EMMANUEL, GOD-IS-WITH-US
MONDAY 18TH DECEMBER: ADVENT OCTAVE
THE LORD OUR INTEGRITY: Universalis
CI: First Reading Jeremiah 23:5-8 I will raise
a virtuous Branch for David
See, the days are coming – it is the
Lord who speaks – when I will raise a virtuous Branch for David, who will
reign as true king and be wise, practising honesty and integrity in the land. In
his days Judah will be saved and Israel dwell in confidence. And this is the
name he will be called:
The-Lord-our-integrity.
So, then, the days are coming – it is
the Lord who speaks – when people will no longer say, “As the Lord lives
who brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt!” but, “As the Lord
lives who led back and brought home the descendants of the House of Israel out
of the land of the North and from all the countries to which he had dispersed
them, to live on their own soil.”
Responsorial Psalm: In his days justice shall flourish, and peace until the moon fails
Gospel Matthew 1:18-24 How Jesus Christ came to be born
CDR: This is how Jesus Christ came to be born. His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. Her husband Joseph; being a man of honour and wanting to spare her publicity, decided to divorce her informally. He had made up his mind to do this when the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, ‘Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by the Holy Spirit. She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is the one who is to save his people from their sins.’ Now all this took place to fulfil the words spoken by the Lord through the prophet:
The
virgin will conceive and give birth to a son and they will call him Emmanuel, a name which means ‘God-is-with-us.’
When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do: he took his wife to his home.
Jesus
I trust in you. Come Lord Jesus, come Emmanuel, come and dwell with us. Virgin
Mary pray for me. Saint Joseph pray for me. Angels of God pray for me. Angel Gabriel
bring me good tidings. My Guardian Angel pray for me. Protect me.
Pray
the Holy Rosary. Hail Mary full of grace.
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