerning his promise,
as some regard it remiss,
but is longsuffering to you,
not wishing that any would perish,
but that all would give way to reconsideration.
It will come, the day of the Lord, like a thief.
On that day the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat,
and the earth and the work done on it shall be burned up.
Since all these things are going to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of people should you be in living holiness and godliness,
waiting for and hastening the revelation of God’s day,
through which the heavens will be on fire and dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
But, according to his promise,
we await a new heavens and a new earth,
in which justice will dwell.
Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these things,
be careful that you may be found by him at peace,
spotless and blameless.
Gospel – Mark 1.1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
he who shall prepare your way.
A voice crying in the wilderness,
“Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!”
John came to be baptizing in the wilderness
and preaching a baptism of reconsideration
for the forgiveness of sins.
And there went out to him all the country of Judaea
and all the Jerusalemites.
They were baptized by him in the Jordan river,
confessing their sins.
John was clothed with camelhair,
and had a leather belt around his waist,
and he ate locusts and wild honey.
And he preached, saying,
“There will come after me he that is mightier than I,
I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals.
I baptized you in water; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
Reading 1 – Isaiah 40.1-5, 9-11
“Take comfort, take comfort, O my people,”
says your God.
Speak comfort to Jerusalem, and proclaim unto her:
her warfare is accomplished;
her iniquity is pardoned;
she has received from the Lord’s hand
double for all her sins.
A voice cries out:
“Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of the Lord!
Make level in the desert a highway for our God.
Every valley shall be exalted,
and every mountain and hill shall be made low;
and the uneven land shall be made level,
and the rough places a plain.
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
and all flesh shall see it together;
for the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
O you who give good tidings to Zion:
get up on a high mountain.
O you who give good tidings to Jerusalem:
lift up your voice with strength;
lift it up; be not afraid;
say to the cities of Judah, “Behold, your God!”
Behold, the Lord God will come in power,
and with his arm he will rule.
Behold, his reward is with him,
and his recompense before him.
He will feed his flock like a shepherd:
he will gather the lambs in his arm,
and carry them in his bosom,
and will gently lead those with their young.
Responsorial – Psalm 85.9-10-11-12, 13-14 Resp. 8
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
I will hear what the Lord God has to say,
for he will speak peace unto his people,
Surely his salvation is near those who fear him,
that glory may dwell in our land.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
Mercy and truth are met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth springs out of the earth,
and righteousness has looked down from heaven.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
The Lord will give what is good,
and our land shall yield its increase.
Righteousness shall go before him,
and shall prepare a way for his footsteps to walk.
R. Show us your lovingkindness, Lord, and grant us your salvation.
Reading 2 – 2 Peter 3.8-14
Do not forget this one thing, beloved,
that one day for the Lord is like a thousand years,
and a thousand years is like one day.
The Lord is not remiss concerning his promise,
as some regard it remiss,
but is longsuffering to you,
not wishing that any would perish,
but that all would give way to reconsideration.
It will come, the day of the Lord, like a thief.
On that day the heavens shall pass away with a great noise,
and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat,
and the earth and the work done on it shall be burned up.
Since all these things are going to be dissolved in this way,
what sort of people should you be in living holiness and godliness,
waiting for and hastening the revelation of God’s day,
through which the heavens will be on fire and dissolved,
and the elements shall melt with fervent heat?
But, according to his promise,
we await a new heavens and a new earth,
in which justice will dwell.
Therefore, beloved, since you wait for these things,
be careful that you may be found by him at peace,
spotless and blameless.
Gospel – Mark 1.1-8
The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:
“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
he who shall prepare your way.
A voice crying in the wilderness,
“Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!”
John came to be baptizing in the wilderness
and preaching a baptism of reconsideration
for the forgiveness of sins.
And there went out to him all the country of Judaea
and all the Jerusalemites.
They were baptized by him in the Jordan river,
confessing their sins.
John was clothed with camelhair,
and had a leather belt around his waist,
and he ate locusts and wild honey.
And he preached, saying,
“There will come after me he that is mightier than I,
I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals.
I baptized you in water; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
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