First Reading: Mi 5:1-4
Thus says the Lord: You,
Bethlehem–Ephrathah, too
small to be among the clans of
Judah, from you shall come
forth for me one who is to be
ruler in Israel; whose origin is
from of old, from ancient times.
The Lord will give them
up, until the time when she who
is to give birth has borne, and
the rest of his kindred shall
return to the children of Israel.
He shall stand fi rm and
shepherd his flock by the
strength of the Lord, in the
majestic name of the Lord, his
God. And they shall remain,
for now his greatness shall
reach to the ends of the earth.
He shall be peace.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 80
R –Lord, make us turn to you;
let us see your face and we
shall be saved!
* O shepherd of Israel, hearken, from your throne upon the
cherubim, shine forth. Rouse
your power, and come to save
us. R.
* Once again, O Lord of
hosts, look down from heaven,
and see. Take care of this vine,
and protect what your right
hand has planted, the son of
man whom you yourself made
strong. R.
* May your help be with the
man of your right hand, with
the son of man whom you yourself made strong. Then we will
no more withdraw from you.
Give us new life, and we will call
upon your name. R.
Second Reading: Heb 10:5-10
Brothers and sisters:
When Christ came into the
world, he said: “Sacrifi ce and
offering you did not desire, but
a body you prepared for me;
in holocausts and sin offerings
you took no delight. Then I said,
‘As is written of me in the scroll,
behold, I come to do your will, O
God.’ ”
First he says, “Sacrifices
and offerings, holocausts and
sin offerings, you neither desired nor delighted in.” (These
are offered according to the
law.) Then he says, “Behold, I
come to do your will.”
He takes away the first to
establish the second. By this
“will,” we have been consecrated through the offering of
the body of Jesus Christ once
for all.
Gospel Acclamation: Lk 1:38
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord.
May it be done to me according to your word.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: Lk 1:39-45
Mary set out and traveled
to the hill country in haste to
a town of Judah, where she
entered the house of Zechariah
and greeted Elizabeth.
When Elizabeth heard
Mary’s greeting, the infant
leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit, cried out in a loud voice and
said, “Blessed are you among
women, and blessed is the
fruit of your womb. And how
does this happen to me, that
the mother of my Lord should
come to me? For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant
in my womb leaped for joy.
Blessed are you who believed
that what was spoken to you by
the Lord would be fulfilled.”
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