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17 December
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Liturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(II).
| First reading |
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| Genesis 49:2, 8-10 |
‘The sceptre shall not depart from Judah.’
In those days: Jacob called his sons and said,
‘Assemble and listen, O sons of Jacob,
listen to Israel your father.
‘Judah, your brothers shall praise you;
your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies;
your father’s sons shall bow down before you.
Judah is a lion’s cub;
from the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down; he crouched as a lion
and as a lioness; who dares rouse him?
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until tribute comes to him;
and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.’
| Responsorial Psalm |
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| Ps 72(71): 1-2. 3-4b. 7-8. 17. ℟ cf. 7 |
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
O God, give your judgement to the king,
to a king’s son your justice,
that he may judge your people in justice,
and your poor in right judgement.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
May the mountains bring forth peace for the people,
and the hills bear peace in uprightness.
May he defend the poor of the people,
and save the children of the needy.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
In his days justice shall flourish,
and great peace till the moon is no more.
He shall rule from sea to sea,
from the River to the bounds of the earth.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
May his name endure for ever,
his name continue like the sun.
Every tribe shall be blest in him,
all nations shall call him blessed.
In his days shall justice flourish, and great peace for ever.
| Gospel Acclamation |
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| Sapientia Altissimi |
Alleluia, alleluia.
O Wisdom of the Most High,
ordering all things with strength and gentleness;
come and teach us the way of true knowledge.
Alleluia.
| Gospel | Matthew 1:1-17 |
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The genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David.
The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram, and Ram the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse, and Jesse the father of David the king.
And David was the father of Solomon by the wife of Uriah, and Solomon the father of Rehoboam, and Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asaph, and Asaph the father of Jehoshaphat, and Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah, and Uzziah the father of Jotham, and Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, and Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, and Manasseh the father of Amos, and Amos the father of Josiah, and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
And after the deportation to Babylon: Jechoniah was the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, and Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, and Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor, and Azor the father of Zadok, and Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud, and Eliud the father of Eleazar, and Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.
So all the generations from Abraham to David were fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to the Christ fourteen generations.
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Dates
Today
(Automatic)Mon 15 December
Monday of the 3rd week of AdventTue 16 December
Tuesday of the 3rd week of AdventWed 17 December
17 DecemberThu 18 December
18 DecemberFri 19 December
19 DecemberSat 20 December
20 DecemberSun 21 December
4th Sunday of AdventMon 22 December
22 DecemberTue 23 December
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