2ND SUNDAY IN ADVENT YEAR C
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. Readings Lectures Reflection First Reading Baruch 5:1-9
God means to show your
splendour to every nation
Jerusalem, take off your dress of sorrow and
distress, put on the beauty of the glory of God for ever, wrap the cloak of the
integrity of God around you, put the diadem of the glory of the Eternal on your
head: since God means to show your splendour to every nation under heaven, since
the name God gives you for ever will be, ‘Peace through integrity, and honour
through devotedness.’
Arise, Jerusalem, stand on the
heights and turn your eyes to the east: see your sons reassembled from west and
east at the command of the Holy One, jubilant that God has remembered them. Though
they left you on foot, with enemies for an escort, now God brings them back to
you like royal princes carried back in glory.
For God has decreed the
flattening of each high mountain, of the everlasting hills, the filling of the
valleys to make the ground level so that Israel can walk in safety under the
glory of God. And the forests and every fragrant tree will provide shade for
Israel at the command of God; for God will guide Israel in joy by the light of
his glory with his mercy and integrity for escort.
Responsorial Psalm
What
marvels the Lord worked for us! Indeed we were glad
Second Reading Philippians 1:4-6,8-11
May you become pure and
blameless in preparation for the day of Christ
Every time I pray for all of
you, I pray with joy, remembering how you have helped to spread the Good News
from the day you first heard it right up to the present. I am quite certain
that the One who began this good work in you will see that it is finished when
the Day of Christ Jesus comes; and God knows how much I miss you all, loving
you as Christ Jesus loves you. My prayer is that your love for each other may
increase more and more and never stop improving your knowledge and deepening
your perception so that you can always recognise what is best. This will help
you to become pure and blameless, and prepare you for the Day of Christ, when
you will reach the perfect goodness which Jesus Christ produces in us for the
glory and praise of God.
Gospel Acclamation Lk 3:4,6 Alleluia, alleluia!
Prepare a way for the Lord,
make his paths straight,
and all mankind shall see the salvation of God.
Alleluia!
Gospel Luke
3:1-6
The Call of John Baptist
In the fifteenth year of
Tiberius Caesar’s reign, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, Herod
tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of the lands of Ituraea and
Trachonitis, Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, during the pontificate of Annas and Caiaphas
the word of God came to John son of Zechariah, in the wilderness. He went
through the whole Jordan district proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the
forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the sayings of the prophet
Isaiah:
A voice cries in the
wilderness: Prepare a way for the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley
will be filled in, every mountain and hill be laid low, winding ways will be
straightened and rough roads made smooth. And all mankind shall see the
salvation of God.
God our Father in heaven as we prepare for the the coming of your Son Jesus Christ Holy Father, guide our steps, guide our actions.
May God grant us peace in our hearts, peace in our families, peace in our homes, peace in our world. Lord Jesus Christ Prince of Peace come dwell in our hearts. May your peace reign in our world. Virgin Mary Queen of Peace pray for us.
Lord Jesus Christ I trust in you. Virgin Mary pray for us. Saint Joseph pray for us. God's Holy Angels pray for us. My Guardian Angel pray for me, protect me, guide and guard me.
Glorious Mystery of the Holy Rosary
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