THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
PRAYER BEFORE HOLY MASS Act of Love beforeMass
O my God, I love Thee with all my heart, with all my soul, with all my strength and with no other desire than to be inseparably united to Thee. It is through Thy Divine Son that this union is about to be realized within me. In Holy Communion I long to identify myself with Him, that it will no longer be myself, but Him, who lives in me; and when I have received Jesus within myself, then I shall love and be loved by Thee in that same measure, in which I am united to Him. Hasten then, to give me Thy Divine Son, at the hands of Thy priest, that through Jesus, I may unite myself forever to Thee, O God the Father, in the unity of the Holy Spirit. The Readings Lectures du jour Reflection The Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
First Reading Micah 5:1-4
He will stand and feed his
flock with the power of the Lord
The Lord says this: But you,
Bethlehem Ephrathah, the least of the clans of Judah, out of you will be born
for me the one who is to rule over Israel; his origin goes back to the distant
past, to the days of old.
The Lord is therefore going to
abandon them till the time when she who is to give birth gives birth. Then the
remnant of his brothers will come back to the sons of Israel. He will stand and
feed his flock with the power of the Lord, with the majesty of the name of his
God. They will live secure, for from then on he will e
xtend his power to the ends of the land. He himself will be peace.
xtend his power to the ends of the land. He himself will be peace.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessed are you, holy Virgin Mary,
and most worthy of all praise,
for the sun of justice, Christ our God,
was born of you.
Alleluia!
Gospel Matthew 1:1-16,18-23
The ancestry and conception of
Jesus Christ
A genealogy of Jesus Christ,
son of David, son of Abraham:
Abraham was the father of
Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, Judah
was the father of Perez and Zerah, Tamar being their mother, Perez was the
father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab
the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, Salmon was the father of
Boaz, Rahab being his mother, Boaz was the father of Obed, Ruth being his mother,
Obed was the father of Jesse; and Jesse was the father of King David.
David was the father of
Solomon, whose mother had been Uriah’s wife, Solomon was the father of
Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, Asa was the
father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of
Azariah, Azariah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the
father of Hezekiah, Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of
Amon, Amon the father of Josiah; and Josiah was the father of Jechoniah and his
brothers. Then the deportation to Babylon took place....
Happy Birthday to our Blessed Mother the Virgin Mary, Mother of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Pray for us O Holy Mother of God. Ave Maria Jesus Christ our Master, I trust in you. Saint Joseph pray for us. My guardian angel guide and protect me.
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