First Reading: Bar 5:1-9
Jerusalem, take off your
robe of mourning and misery; put on the splendor of
glory from God forever:
wrapped in the cloak of justice from God, bear on your
head the mitre that displays
the glory of the eternal name.
For God will show all the earth your splendor: you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship.
For God will show all the earth your splendor: you will be named by God forever the peace of justice, the glory of God’s worship.
Up, Jerusalem! Stand
upon the heights; look to the
east and see your children
gathered from the east and
the west at the word of the
Holy One, rejoicing that they
are remembered by God.
Led away on foot by their
enemies they left you, but
God will bring them back to
you, borne aloft in glory as
on royal thrones.
For God has commanded
that every lofty mountain
be made low. And that the
age-old depths and gorges
be filled to level ground, that
Israel may advance secure in
the glory of God.
The forests and every fragrant kind of tree have overshadowed Israel at God’s command; for God is leading Israel
in joy by the light of his glory,
with his mercy and justice for
company.
Responsorial Psalm: Ps 126
R –The Lord has done great
things for us; we are filled
with joy!
* When the Lord brought
back the captives of Zion, we
were like men dreaming. Then
our mouth was
filled with
laughter, and our tongue with
rejoicing. R.
* Then they said among the
nations, “The Lord has done
great things for them.” The
Lord has done great things for
us; we are glad indeed. R.
* Restore our fortunes, O
Lord, like the torrents in the
southern desert. Those who
sow in tears shall reap rejoicing. R.
* Although they go forth
weeping, carrying the seed
to be sown, they shall come
back rejoicing, carrying their
sheaves. R.
Second Reading- Phil 1:4-6.8-11
Brothers and sisters:
I pray always with joy in
my every prayer for all of you,
because of your partnership
for the gospel from the first
day until now. I am confident
of this, that the one who began a good work in you will
continue to complete it until
the day of Christ Jesus. God
is my witness, how I long for
all of you with the affection of
Christ Jesus. And this is my
prayer: that your love may
increase ever more and more
in knowledge and every kind
of perception, to discern what
is of value, so that you may be
pure and blameless for the
day of Christ, filled with the
fruit of righteousness that
comes through Jesus Christ
for the glory and praise of
God.
Gospel Acclamation: Lk 3:4.6
All – Alleluia! Alleluia!
Prepare the way of the
Lord, make straight his
paths: all mankind shall
see the salvation of God.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel: Lk 3:1-6
In the fifteenth year of the
reign of Tiberius Caesar, when
Pontius Pilate was governor of
Judea, and Herod was tetrarch
of Galilee, and his brother
Philip tetrarch of the region
of Ituraea and Trachonitis,
and Lysanias was tetrarch
of Abilene, during the high
priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to
John, the son of Zechariah, in
the desert.
John went throughout the
whole region of the Jordan,
proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of
sins, as it is written in the book
of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in
the desert:
“Prepare the way of the
Lord, make straight his paths.
Every valley shall be fi lled and
every mountain and hill shall
be made low. The winding
roads shall be made straight,
and the rough ways made
smooth, and all flesh shall see
the salvation of God.”
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