First Reading: Is 52:7-10
How beautiful upon the
mountains are the feet of him
who brings glad tidings, announcing peace, bearing good
news, announcing salvation,
and saying to Zion, “Your God
is King!”
Hark! Your sentinels raise
a cry, together they shout for
joy, for they see directly, before their eyes, the Lord restoring Zion. Break out together in
song, O ruins of Jerusalem!
For the Lord comforts his
people, he redeems Jerusalem.
The Lord has bared his holy
arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth
will behold the salvation of our
God.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 98
R –All the ends of the earth
have seen the saving power of God!
* Sing to the Lord a new
song, for he has done wondrous deeds; his right hand
has won victory for him, his
holy arm. R.
* The Lord has made his salvation known: in the sight of
the nations he has revealed his
justice. He has remembered
his kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel. R.
* All the ends of the earth
have seen the salvation by our
God. Sing joyfully to the Lord,
all you lands; break into song;
sing praise! R.
* Sing praise to the Lord
with the harp, with the harp
and melodious song. With
trumpets and the sound of the
horn, sing joyfully before the
King, the Lord! R.
Second Reading: Heb 1:1-6
Brothers and sisters: In
times past, God spoke in partial and various ways to our
ancestors through the prophets. In these last days, he has
spoken to us through the Son,
whom he made heir of all
things and through whom he
created the universe.
He is the refulgence of
God’s glory, the very imprint of his being, and who sustains
all things by his mighty word.
When he had accomplished
purification from sins, he took
his seat at the right hand of the
Majesty on high, as far superior to the angels as the name
he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
For to which of the angels
did God ever say: “You are my
son; this day I have begotten
you”? Or again: “I will be a
father to him, and he shall be a
son to me”? And again, when
he leads the firstborn into the
world, he says: “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
A holy day has dawned
upon us. Come, you nations, and adore the Lord.
For today a great light has
come upon the earth.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: Jn 1:1-5.9-14
In the beginning was the
Word, and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
He was in the beginning with
God. All things came to be
through him, and without him
nothing came to be.
What came to be through
him was life, and this life was
the light of the human race.
The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not
overcome it.
The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming
into the world. He was in the
world, and the world came to
be through him, but the world
did not know him. He came to
what was his own, but his own
people did not accept him.
But to those who did accept
him he gave power to become
children of God, to those who
believe in his name, who were
born not by natural generation nor by human choice nor
by a man’s decision but of
God.
And the Word became flesh
and made his dwelling among
us, and we saw his glory, the
glory as of the Father’s only
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