First Reading - Rv 11:19; 12:1-6.10
God’s temple in heaven
was opened, and the ark of his
covenant could be seen in the
temple.
A great sign appeared in the
sky, a woman clothed with the
sun, with the moon beneath her
feet, and on her head a crown of
twelve stars. She was with child
and wailed aloud in pain as she
labored to give birth.
Then another sign appeared
in the sky: it was a huge red
dragon, with seven heads and
ten horns; and on its heads
were seven diadems. Its tail
swept away a third of the stars
in the sky and hurled them
down to the earth.
Then the dragon stood before the woman about to give
birth, to devour her child when
she gave birth. She gave birth
to a son, a male child, destined
to rule all the nations with an
iron rod. Her child was caught
up to God and his throne. The
woman herself fl ed into the
desert, where she had a place prepared by God.
Then I heard a loud voice
in heaven say: “Now have salvation and power come, and
the Kingdom of our God and
the authority of his Anointed
One.”
Responsorial Psalm - Ps 45
R –The queen stands at your
right hand, arrayed in
gold!
* The queen takes her place
at your right hand in gold of
Ophir. R.
* Hear, O daughter, and see;
turn your ear, forget your people and your father’s house. R.
* So shall the king desire
your beauty; for he is your
lord. R.
* They are borne in with
gladness and joy; they enter the
palace of the king. R.
Second Reading - 1 Cor 15:20-27
Brothers and sisters:
Christ has been raised
from the dead, the firstfruits
of those who have fallen asleep.
For since death came
through a human being , the
resurrection of the dead came
also through a human being.
For just as in Adam all die,
so too in Christ shall all be
brought to life.
But each one in proper
order: Christ, the firstfruits;
then, at his coming, those who
belong to Christ. Then comes
the end, when he hands over
the Kingdom to his God and
Father, when he has destroyed
every sovereignty, and every
authority and power.For he
must reign until he has put all
his enemies under his feet. The
last enemy to be destroyed is
death, for “he subjected everything under his feet.”
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Mary is taken up to heaven; a chorus of angels exults.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Gospel - Lk 1:39-56
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.”
And Mary said: “My soul
proclaims the greatness of the
Lord; my spirit rejoices in God
my Savior, for he has looked
upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed.
The Almighty has done
great things for me, and holy is
his Name.
He has mercy on those who
fear him in every generation.
He has shown the strength
of his arm, and has scattered
the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the
mighty from their thrones, and
has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry
with good things, and the rich
he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help
of his servant Israel for he has
remembered his promise of
mercy, the promise he made to
our fathers, to Abraham and
his children for ever.”
Mary remained with Elizabeth about three months and
then returned to her home.
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