YOU WILL BEAR A SON

MONDAY WEEK 4 OF ADVENT

Reading Judges 13:2-7,24-25 

'You will conceive and bear a son'  Universalis

There was a man of Zorah of the tribe of Dan, called Manoah. His wife was barren, she had borne no children. The angel of the Lord appeared to this woman and said to her, ‘You are barren and have had no child. But from now on take great care. Take no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For you will conceive and bear a son. No razor is to touch his head, for the boy shall be God’s nazirite from his mother’s womb. It is he who will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.’ Then the woman went and told her husband, ‘A man of God has just come to me; his presence was like the presence of the angel of God, he was so majestic. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not reveal his name to me. But he said to me, “You will conceive and bear a son. From now on, take no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean. For the boy shall be God’s nazirite from his mother’s womb to his dying day.”’ 

The woman gave birth to a son and called him Samson. The child grew, and the Lord blessed him; and the spirit of the Lord began to move him.

Gospel Luke 1:5-25  'Your wife Elizabeth will bear a son' CDR

In the days of King Herod of Judaea there lived a priest called Zechariah who belonged to the Abijah section of the priesthood, and he had a wife, Elizabeth by name, who was a descendant of Aaron. Both were worthy in the sight of God, and scrupulously observed all the commandments and observances of the Lord. But they were childless: Elizabeth was barren and they were both getting on in years.  Now it was the turn of Zechariah’s section to serve, and he was exercising his priestly office before God when it fell to him by lot, as the ritual custom was, to enter the Lord’s sanctuary and burn incense there. And at the hour of incense the whole congregation was outside, praying. 

Then there appeared to him the angel of the Lord, standing on the right of the altar of incense. The sight disturbed Zechariah and he was overcome with fear. But the angel said to him, ‘Zechariah, do not be afraid, your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth is to bear you a son and you must name him John. He will be your joy and delight and many will rejoice at his birth, for he will be great in the sight of the Lord; he must drink no wine, no strong drink. Even from his mother’s womb he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, and he will bring back many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. With the spirit and power of Elijah, he will go before him to turn the hearts of fathers towards their children and the disobedient back to the wisdom that the virtuo us have, preparing for the Lord a people fit for him.’......  PEE

My Father in heaven, keep me attentive to your voice. Open my heart, open my ears, open my eyes to behold your glory. Come Lord Jesus come our Emmanuel. Pray the Holy Rosary. Saint Joseph pray for us. Angel Gabriel pray for us. God's Holy Angels and Saints pray for us.   RC

Mon Père céleste, fait-moi attentif à ta voix. Ouvre mon cœur, ouvre mes oreilles, ouvre mes yeux pour contempler ta gloire. Viens, Seigneur Jésus, viens notre Emmanuel. Priez le Saint Rosaire. Saint Joseph prie pour nous. L’ange Gabriel prie pour nous. Les saints anges et saints de Dieu prient pour nous.