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SAINT STEPHEN

LORD JESUS, RECEIVE MY SPIRIT  First Reading Acts   6:8-10,7:54-59   The martyrdom of Stephen Stephen was filled with grace and power and began to work miracles and great signs among the people. But then certain people came forward to debate with Stephen, some from Cyrene and Alexandria who were members of the synagogue called the Synagogue of Freedmen, and others from Cilicia and Asia. They found they could not get the better of him because of his wisdom, and because it was the Spirit that prompted what he said. They were infuriated when they heard this, and ground their teeth at him. But Stephen, filled with the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God’s right hand. ‘I can see heaven thrown open’ he said ‘and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.’ At this all the members of the council shouted out and stopped their ears with their hands; then they all rushed at him, sent him out of the city and stoned him. The witne...

TO US A SAVIOUR IS BORN

YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BECOME YOUR FATHER: Universalis   Reading   Isaiah 52:7-10   Rejoice, for the Lord is consoling his people  How beautiful on the mountains, are the feet of one who brings good news, who heralds peace, brings happiness, proclaims salvation, and tells Zion, ‘Your God is king!’ Listen! Your watchmen raise their voices, they shout for joy together, for they see the Lord face to face, as he returns to Zion.   Break into shouts of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem; for the Lord is consoling his people, redeeming Jerusalem.   The Lord bares his holy arm in the sight of all the nations, and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. Responsorial Psalm:      All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.   Second Reading Hebrews 1:1-6   God has spoken to us through his Son At various times in the past and in various different ways, God spoke to ...